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Why migrate?
The Shopify Plus Challenge & The Magento + Hyvä Solution
Transaction Fees Add Another Layer of Cost
Unless you use Shopify Payments, the platform charges additional transaction fees — up to 2%. That may sound small, but for a store doing $100,000 a month in revenue, that's an extra $2,000 disappearing quietly into platform fees. Over a year, that's $24,000 in unnecessary costs on top of your Plus subscription. Magento with a flat-fee licensing model means your payment processing costs stay predictable and aligned with profitability, not revenue.
Checkout Is Strictly Controlled
Shopify's checkout is a locked black box. If you need to build multi-vendor marketplaces, subscription platforms, B2B eCommerce with tiered pricing, advanced promotions and custom cart logic, or AI-driven dynamic pricing models, Shopify won't let you. Founders often realize only after launch that the checkout flow they envisioned cannot be built without heavy patchwork. Hyvä Checkout gives you complete control — customize every step, create distinct mobile experiences, and implement bespoke payment logic without SaaS constraints.
Custom Integrations Become Clunky
If you want deep ERP, CRM, headless commerce, or AI-based automation, Shopify imposes restrictions on API rate limits, webhook events, background job execution, and custom scripts. Building the integrations your business needs requires heavy workarounds and costly third-party middleware. Magento allows direct database connections, native message queues (RabbitMQ), and unlimited custom logic without platform gatekeeping.
Custom Workflows Are Hard to Implement
Vendor onboarding automation, marketplace rules, dispute handling, fulfillment logic, and vendor settlements all require heavy custom scripts or expensive apps on Shopify. What should be core functionality becomes a technical liability. Magento's extension architecture makes these workflows native — implement complex business logic as reusable modules without fighting platform constraints. Your business logic lives in code, not in app subscriptions.
