Le Chocolatier Website Revamp – Smooth WooCommerce to Shopify Migration
Le Chocolatier migrated from WordPress to Shopify with EbizON, preserving 300+ products and improving their mobile-friendly, high-performance online store.
Industry
Retail
Technology
WooCommerce, Shopify
Services
UX Design, CMS Migration, Management, Ecommerce Development, Ecommerce Migration
Project Overview
Le Chocolatier Fine Handmade Chocolates, a leading name in artisan chocolate products, partnered with EbizON to revamp their online presence and deliver a seamless shopping experience. The company aimed to migrate from WordPress to Shopify while preserving over 300 products, improving website performance, and adopting a visually engaging, mobile-friendly design that reflects their premium brand.
Project Objectives
- Seamlessly migrate over 300 products from WooCommerce to Shopify.
- Create a mobile-friendly, luxury-themed storefront to reflect the brand.
- Optimize site speed and performance for a smooth shopping experience.
- Integrate multiple payment options for secure, convenient checkout.
- Retain SEO rankings and set up advanced analytics tracking.
Project Execution
1. Design and Discovery Process
The project began with a detailed discovery phase to align business goals with technical requirements:
- Assessed the existing WordPress site structure and product taxonomy
- Identified key customer journeys, checkout behaviors, and legacy limitations
- Recommended a premium Shopify theme that would match Le Chocolatier’s brand aesthetic
- Created a detailed migration roadmap with milestones for design, data transfer, testing, and deployment
- Established communication protocols via Basecamp and weekly virtual meetings to ensure ongoing collaboration
3. Shopify Development & Theme Customization
With the data migrated, our design and development team focused on building a high-converting storefront on Shopify.
- Customized a premium Shopify 2.0 theme to showcase the brand’s luxury positioning
- Designed a responsive, mobile-first layout with elegant product displays and intuitive navigation
- Added rich product descriptions, embedded videos, and high-resolution photography to boost engagement
- Developed promotional sections and seasonal gift bundle displays to support marketing campaigns
- Optimized the layout for fast browsing, simplified cart flows, and minimal friction at checkout
2. Data Migration & Performance Enhancements
EbizON’s team migrated all business-critical data from WordPress to Shopify while ensuring performance gains across the new platform.
- Migrated 300+ products, including images, descriptions, pricing, categories, and inventory details
- Ensured all product metadata, tags, and attributes were preserved to support search and filtering on Shopify
- Migrated essential content such as CMS pages, collections, and customer data
- Conducted backend clean-up and optimization to enhance page load speed and overall site responsiveness
- Performed extensive data validation in staging to ensure consistency and accuracy before launch
4. Payment Integration
To ensure a smooth checkout experience for customers, multiple payment gateways were integrated and tested.
- Configured Shopify Payments, PayPal, and major credit card processing options
- Set up flexible tax and shipping rules to support U.S.-based and international customers
- Integrated mobile payment support for Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Validated payment workflows to prevent cart abandonment or transaction failures
5. SEO Migration & Optimization
Maintaining search engine visibility was essential during the platform switch.
- Implemented 301 redirects to map old WordPress URLs to new Shopify equivalents
- Migrated all meta titles, descriptions, alt texts, and structured schema markup
- Configured Google Search Console, Google Analytics (GA4), and Google Tag Manager for analytics tracking
- Installed an SEO app to manage ongoing technical and on-page SEO health
- Ensured Shopify’s sitemap and robots.txt were submitted for indexation
Results & Feedback
Key Achievements:
- Seamless WordPress to Shopify Migration with all product and content data preserved
- Improved Performance – Faster load times and better mobile responsiveness
- Enhanced UX – Elegant design, intuitive navigation, and visually rich product pages
- SEO Rankings Retained – No disruptions in organic traffic or indexing
- Efficient Operations – Shopify’s built-in tools simplified product, order, and inventory management
Client’s Feedback
“We’re impressed with their professionalism, efficiency, and the tools at their disposal. The weekly calls help to keep the project within scope and need, and Basecamp makes it easy to communicate further and share assets.”
Ariel Marmor
Creative Director
Le Chocolatier of Florida
What Our Customers Says
reviewed by JOE WILLIAMS
Senior manager, Remedy Liqour
Head of Business Engagement, WRI
“Ebizon is one of the best in the business and they back this up with their quick and friendly support. The team is relentless to listen to our issues and come up with a solution. Have seen the team stretch beyond their knowledge to help us.”
reviewed by JOSEPH CURLEY
Vice President, Sokolin
Content Officer, Society for Science & Public
“My experience with this partnership has been positive. The support Ebizon extended towards us was commendable. It perfectly fulfils our requirements with their support we had no hassle.”
reviewed by Beat Walder
Manager, Forester Beauty
Chief of Staff, Strategic Dentistry
“I’m the owner of Forester Beauty in Switzerland. I’ve contacted Dee and he led me through the whole process of migrating our online shop to Shopify, including custom elements to enhance user experience. The whole Project Team at Ebizon has a very professional attitude and provide their support and insights promptly.”
reviewed by Wilma Pretorius
Managing Director, Cranimals
For fully managed WordPress installs, WPEngine is my Go-To
“The Team worked well with my company to migrate our Magento store to a new Shopify store. Ebizon was able to implement required applications to enable a near seamless transition. Thanks Team!
reviewed by Raul
Senior Manager, Emporium Embroidery
Head of Business Engagement, WRI
“Emporium Embroidery – customization module / Magento upgrade Thank you Ebizon and a great thank you to the team who was always very helpful on this journey.”
reviewed by Alexandre Salem
eCommerce Manager, Ada Cosmetic
Chief of Staff, Strategic Dentistry
“Thanks to EbizON solution, the platform enabled the company to sell products efficiently. The team worked in sprints and held weekly meetings, ensuring accurate outcomes.”
reviewed by Po Ming Lam
Manager, Avec Plaisirs Chefs Traiteurs
For fully managed WordPress installs, WPEngine is my Go-To
“Ebizon is helping our Magento development needs. Their customer oriented approach has made our experience very pleasant and efficient. We are definitely sending more work to them and recommend others to try them out!”
