Moving from Shopify

Switch from Shopify and bring your whole store with you

The importer reads your Shopify store and rebuilds it as a bookstore: books, editions, series, readers, orders and discount codes. You check a preview first. Your old links keep working after you switch, and you can drop the app stack.

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How the move works

Five steps. Shopify keeps selling until the last one.

  1. Connect your Shopify store

    Sign in to Shopify from Lanternbee. We only ask to read your store. Nothing in Shopify changes.

  2. Check the preview

    See your products grouped into books and editions, and into series if you write them. Fix anything we guessed wrong.

  3. Import

    Books, readers and what they bought, orders and discount codes come over in one go.

  4. Look around your new store

    Take as long as you like. Shopify keeps taking orders while you check.

  5. Switch your address

    Point your shop address at Lanternbee. Old product links land on the right book pages. Then cancel the apps you no longer need.

What comes with you from Shopify

Your books

Products become titles and editions. “The Weeknight Kitchen (Ebook)” and “The Weeknight Kitchen (Paperback)” become one book with two editions.

Your series and collections

If you write series, Shopify collections become series. You check the reading order before anything goes live.

Your readers and what they bought

Customers become your reader list. The books they bought are waiting in their library.

Your orders

Your order history moves with you, so your sales records stay in one place.

Your discount codes

Active codes carry over, so the code in last month’s newsletter still works.

Your old links

Old product addresses send readers to the new book pages, so links in your back matter keep working.

What your readers notice

Nothing they have to do. Same books, same links. They sign in with the email they always used and find the books they bought from you.

What you stop paying for

The Shopify plan and the apps that sent ebooks, made bundles, printed paperbacks and collected reviews. Compare the cost, or read our side-by-side look at Shopify for authors.

Questions about moving

Will my store go down while I move?

No. Your Shopify store keeps selling the whole time. Readers only start buying from Lanternbee once you point your shop address at it.

Do my readers have to do anything?

No. Their books and links keep working. Readers who bought from you on Shopify find those books in their Lanternbee library by signing in with the same email address.

What happens to the links in my back matter and newsletters?

They keep working. Old Shopify product addresses send readers to the matching book pages on your new store.

What if the importer gets something wrong?

You see everything in a preview before it is imported: how products were grouped into books, series and editions, and what each one costs. Fix it there, or fix it afterwards in your store. Nothing goes live until you switch your address.

Which Shopify apps can I cancel?

The ones Lanternbee replaces: ebook and audiobook delivery for sales, bundles, print on demand and reviews. Keep BookFunnel if you use it for reader magnets or advance review copies. Keep your email tool if you like it, or send release-day emails from Lanternbee.

Do I need to cancel Shopify straight away?

No. Cancel it when you are happy with your new store. You can keep it for a few weeks while the first orders come through.

How the importer reads your store: Shopify import. Something specific about your store? Ask us.