SEO Ramifications of migrating traditional e-commerce store to a platform based service

[Dan-Lawrence]

Hi

I'm thinking of migrating my 11 year old store to a hosted platform based e-commerce provider such as Shopify or Amazon hosted solutions etc etc

I'm worried though that will lose my domains history and authority if i do so

Can anyone advise if this is likely or will be same as a 301 redirect etc etc and should be fine ?

All Best

Dan

[Chris.Menke]

Dan,

Your domain's history and authority will remain since your domain will remain. Domain-wise, it's no different than any site changing hosts, which is done all the time.  SEO-wise, there will be some challenges in the move (redirects) and differences in the extent to which you are able to implement SEO tactics compared to your existing platform and you should try to dig into those differences and understand them before you make the move.  If possible, communicate with other sites using their service and see what their experience was and what issues they may have run into

[Chris.Menke]

** If possible, communicate with other sites using their service and see what their experience was and what issues they may have run into.**

But I guess that's what you're doing by asking your question here.  : )

[Dan-Lawrence]

Thanks for the good info Chris !