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Moving a store from a WordPress business card website to Horoshop

Moving from a business card website on WordPress to a Horoshop store is the step from pages with contacts and a product list to an online store with a catalog, cart, payments and delivery. The domain and useful pages are preserved: we match the URLs to the new ones and transfer the SEO settings.

  • we turn the list of products and services from the business card website into a catalog with product pages;
  • texts about the company, delivery, payments and contacts become Horoshop pages;
  • we transfer title, description and H1 from the SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math) to the new pages;
  • a WordPress URL map and 301 redirects;
  • Search Console, GA4 and the sitemap connected by launch;
  • the old business card website keeps working until the domain is switched.

Why a business card website on WordPress is worth replacing with a store

An owner who searches for move a business card website from WordPress to Horoshop or make an online store from a business card website already has a domain and pages with visitors. A business card website shows what you sell, but a buyer cannot choose an option, add a product to the cart and pay: they call or write in a messenger. Horoshop adds a catalog, cart, payments, delivery and order management.

The domain and the pages with search traffic have a history in Google, so we carefully match the URLs of the old business card website to the new ones.

A business card website often has service pages and a price list: we move them into the catalog or into text sections, depending on what customers buy most often. We merge old pages without visitors so that the store structure stays clear.

What moving a business card website to Horoshop includes

  • we turn the list into a catalog: sections, product pages, photos, prices, attributes;
  • text pages: about the company, delivery, payments, contacts;
  • blog articles and news as Horoshop text pages;
  • title, description and H1 from the SEO plugin, for example Yoast or Rank Math;
  • a WordPress URL map and 301 redirects;
  • payments, delivery, GA4, Search Console;
  • a design in your style in the Horoshop editor.

Horoshop does not give access to the theme code, so we recreate custom elements of the business card website with standard blocks, JS snippets or an external service. We create catalog sections manually in the admin panel.

How we move a business card website to Horoshop

  1. consultation and an audit of pages, URLs and traffic;
  2. export of the WordPress content and approval of the structure;
  3. creation of sections and filling the catalog;
  4. design, test orders, payments and delivery;
  5. domain switch, redirects, sitemap in Search Console.

We need access to the WordPress admin panel, a list of products with prices and photos, and access to the domain and analytics. Timelines depend on the catalog size, and we fix them in the contract after the audit.

Cost and terms of the migration

A store on Horoshop starts from $500, and the cost of moving a business card website depends on the number of products and pages that need to be preserved. We calculate it after a free consultation and an SEO audit. The domain and admin panel remain yours, and the price is fixed in the contract. Read about online store development in the section "Online store development", about other platforms – on the page "Migration from other platforms", and the "Contacts" page accepts consultation requests.

Questions and answers

What happens to my WordPress site?

The business card website keeps working until the domain is switched. After the store launches, we decide together whether to archive it or keep it on a separate subdomain.

How do I protect my old pages in search?

We create a URL mapping, set up 301 redirects, transfer title and description and check indexing in Search Console. Search results appear gradually.

Can the store be built on WordPress?

Yes, we also work with WordPress. For a store with a large catalog, we usually recommend Horoshop, and the platform is fixed in the contract.

Are blog articles moved?

We move articles as Horoshop text pages, merge weak ones and redirect them to stronger ones.