WooCommerce to BigCommerce Migration
Use Nventory's product sync engine to move your WooCommerce catalog to BigCommerce — products, variants, images, and pricing all transfer automatically. Keep both stores live with synced inventory while you validate BigCommerce, and switch only when you're confident.
Migration Timeline
Estimated timeline for syncing your WooCommerce product catalog to BigCommerce using Nventory.
Migration with custom data or multiple integrations
Factors That Affect Timeline
- •Number of products and variations to transfer from WooCommerce to BigCommerce
- •Depth of custom field and ACF usage requiring BigCommerce custom field mapping
- •Product image count and total file size affecting transfer time to BigCommerce's CDN
- •Number of product categories and taxonomy depth requiring BigCommerce category mapping
What Moves to BigCommerce
Nventory moves your product catalog so you can start selling on BigCommerce without rebuilding from scratch. Here's exactly what transfers and what doesn't.
Nventory Handles This
- Products & Variations
Nventory converts WooCommerce simple and variable products to BigCommerce products with options and SKUs.
- Inventory Levels
Nventory syncs WooCommerce stock quantities to BigCommerce inventory levels.
- Categories & Taxonomies
Nventory maps WooCommerce product categories (stored in wp_terms and wp_term_taxonomy) to BigCommerce's nested category hierarchy.
- Product Images
Nventory transfers product images from the WordPress media library to BigCommerce's CDN.
- Product Pricing
Nventory transfers regular prices, sale prices, and scheduled sale pricing from WooCommerce to BigCommerce's price, sale price, and bulk pricing fields.
You'll Handle Separately
- Customer accounts and data
Customer databases, saved addresses, and login credentials cannot be transferred between platforms through Nventory
- Order history
Historical orders and transaction records from the source platform cannot be migrated to the destination platform
- WooCommerce plugin data in custom tables
WooCommerce plugins like Subscriptions, Memberships, Bookings, and Points & Rewards store data in custom WordPress database tables. This plugin-specific data has no standard BigCommerce migration path and requires per-plugin assessment, export, and re-implementation using BigCommerce apps or custom solutions.
- WordPress theme customizations and shortcodes
WooCommerce themes built on WordPress with PHP customizations, shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, and custom post types cannot be ported to BigCommerce's Stencil theme engine. All frontend customizations and content formatting must be rebuilt in BigCommerce's theme architecture.
- WordPress multisite and WPML multi-language data
WordPress multisite installations and WPML translations involve complex data relationships across multiple database tables. Each language version or site in a multisite network may need to become a separate BigCommerce storefront, significantly expanding the migration scope.
Powered by Nventory's product sync engine: The same reliable sync that keeps multichannel sellers in stock across platforms also powers your migration. Your WooCommerce catalog syncs to BigCommerce and stays in sync — run both stores in parallel until you're ready to switch.
Things to Consider
Platform-specific details and how they affect this integration.
WooCommerce stores product data as WordPress post_meta with attributes as taxonomy terms, while BigCommerce uses a product model with options, SKUs, and custom fields. Variable products need to map to BigCommerce product options, and custom fields and ACF data need to map to BigCommerce's custom field types.
Nventory's sync engine maps WooCommerce variable products to BigCommerce product options with SKUs, and converts custom fields and ACF data to BigCommerce custom fields. The mapping is reviewable before sync execution.
Who Should Migrate from WooCommerce to BigCommerce
Common scenarios where a WooCommerce to BigCommerce migration makes sense.
Migration Process
A structured, step-by-step migration through Nventory.
WooCommerce → Nventory → BigCommerce
Connect Both Platforms
Connect your WooCommerce store and your new BigCommerce store to Nventory. Nventory reads your WooCommerce product catalog, variations, custom fields, and categories to prepare for sync.
Sync Your Product Catalog
Nventory syncs your complete product catalog from WooCommerce to BigCommerce — variable products map to product options, categories transfer directly, and images re-host on BigCommerce's CDN.
Enable Inventory Sync
Nventory enables real-time inventory sync between WooCommerce and BigCommerce. Stock levels stay consistent across both stores so you can sell on either platform without overselling.
Sell on Both, Switch When Ready
Run both stores in parallel with Nventory keeping inventory synced. Validate BigCommerce checkout, shipping, and product data. Cut over to BigCommerce when you're confident — on your timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. BigCommerce offers an official WordPress plugin that lets you use WordPress as the frontend for content and blogging while BigCommerce handles the product catalog, cart, and checkout. This hybrid approach gives you the best of both platforms.
WooCommerce variable products with attributes become BigCommerce products with options and SKUs. Nventory preserves all variation-specific pricing, images, and inventory counts during the transformation.
Order history cannot be transferred between platforms through Nventory. Nventory focuses on product catalog and inventory sync. You would need to use BigCommerce's native import tools or a dedicated data migration service for historical order data.
BigCommerce does not have a native bundle feature identical to WooCommerce's, but apps like Bundler and BigCommerce's own product pick list feature provide similar capability. Nventory's migration report identifies the right approach for your specific bundle configurations.
Most WooCommerce to BigCommerce catalog syncs complete within 2-10 hours depending on product count and image volume. Nventory keeps both stores selling with synced inventory during the entire transition, so there is zero downtime — you keep taking orders on WooCommerce until BigCommerce is fully set up and you're ready to switch your domain.
Nventory transfers products, variations, images, pricing, custom fields, categories, and inventory. Customer accounts, order history, WooCommerce plugin data (subscriptions, memberships, bookings), WordPress theme customizations, shortcodes, and WPML translation data don't transfer — these require BigCommerce-native solutions or manual reconfiguration.
WooCommerce and BigCommerce handle product variants differently — WooCommerce uses taxonomy-based attributes with individual variation posts, while BigCommerce uses product options with SKU-level rules. Check Nventory's sync log for products where attribute names conflicted with BigCommerce reserved option names, or where variation-specific images failed to map to the correct SKU. Products with more than 250 option combinations may need to be split, as BigCommerce enforces a variant cap per product.
Move Your Products to BigCommerce
Use Nventory's reliable product sync to move your WooCommerce catalog to BigCommerce. Run both stores with synced inventory until you're ready to switch.
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