Squarespace to Shopify migration
Build a Shopify store around the products and buying experience you already have in Squarespace. Norml maps your catalog, rebuilds the storefront, and checks how customers, orders, and connected services should be handled. We identify the details missing from exports before they become gaps on your new product pages.
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What we do
Move Squarespace commerce to Shopify with catalog mapping, storefront rebuilding, customer-data checks, redirects, and checkout testing.
What the migration covers
Squarespace product exports are useful inputs, but they do not contain every storefront detail. The scope separates catalog data, page design, and ongoing commerce operations.
- Solution
- Migrations
- Current platform
- Squarespace
- Destination
- Shopify
- Products and missing media detailsWe map product names, descriptions, SKUs, options, prices, and available images into Shopify. Squarespace’s product CSV leaves out details including variant images, image alt text, and additional product information. We inventory those gaps and agree how to restore the material your product pages need.01
- Customers, orders and reviewsCustomer contacts and historical orders are inspected separately from the product catalog. We agree which records should be imported or retained in an accessible archive. Reviews require their own source and destination plan. Sample records are checked for customer associations, totals, and fulfillment status.02
- Shopify storefront and contentWe build product templates, collections, navigation, and the supporting pages your customers use. Squarespace page layouts do not become Shopify theme sections. Policies, delivery information, size guides, and other product-support content are included in the agreed page inventory.03
- Checkout and store launchPayment, shipping, notifications, analytics, and domain settings are configured for Shopify. Old product and content URLs get an explicit redirect map. Before cutover, we reconcile inventory and orders created after the initial export so ownership of outstanding work stays clear.04
Client reviews
“Norml Studio's professionalism and responsiveness were impressive.”
“They were proactive in suggesting improvements we hadn't considered.”
“They delivered what they said they would, on time.”
“They focused on how to make our daily operations easier, not just on building features for the sake of it.”
“They understood that the app needed to be practical for someone sitting in a car, not just look good on a desktop.”
“Their level of dedication to the success of the project and GoPetZen's business as a whole is unique.”
What we need before the move
- Store access and product examplesProvide Squarespace access, original product assets, the Shopify destination, and domain ownership details. Include examples of products with several options, service products, and any digital or subscription offers.01
- Recurring and restricted productsMembership access, digital entitlements, subscription contracts, and stored payment methods need separate feasibility checks. An ordinary product import does not prove that billing or access behavior can continue unchanged.02
How we prepare the move
- [Check the commerce inventory]Step 01
Compare the export with live product pages and store operations. Agree the retained records, missing fields, required apps, and content that needs rebuilding.
- [Review a sample storefront]Step 02
Import representative products and build their Shopify templates. Verify variants, images, price presentation, collection placement, and the supporting content shoppers need.
- [Reconcile and switch]Step 03
Test the agreed checkout and fulfillment paths, review redirects, and reconcile the final data changes. Connect the domain and check purchase, notification, and product-link behavior on the public store.
The people who do this work.
Meet the whole teamNo account layer between you and them. These are the Norml specialists this work runs through.
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“I've spent 10 years working across development and marketing. I started as a developer, but design, SEO and advertising were already part of the job. That taught me to treat a website as one system: the business, the content, the design and the code have to work together. At Norml, I lead the architecture behind our work and stay involved wherever strategy, design, development and search meet.”
Max TymoshynFounder & Architect
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Questions about the migration
Which product details need extra work?
Squarespace documents several CSV omissions, including variant images and additional product information. We compare the file with your store and plan the missing material separately. Digital products and recurring offers receive their own review.
Can old product URLs redirect?
We map the old paths to suitable Shopify destinations and test the redirects you can control. Shopify has its own URL structure, so keeping the domain does not by itself preserve every product address.
Can subscriptions and memberships move?
Only after the current provider, records, and destination tools have been checked. Product descriptions, recurring billing, and access permissions are distinct. We agree a supported transition rather than treating a catalog import as a subscription migration.
Plan your Squarespace migration
Share your current website, the features you rely on, and what needs to change. We will review the Shopify requirements and identify the content, rebuild work, and launch checks your move needs.