Common task · estimated 2 business days
New theme bought. Now everything has to move — without breaking what works.
Here’s the surprise nobody mentions at theme checkout: your pages, sections, and settings don’t come along automatically. I move them, rebuild them where the new theme works differently, and nothing publishes until you say so.
Scope-based proposal first — you approve and pay, then work starts.
Theme Content Migration
From the theme you have to the new theme you already own — content, menus, and customizations accounted for.
What’s included
- Pages and sections re-created in the new theme’s editor
- Menus and navigation set up to match
- Key customizations re-applied — or flagged where the new theme genuinely differs
- Redirect check, and the new theme stays unpublished until you approve the preview
Not included
- The new theme’s purchase price
- Re-building custom-coded features from the old theme — flagged and quoted separately
- Platform migrations from Woo, Wix, etc. — I don’t do those
- Full content rewrites
The reality of switching themes
What moves by itself — and what doesn’t
Your products, collections, and blog posts live in the store, not the theme — they survive any switch untouched. Everything visual is another story. Theme settings, section layouts, and customizations are stored per-theme, which is why a fresh theme greets you with someone else’s demo content instead of your homepage.
Moves by itself
Store data
Products, collections, customers, orders, blog posts, discounts. None of this is touched by a theme switch — or by me.
What I move
The theme layer
Homepage and page sections re-created in the new editor, menus, image placements, settings translated to the new theme’s options — plus a redirect check so old links keep working.
Flagged honestly
What can’t map 1:1
Custom-coded features from the old theme, and spots where the new theme simply works differently. You get a written list — with a separate quote if you want them rebuilt, and no pressure if you don’t.
The whole time, your current theme stays live and selling. The new one is built next to it, unpublished, until you’ve clicked through the preview and said go. Switching day is your call — in a publishing window agreed with you.
How this works
A migration where nothing goes live by accident
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You describe the move in plain English.
“I bought this theme and I’m scared to switch” is a complete brief.
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I map what actually needs to move.
Including the custom bits that won’t transfer — flagged before work starts, not discovered after.
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The new theme is built unpublished.
Your live store keeps selling on the old theme, untouched, the whole time.
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You walk the preview before the switch.
Every page, both viewports. It publishes when you approve — and not a minute before.
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If something’s off after the switch, I fix it free.
Thirty days — and your old theme is kept as the instant rollback.
Describe the problem in plain English. I’ll figure out what actually needs to change, do it safely on a copy of your store first, show you before anything goes live, and fix it free if it breaks.
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Delivered as proposed, or made right. If work misses the proposal, I fix it free — and refund anything I can't make match.
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30-day warranty. Defects in my delivered work, fixed free.
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One clear proposal. The price is based on project scope and agreed before work starts.
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Your live store stays untouched. All work on an unpublished theme copy — you preview and approve before anything goes live.
Scope-based proposal first — you approve and pay, then work starts.
Not sure it fits? Ask in chat — I’ll tell you straight if it’s not a fit.
If this isn’t quite it
Custom Theme Section Build
The new theme is missing one layout you loved? Build it in.
est. 1–2 business days
Speed Optimization Quick Wins
A fresh theme is a good moment to clean out old app scripts too.
est. 1–2 business days
Fix Broken Theme Layout
Not switching — just need the current theme un-broken.
est. 1 business day
Beyond these tasks: I also build custom Shopify apps — my flagship work — plus integrations, redesigns, and bigger builds. See all services.
The new theme stays unpublished until you approve the preview — switching day is your call, not mine.