Every B2B manufacturer who built on Magento made the same calculation: maximum flexibility, full ownership, no platform constraints. For businesses with complex B2B requirements, custom pricing logic, and deep ERP integration, Magento was the answer that made sense. Then the PHP upgrades started. Then the security patches. Then Adobe acquired Magento, rebranded it Adobe Commerce, and doubled the licensing cost. Then your developer retainer became your largest technology expense. And your custom modules, built for Magento 1.9, now require full rebuilds every few years just to stay compatible with the platform you chose for stability. A Magento to Shopify migration is not a retreat from control. It is the decision to stop paying a developer tax every time your platform needs maintenance. Uncap migrates B2B manufacturers and distributors from Magento and Adobe Commerce to Shopify Plus, preserving every ERP connection, every B2B pricing rule, and every wholesale workflow your operation depends on. Your custom Magento build becomes a native Shopify Plus configuration. No downtime. No data loss. No buyers affected.
Why B2B Companies Are Moving Their Wholesale Operation Off Magento
Magento earned its place in B2B ecommerce. It was genuinely flexible, genuinely extensible, and genuinely capable of handling the complex pricing structures, ERP integrations, and custom workflows that B2B wholesale requires. For over a decade, it was the default choice for manufacturers and distributors who needed more than a standard ecommerce platform could offer.
Adobe Commerce is a different proposition. The rebrand from Magento 2 brought licensing costs that start at $22,000 per year for the on-premise version and climb quickly for cloud. Support for Magento Open Source is progressively diminishing. Adobe's development roadmap follows its enterprise retail customer base, not the B2B manufacturers who depend on ERP integration and wholesale-specific features.
The companies doing a Magento to Shopify migration are not leaving because they found a more flexible platform. They are leaving because maintaining Magento's flexibility has become more expensive than the flexibility is worth.
Here is what B2B on Magento actually looks like today: your last PHP upgrade broke three custom modules and required two weeks of developer time to remediate. Your security patch cycle runs every six to eight weeks and requires your team to test the full site after every deployment. Your ERP integration is a custom Magento module that nobody on your current development team fully understands because the original developer left. Your B2B buyers use a Magento B2B configuration that works but requires developer involvement every time a new customer group needs a different catalog. Your Magento hosting bill is $1,500 to $3,000 per month for an environment complex enough to run your custom build.
The platform you built for control is now controlling you.
The Real Cost of Running B2B Wholesale on Magento
Adobe Commerce licensing alone costs $22,000 to $125,000 per year depending on your gross sales volume. Add your hosting infrastructure, your developer retainer, your extension stack, and your security and upgrade maintenance, and the total cost of ownership for a mid-market Magento B2B operation typically runs $80,000 to $150,000 per year. Shopify Plus starts at $2,300 per month, with native B2B capabilities that eliminate most of the extension stack that drives Magento costs.
The comparison is stark. But the licensing gap is not the most expensive part.
Your developer owns your business operations. In a standard Magento B2B deployment, almost every meaningful change to your commerce operation runs through a developer: adding a new customer group, adjusting a pricing rule, modifying the checkout workflow, updating a custom B2B field. On Shopify Plus, these are configuration changes. On Magento, they are development tickets with a queue and a timeline.
Your ERP integration breaks on a schedule. Magento ERP integrations, whether connecting NetSuite, SAP, or Microsoft Dynamics, are custom-built for a specific Magento version. When Magento updates, your integration may break. When your ERP updates, your Magento module may need to be rebuilt. Every Magento upgrade is a risk assessment for your ERP connection. Manufacturers who have been on Magento for five or more years have rebuilt the same ERP integration two or three times.
Your B2B buyers experience the technical debt. Magento's B2B functionality covers the basics: company accounts, quote requests, requisition lists. But the buyer-facing experience is often dated because frontend work on Magento is expensive. Redesigning a B2B buyer portal on Magento requires a development engagement. On Shopify Plus, it requires a theme update.
Your next upgrade is already overdue. Every month your team defers a Magento upgrade to avoid breaking custom modules is another month of security exposure. The migration window closes incrementally. The longer your Magento environment runs without major updates, the more complex the eventual migration becomes.
