Field Notes
Insights, guides, and trends from the team building commerce on Shopify, for operators in wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing.
Preserving SEO Rankings in a Magento-to-Shopify Migration: URL Structure & 301 Redirect Guide
The redirect playbook for Magento-to-Shopify SEO: URL inventory, pattern mapping into fixed Shopify paths, exact-match 301 builds, and recrawl monitoring.
Zero-Downtime Cutover: How Parallel Go-Live Works When Migrating Magento to Shopify Plus
How parallel go-live actually works: two complete environments, ERP-owned truth, delta syncs, a minutes-long DNS cutover, and rollback by architecture.
Migrating Custom Magento Extensions to Shopify: a Module-by-Module Replacement Guide
How every category of Magento extension maps to Shopify: native features, apps, product-layer builds, custom apps, or retirement. The five-bucket triage.
Magento Vs. Shopify Plus for B2B: Company Accounts, Custom Pricing & Wholesale Features Compared
Company accounts, custom pricing, quoting, PO support, and reorder compared honestly across Magento and Shopify Plus, from each platform's own docs.
Magento End of Life and the Security Patch Treadmill: Why B2B Brands Are Migrating In 2026
Magento end of life in 2026: Adobe's real support dates, the June 2027 Cloud enforcement policy, PHP and PCI exposure, and the upgrade-or-exit decision.
Magento Vs. Shopify Plus: the Real 3-Year Total Cost of Ownership for B2B Sellers
The 3-year TCO math for B2B: Magento's five cost lines against Shopify Plus's flat fee, the corridor between them, and the test migration cost must pass.
ERP Integration During a Magento-to-Shopify Migration: NetSuite, SAP & Dynamics, Explained
What happens to your ERP integration in a Magento-to-Shopify migration: the architecture inversion, NetSuite, SAP, and Dynamics mapping, and cutover.
The Magento-to-Shopify Migration Checklist for B2B Manufacturers & Distributors
The six-phase Magento-to-Shopify checklist for B2B: ERP field mapping, price-list migration, PO workflow parity, and pilot-account validation.
How Much Does a Magento-to-Shopify Migration Really Cost? a B2B Cost Breakdown
What a Magento-to-Shopify migration really costs for B2B: the four workstreams that set the price, the costs estimates forget, and the payback math.
Selling Parts by Diagram for Farm-Equipment Dealers
Why farm-equipment dealers should put their diagram culture online: fewer wrong-part returns, a faster counter, and orders that arrive after hours.
Livestock & Animal-Health Supplies: Reorder & Subscription Programs
Recurring programs for feed and animal health: herd-adjustable standing orders, cold-chain rules for vaccines, VFD checks, and ERP-synced inventory.
Crop Protection & Chemicals: Compliance-Aware Ecommerce
Selling crop protection online: applicator certification gating for RUPs, current labels and SDS on every page, and sale records that flow to the ERP.
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