Gomag is a solid platform to start on in Romania. But product caps, a closed ecosystem and limits on international selling turn into walls exactly when you start growing. We move your whole catalogue to Shopify without losing data or rankings.
Gomag solves the start well: native local integrations, Romanian-language support, a cheap subscription. The problem shows up later — product caps, a closed ecosystem and limits on selling abroad are exactly what you need once you grow.
Basic stops you at 200 products, Advanced at 2,000, Elite at 10,000. Cross the threshold and you either pay to upgrade or stop growing. Shopify has no product cap on any plan.
The Basic plan doesn't include import/export. In practice you cannot get your own data out without upgrading first. On Shopify, a full CSV export is available at any time, on any plan.
Gomag gives you native features, but only the ones they build. Shopify has over 13,000 certified apps — whatever functionality you need already exists, usually from several vendors.
Gomag is built for Romania, Moldova and the Balkans. If you want to sell in the EU or US, Shopify Markets gives you local pricing, currencies and localised checkout natively, in 175+ countries.
The CSS and JavaScript editor is unavailable on Basic, and theme selection is narrow. Shopify has hundreds of premium themes plus Liquid — you control every detail, on any plan.
Elite costs €97/month and still stops you at 10,000 products. Shopify Basic is $29/month with no cap, and you move up a plan when your volume asks for it, not when the platform does.
| Criteria | Gomag | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Product limit | 200 / 2,000 / 10,000 by plan | Unlimited on every plan |
| Data import / export | Advanced plan and up only | Included on every plan |
| Available apps | Gomag native features only | 13,000+ certified apps |
| International selling | Romania, Moldova, Balkans focus | Shopify Markets — 175+ countries |
| CSS / JavaScript editor | Unavailable on Basic | Liquid + CSS/JS on any plan |
| Theme selection | Narrow | Hundreds of premium themes |
Every migration follows the same tested process, structured so you don't lose a single order, customer or product.
We inventory the catalogue, the plan you are on, the category structure and your active courier and invoicing integrations, then decide what migrates as-is and what gets rebuilt.
We extract products, categories, customers and orders. If you are on the Basic plan, where export is unavailable, we handle the extraction ourselves — you are not stuck.
Products arrive with variants, images and stock, categories become Shopify Collections with the same hierarchy, and customers and order history import in full.
We reconnect the invoicing and couriers you were using. Shopify has dedicated apps for SmartBill, Oblio and FGO, and for FAN Courier, Sameday, Cargus, DPD and GLS.
We map every Gomag URL to its new Shopify equivalent with a 301 redirect, test checkout and payments, then move DNS only once everything is verified.
Titles, descriptions, prices, stock, images and variants (colors, sizes, custom attributes) — all faithfully transferred.
Order history imported for reporting continuity and access to historical data at any time.
Customer accounts, shipping addresses and order history per customer — fully migrated to Shopify Customers.
Categories become Shopify Collections, with the same hierarchy and correct products in each section.
301 redirect for every URL, meta titles and descriptions transferred, XML sitemap updated — Google Search Console connected.
We set up Shopify Payments or your preferred gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Netopia, etc.) and test every method before launch.
The migration process went perfectly — zero downtime and not a single product or order missing. Cristian handled everything, including redirects and SEO.
I was skeptical about migrating — I was afraid of losing SEO rankings. Two months after launch, traffic increased by 35% and all data is intact.
We no longer waste time on updates and technical issues. Since moving to Shopify, we focus on sales, not maintenance.
It depends on product count, historic order volume and how many integrations need reconnecting. It depends on product count, site complexity and how much blog content there is. It starts at €300. Send me the store details and you get a free quote within 24 hours.
That is exactly what step 2 of the process is for. The Basic plan has no import/export, but your data exists and can be extracted. You should not have to pay Gomag for an upgrade just to leave Gomag.
They get reconnected on Shopify. There are dedicated apps for SmartBill, Oblio and FGO, and for FAN Courier, Sameday, Cargus, DPD and GLS. We configure and test them with real orders before launch.
Not if the migration is done properly. Every Gomag URL gets a 301 redirect to its Shopify equivalent, and meta titles and descriptions transfer across. 50+ migrations done with no traffic loss.
A standard store under 1,000 products migrates in 5–10 business days. Large catalogues or ones with many integrations can run to 2–3 weeks. Your old store stays live until the final day.
Send me your store details and get a migration plan plus a free quote within 24 hours.
Or write to contact@horcrux.ro — I reply within 24h.