Switching from Shopify
Redesign your Shopify website with Webese
Shopify's checkout is excellent; the pages around it — the homepage, the about page, the story that makes someone trust the store — are often the part that got the least attention. Here's what changes when you rebuild on Webese.
Signs it's time for a redesign
The theme's homepage still reads like the theme, not like your specific store.
You're paying monthly for apps that patch things a purpose-built site would just include.
The store converts fine on paid traffic, but the site does nothing to build trust for organic or return visitors.
You sell a focused catalog and Shopify's full commerce stack feels like more than the business needs.
What changes when you switch
| Aspect | On Shopify today | After switching to Webese |
|---|---|---|
| How the site's copy was written | A commerce theme's default copy, usually left close to as-installed outside the product pages. | Generated from your actual positioning — audience, outcome, and what makes you different. |
| Editing after launch | Shopify's theme editor for pages, a separate admin for products — two systems to learn. | Click any text, image, or graphic directly on the page to change it in place — one canvas, everything. |
| Transaction & platform fees | Monthly plan fee plus payment processing, with an extra fee unless you use Shopify Payments. | 0% Webese fees. Payments run through your own Stripe account or direct bank transfer. |
| Your domain | Registered and hosted through Shopify. | Keep it — point it at Webese, or transfer it in. Either way, DNS is handled for you. |
How switching works
- 1
Tell Webese about your business
The same conversation every Webese site starts from — your audience, offer, and what makes you different — whether or not you're bringing an existing store across.
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Bring your existing content across
An AI importer that reads your current Shopify store and carries over your real content — copy, images, product listings — into the new draft, so you're editing your own material, not starting from a blank page. This is the part currently in development; see the note below.
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Review and edit the draft
Everything lands in the same click-to-edit canvas as any other Webese site — resize a logo, rewrite a headline, delete a section you don't need, all in place.
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Point your domain at Webese
Keep the domain you already own. Webese shows you the exact DNS record to add at Shopify (or wherever it's registered) and handles verification and SSL automatically.
Import preview — coming soon
The AI importer that reads an existing Shopify store and carries its content into a Webese draft is in development, not live yet. Until it ships, switching means describing your business the same way any new Webese site starts — and copying over specific text, images, or product details you want kept is a normal part of that conversation. This page will be updated with a walkthrough video once the importer is ready.
Shopify solves checkout, not the pitch
Shopify's actual strength is the commerce machinery — cart, checkout, inventory, fulfillment — which is genuinely hard to build well, and Shopify does it better than almost anything else. What it doesn't solve is the page that convinces a first-time visitor to trust the store before they even reach a product page.
That page usually inherits the theme's default copy and stays that way, because the store owner's attention (rightly) goes to products and ads, not to rewriting an About page. The gap shows up most with organic and repeat traffic, which doesn't arrive already convinced the way a paid ad click does.
What actually changes when you switch
Webese generates the whole site — homepage, story, and store — from your actual positioning in one pass, so the pages around checkout carry the same specific message the products deserve, instead of defaulting to the theme's boilerplate.
For a focused catalog that doesn't need Shopify's full depth (multi-location inventory, a large app stack, a staff of admin users), the trade is real too: 0% Webese fees against Shopify's plan fee plus processing, with checkout through your own Stripe account or bank transfer.
Questions about switching from Shopify
Can Webese import my existing Shopify store automatically today?+
Not yet — that importer is in development. Right now, switching means starting a Webese build the normal way (describing your business) and bringing over specific copy, images, or product details you want kept as part of that conversation. This page will be updated the moment automatic import ships.
Will I lose my domain if I switch from Shopify to Webese?+
No. You keep whatever domain you already own — Webese shows you the exact DNS record to add at your registrar (Shopify or anywhere else) for a one-time $24 fee, and handles verification and SSL automatically.
What happens to my Shopify product catalog?+
Products need to be re-added in Webese's own store today, since the importer doesn't move commerce data yet. Once added, they're real, purchasable products — checkout runs through your own Stripe account or bank transfer, at 0% Webese fees, on top of whatever your own Stripe account charges to process.
Is Webese's store as capable as Shopify's for a large catalog?+
No — if you're running a large multi-app commerce operation with complex inventory, Shopify's depth is the better fit. Webese's store is built for a focused catalog sold alongside a site that actually makes the case for the business first.
Is switching from Shopify to Webese free to try?+
Yes — building, editing, and sharing a live preview link are free for everyone, so you can generate and review a redesigned draft before deciding anything. Publishing it to your own domain is what a paid plan unlocks.
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