How to Migrate Products from Shopify to WooCommerce Easily

Migrating your online store from Shopify to WooCommerce is a common path for businesses looking for more flexibility, zero monthly platform fees, and total ownership over their hosting and code. While setting up WordPress is relatively straightforward, the main challenge is safely moving your product catalog, descriptions, prices, variants, and media attachments.

In this guide, we will walk you through the easiest and most cost-effective method to migrate your Shopify products to WooCommerce using custom CSV exporting.

Step 1: Export Your Shopify Catalog

Instead of using complex migration plugins that request database write permissions on your new site, you can extract your catalog cleanly using a browser-based extension. Install the Shopify Product Exporter extension on Chrome, navigate to your Shopify store, and click **Download Products** to save your catalog as a CSV file.

This exports all fields, including variant weights, prices, compare-at prices, SKUs, option titles, and high-resolution image URLs, in a clean layout.

Step 2: Prepare the CSV for WooCommerce

WooCommerce has a built-in product CSV importer that maps fields automatically. However, Shopify and WooCommerce use slightly different column header names. To guarantee a flawless import:

• Open your exported CSV file in Google Sheets or Excel.
• Verify the columns. The Shopify Product Exporter structures data cleanly, but you may want to map columns like *Title* to *Name*, *Body (HTML)* to *Description*, and *Variant Price* to *Regular Price*.
• Save the finalized sheet as a standard **UTF-8 encoded CSV** file.

Step 3: Import Products into WooCommerce

Now, log into your WordPress Dashboard and perform the import:

1. Go to **Products** → **All Products** and click the **Start Import** button at the top (or click **Import** if you already have existing products).
2. Click **Choose File** and select your prepared CSV file.
3. Check the box that says **Update existing products** if you are overwriting placeholder catalogs.
4. Click **Continue** to reach the Column Mapping screen. WooCommerce will auto-detect most columns. Verify that images, variants, and descriptions match their respective settings.
5. Click **Run the Importer** and wait for the process to complete. WooCommerce will download all external product images from your Shopify storage and save them to your local media library automatically!

Conclusion

By using the local CSV export method, you bypass expensive subscription-based migration apps and maintain full control over the data mapping process. The free **Shopify Product Exporter** Chrome extension provides the exact data extraction needed to get your WooCommerce catalog online in minutes.