What a Magento to Shopify Plus Migration Stops and What It Starts
Shopify Plus stops the maintenance spiral. There are no PHP version dependencies. No custom module compatibility risks. No self-managed hosting infrastructure. No security patch cycle your team owns. Shopify handles platform maintenance, security, and infrastructure. Your team focuses on your business instead of your platform.
Shopify Plus starts native B2B operations. Company accounts, customer-specific pricing, payment terms, quantity rules, private catalogs, gated storefronts, and purchase order support are Shopify Plus features, not custom modules. The wholesale workflows your Magento build required developer time to configure and maintain are available out of the box.
Your NetSuite, SAP, or Microsoft Dynamics ERP connects to Shopify Plus in real time. Uncap builds the integration as part of the migration. Orders placed in Shopify appear in your ERP immediately. Pricing and inventory changes in your ERP appear in Shopify within minutes. The custom Magento module that was your ERP connection is replaced with a clean, maintained integration that does not break when either platform updates.
Migration apps and generic agencies treat a Magento to Shopify migration as a data export and import project. For a B2B wholesale operation, that is the wrong frame. Uncap audits every custom module in your Magento environment, maps every ERP workflow, documents every B2B pricing rule and customer group structure, and designs a Shopify Plus architecture that replicates your current capabilities and eliminates their maintenance cost. Then we build it.
We have done this for [CUSTOMER PROOF — request from brand team] B2B businesses. We know specifically which Magento custom module patterns create the most migration complexity and we build remediation into the project plan before work begins.
The migration is the foundation. What you run on top of it is the Revenue Engine.
Once your B2B operation is live on Shopify Plus, Uncap's Revenue Engine handles what comes next. Dealroom accelerates quote-to-cash through digital quoting and collaborative negotiation. Advanced Product Configurations manages complex pricing and product configuration without manual overhead. The Self-Serve Portal gives your B2B buyers a 24/7 ordering experience embedded inside your Shopify storefront. Advanced Quote Management takes you from quote to confirmed order without coordination friction. Smart Agents surface upsell, reorder, and margin recommendations automatically.
Migration gets you on the right foundation. The Revenue Engine is what makes it perform.
What We Build During Your Magento to Shopify Plus Migration
B2B Storefront Architecture
Your Shopify Plus store is designed for wholesale operations: company accounts, customer-specific pricing, private catalogs, payment terms, purchase order support, and bulk ordering. Every B2B workflow your custom Magento build handled through extensions and custom code runs natively in Shopify Plus without a developer.
ERP Integration with Real-Time Sync
We build a real-time, bidirectional integration between Shopify Plus and your ERP, including NetSuite, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics. The custom Magento ERP module your team has been maintaining is replaced by a clean, stable integration that survives platform updates on both sides.
Customer Pricing and B2B Account Migration
Every customer group, pricing rule, volume discount, contract price, and net payment term from your Magento B2B configuration is mapped and rebuilt in Shopify Plus. Your buyers authenticate on launch day and find their pricing, their catalog, and their order history intact.
Full Data Migration with URL Mapping and SEO Preservation
Every product, every customer record, every order, and every URL migrates from Magento to Shopify Plus with complete integrity. 301 redirects are implemented across your full URL structure before go-live. Your organic search rankings are preserved through the migration.
Custom Module Replacement
We audit every custom Magento extension and module in your environment and design Shopify Plus equivalents: native features, Shopify apps, or custom Shopify app builds where required. The custom code your team has been maintaining is replaced with a maintainable, upgrade-safe alternative.
Go-Live Without Revenue Disruption
Both environments run in parallel until your Shopify Plus store is fully validated. Your Magento store continues taking B2B orders through the entire migration. Your cutover is a coordinated event your team controls, not a hard-switch that puts revenue at risk.
Why B2B Manufacturers Choose Uncap for Their Magento to Shopify Migration
We have been building wholesale and distribution commerce on Shopify since 2013. Platinum Shopify Partner. [CUSTOMER PROOF — request from brand team] B2B stores built. Magento and Adobe Commerce migrations with full ERP integration continuity are a core capability, not an occasional service.
