Case study: an online shop moved off Shopify
HOMESŌKO moved off Shopify with every old URL still working.
HOMESŌKO sells titanium cookware, with prices in pounds, Australian dollars, euros and US dollars depending on where the visitor is. It now runs on its own platform.
Werehouse Media moved HOMESŌKO off Shopify and onto a platform built for the shop: a new storefront, a secure checkout and an order system it owns. Every address Google already knew redirects to its new home, so customers and search traffic arrive where they expect to.
What we built
What does a shop need once it is off a platform?
A platform hides a lot of work. Leaving one means owning each piece of it, so the build is a list of the pieces and how they join up.
- The shop itself. A static site built with Astro, so product and guide pages are ready-built and served from Cloudflare’s network rather than assembled on every visit.
- Checkout and orders. A dedicated back end on Cloudflare sends the basket to Stripe-hosted Checkout, with prices always read from the product catalogue on the server. Paid orders are logged to a database and emailed to the shop.
- Every old URL kept. A redirect for each Shopify address Google already knew, so the search history moved with the shop instead of starting again.
- Currency by country. Pounds, Australian dollars, euros or US dollars, set from the visitor's country, with their own choice remembered and always winning.
- Sets and suggestions. Every size combination of the pan sets is generated from the single-pan prices, and the basket suggests the set that contains what is already in it.
- Analytics that ask first. Google Analytics loads only after the visitor accepts, and a separate anonymous daily count sends the shop one summary email, with no cookie and no personal data.
- A welcome offer. A few quick questions, then a single-use code issued by the back end.
What it shows
What does this say about a build for your business?
- Migrations are won on redirects. Moving platform without a redirect map is how a business loses the search visibility it spent years on. It is the first thing we plan on a redesign or migration.
- Money paths get tested before launch. The checkout was built against a mock of Stripe and checked with a written test suite before any real card touched it. We do the same for a quote form, a booking or a payment on a client site.
- The site joins the back office. Orders land in a database, in the shop's inbox and in a daily summary without anyone retyping them. That is the same job as connecting a website to a CRM or accounts package, on a smaller scale.
- You can own it. The code, the content and the accounts belong to the business, the same terms we offer everyone.
The review
What did HOMESŌKO say about the move?
★★★★★5 out of 5 on Google, from 1 review
We used Werehouse Media to migrate Homesoko from Shopify to a self-hosted platform with the same functionality. We got a new site and a new back-end system with all the bells and whistles and the move went smoothly. We’re very pleased with how it came out. […] Communication from Ed was fast, professional and informative. Thanks!
homesoko, Google review, 6 November 2026. Read the full review on Google
Connection: Ed, who runs Werehouse Media, is a co-owner of HOMESŌKO.
Next step
Moving a shop or a site?
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