Put in the aforementioned authorization code, and the whole process should take care of itself from there. Then you click the Add Domain button in Shopify and choose to transfer a domain rather than buy one. First you go to your Wix admin panel, unlock the domain and write down the authorization code somewhere. This is where you can transfer over your Wix domain. The landing page also has another important button: Add Domain. It allowed me to (mostly) recreate the layout I was using for the old demo site, with little fuss. Shopify gives you a decent number of options for customizing your theme.įor this article, I stuck with the default theme. You can also upload themes you buy on third-party services like ThemeForest. Shopify has a number of free themes and themes available for purchase. You can alter your site’s existing theme by changing the colors and branding, or you can choose a different theme entirely. From the Home tab, you can customize your theme or add a domain name.Ĭlicking on that Customize Theme button will take you to a screen with yet more options. First let’s take a look at the Customize Theme options. With that done, you’ll be taken to a landing page that shows you a few next steps. Even if the only address you have is your home address, you need one. Otherwise you won’t get paid. Just answer the questions, and be ready to put in an address for your store. You’ll get a short loading screen while Shopify generates your site, and then you’ll need to fill in some more information. In fact, the Wix knowledgebase has a whole tutorial on that. You can always replace the “myshopify” domain later, though – and yes, you can transfer a domain from Wix to Shopify. That is, if you name your store “Huge Cakes and Tiny Buckets of Ice Cream,” your store will be reachable at “.” Though I’d recommend something shorter. Keep in mind that the name of your store will also be its subdomain. Besides the usual email and password combo, you’ll also need to enter your store’s name. You’ll be prompted to fill in some information if you don’t already have a Shopify account. Just hit one of the green buttons on the Shopify home page: It’s the “traffic light” school of UI design: green = go. Step one: we have to make a Shopify site so you can copy your content into it. The Shopify Signup and Site Setup Process The second thing that I highly recommend is having all of your site’s images and pictures downloaded into a folder or two on your computer. While you can copy/paste text directly from your site, you’ll have to actually upload the pictures as files. Oh, and a disclaimer mentioning the important fact that this is not a real service I offer… although maybe I should. The site has a few common web page elements: some text overlaid on an image, three columns with images and text that describe the site’s “features”, and a newsletter sign-up form. For this tutorial, I used a Wix-based demo site that I built when I reviewed a whole bunch of site builders at once.īasically, it’s a one-page website advertising a newsletter full of pictures of my cat: She’s so fluffy! What You’ll Need This might seem obvious, but you’re going to need an existing site on Wix that you need to transfer. This article is mostly concerned with how to copy your website content. I should also note that adding products to your store works pretty much the same way on both builders. Just note that because the two services don’t have the same templates, your site will not look exactly the same.īut given that Shopify’s templates look pretty great, so will your site. There’s no automated tool that will transfer the site for you. However, if your existing site is small enough, there’s a quick and easy way to get your Wix to Shopify migration sorted, and I’m here to show you how it works. However, it’s not “just-push-a-button” simple, either. Well, the good news is that going from Wix to Shopify isn’t that complicated. I get it there’s nothing like using a specialized tool for a specialized job. So, maybe you’re feeling like Wix is all right, but those advanced online store features on Shopify are just too good to resist.
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