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Clients reduce total technology costs by 30 percent or more. Moving off Adobe Commerce licensing and Magento's developer-dependency model to Shopify Plus's flat pricing typically eliminates a significant share of technology overhead within the first year. The migration usually pays for itself in 12 months.
We have seen every Magento B2B configuration that exists. We know what Magento's requisition lists, quote workflows, company account hierarchies, and custom pricing modules look like at scale. We know exactly which ones create migration complexity and we plan for them before the project starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Magento to Shopify migration?
Magento to Shopify migration is the process of moving a B2B ecommerce store from Magento or Adobe Commerce to Shopify or Shopify Plus, including products, customers, order history, URL structure, B2B pricing configurations, and ERP integrations. For wholesale manufacturers and distributors, migration also involves replacing Magento's custom module stack with Shopify Plus's native B2B capabilities and rebuilding ERP connections with a real-time integration architecture.
What is Adobe Commerce and is it the same as Magento?
Adobe Commerce is the rebranded, commercially licensed version of Magento 2, acquired by Adobe in 2018. It is the same underlying platform as Magento Open Source but with enterprise features, Adobe Experience Cloud integrations, and a licensing fee that scales with gross sales volume. Magento Open Source (formerly Magento Community Edition) remains free but receives diminishing official support. Most enterprise B2B operations are on either Magento 2 Open Source with heavy customization or Adobe Commerce with licensing costs starting at $22,000 per year.
How much does a Magento to Shopify migration cost?
A B2B Magento to Shopify Plus migration with ERP integration typically costs between $60,000 and $180,000, depending on the number of custom Magento modules, the complexity of your B2B pricing structure, catalog size, ERP integration requirements, and the extent of custom frontend work needed. Operations with heavily customized Magento environments and complex wholesale configurations run toward the higher end of that range. Talk to our team and we will scope your specific migration with a fixed-scope, fixed-price engagement.
How long does a Magento to Shopify Plus migration take?
A standard B2B migration from Magento to Shopify Plus takes 10 to 18 weeks from kickoff to go-live. Timeline depends on the number of custom modules in your Magento environment, the complexity of your B2B pricing and customer account structure, ERP integration requirements, and catalog size. Complex Adobe Commerce deployments with heavily customized B2B workflows may require additional scoping. Talk to our team and we will estimate the timeline after reviewing your environment.
Will my Magento store stay live during the migration to Shopify?
Yes. Your Magento store continues taking orders throughout the migration. Uncap builds and tests your Shopify Plus environment in parallel until it is fully validated. Your go-live is a coordinated cutover your team controls. Your B2B buyers experience no interruption to their ordering capability.
Does Shopify Plus have the same B2B features as Magento B2B Edition?
Shopify Plus's native B2B feature set covers the core wholesale requirements that Magento B2B Edition addresses, including company accounts, customer-specific pricing, payment terms, gated storefronts, and purchase order support, without requiring custom development to configure or maintain. Magento B2B Edition provides similar capabilities but typically requires custom development and extensions to reach full operational functionality for complex wholesale operations. The key difference is maintenance: Shopify Plus B2B features are maintained by Shopify. Magento B2B features are maintained by you.
What is the difference between Magento migration services and a migration app?
A Magento migration service like Uncap handles the complete scope of moving a B2B wholesale operation: auditing your Magento environment, designing the Shopify Plus architecture, rebuilding your ERP integration, migrating B2B pricing and customer accounts, implementing URL redirects, and managing go-live. A migration app like Cart2Cart automates data transfer only: it moves products, customers, and orders. For a B2B business with custom Magento modules, ERP dependencies, and complex pricing structures, an app-only migration leaves the core of your operation unaddressed.
Ready to End Your Magento Maintenance Cycle?
Every month on Magento is another month of developer dependency, security patching, and upgrade risk. The Magento to Shopify Plus migration that takes 10 weeks today gets more complex every month you wait.
Talk to our team. We will audit your Magento environment, document every custom module and ERP connection, and give you a fixed-scope plan with timeline and cost.
