Etsy to Shopify: how to move your shop (and keep Etsy)
Moving from Etsy to Shopify, step by step: what transfers, what doesn't, the import options, and how to keep selling on Etsy at the same time.
October 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Moving from Etsy to Shopify sounds like a big project. It doesn't have to be, and you don't have to close your Etsy shop either. Here is what moves, what doesn't, and the three ways to do it.
Why sellers go from Etsy to Shopify
On Etsy you pay a fee on every sale, Etsy decides who sees your products, and your buyers stay Etsy's customers. On Shopify you pay a monthly plan, keep your margin, own your customer list and decide how your store looks. Most sellers keep both: Etsy brings new buyers, Shopify keeps them.
What moves from Etsy to Shopify
- Products: titles, descriptions, prices, variants and photos
- Your shop sections, which become collections
- Your reviews, which can be shown on your new store
- Your shop's story, policies and shipping times, rewritten as store pages
What doesn't move
- Your Etsy search ranking and Etsy's own buyers
- Past orders and buyer accounts
- Your Etsy shop address: your store gets its own address, ideally your own domain name
That is why it is wise to keep Etsy running while your own store grows.
Three ways to move from Etsy to Shopify
| Way | What you get | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| FromEtsy builds it | Complete store: products, design, pages, reviews, legal; seen before you pay | None, 24 hours |
| Import app | Products copied into a basic theme | Hours of design and setup |
| By hand | Whatever you build | Days to weeks |
Step by step, if you do it yourself
- 1. Open a Shopify account and pick a plan
- 2. Import your products (an import app or a CSV file)
- 3. Check every product: photos, variants, prices and descriptions
- 4. Choose a theme and adapt it to your brand
- 5. Write your pages: about, contact, shipping, returns, privacy
- 6. Set up payments, shipping rates and taxes
- 7. Connect a domain name and send your products to Google
Or let us do the whole move
FromEtsy does every step above for you, from your Etsy shop link. You see the finished store first. If you like it, it is yours for 99 €, with 120 days (4 months) of the Shopify subscription free. If you don't, you pay nothing.
Should you close your Etsy shop?
Usually not. Keep Etsy for new buyers and send everyone else to your own store: returning customers, followers, people from Google. Many sellers move more of their sales over time, at their own pace.