How do I migrate Shopify Plus to Magento on AWS Toronto?

Migrating from Shopify Plus to Magento 2 on AWS Toronto is a typical 6–10 week project. The phases:

• Audit (week 1) — export the Shopify catalog, customer base, order history, theme assets, and current apps. Map each Shopify app to a Magento equivalent (or built-in feature)
• AWS setup (week 1–2) — provision ca-central-1 with multi-AZ, RDS MySQL 8.0, ElastiCache Redis, OpenSearch, S3 for media, CloudFront CDN. Latency target < 20ms for ON / QC users
• Magento install + theme (week 2–5) — we typically recommend Hyvä for the new theme (Lighthouse 95+, EN/FR storeview). Replicate the Shopify look or upgrade the design
• Data migration (week 5–6) — products, customers (with re-hashing of passwords on first login), orders (read-only history), URL redirects (Shopify slug → Magento URL key)
• Payment + shipping + tax wiring (week 6–7) — Stripe / Moneris / Interac, Canada Post, Vertex per-province tax
• UAT (week 7–8) — full regression + load test
• Cutover (week 8–9) — DNS flip, blue-green deploy, Shopify stays as read-only fallback for 30 days
• Stabilise (week 9–10) — bug fixes, post-launch performance tune, SEO recovery monitoring

Total cost typically USD $15–40k depending on data volume and customisations. Shopify monthly fees disappear — AWS hosting runs ~$300–800/mo for mid-market.