Running an online store on WooCommerce or Shopify usually means a second system: products, stock and orders live online, while the shop floor, warehouse and accounts live somewhere else. Moving your online selling into a cBiZ QR Store puts everything on one platform: one product list, one stock count, and online orders that land straight in your back office.
Before you start
- Decide what moves: products and categories, prices, stock and your customer list.
- Pick a quiet week for the switch, and keep the old store running until the new one is taking orders.
- Tidy up first: remove discontinued products and fix names, prices and SKUs. Clean data in means a clean store out.
Step 1: Export from your current store
Both platforms export to spreadsheets. In WooCommerce, use the product export under Products to download a CSV of your catalogue. In Shopify, export products from the Products page, and customers from the Customers page. Keep the files: they are your migration source and your backup.
Step 2: Import products and customers into cBiZ
Map the columns (name, SKU, category, price, stock, description) to cBiZ's product import template, then import. Bring in your customer list the same way, so returning customers and their history are in your CRM. Add product photos where needed.
Step 3: Set up your QR Store
Create a QR Store for each branch that sells online. Products, prices and stock come straight from cBiZ, so there is nothing to keep in sync. Add your branding, choose what to show, and use your own domain or a store address that matches your business.
Step 4: Switch on payments
Turn on M-Pesa, Pesapal and card payments for checkout. Payments match their orders automatically, and every sale carries a KRA eTIMS invoice.
Step 5: Test, then go live
- Place a few test orders and follow them through picking, invoicing and dispatch.
- Update your links: website buttons, social media bios, WhatsApp, receipts and posters at the counter.
- Share the QR Store link and QR code with your customers.
- Close the old store once orders are flowing in cBiZ.
Not ready to leave WooCommerce?
You do not have to switch in one go. cBiZ can sync products, stock, prices, tax and orders with WooCommerce in real time, so your existing website keeps selling while cBiZ runs the back office, and you can move to a QR Store later.
Let us do it for you
Cybcorp can move your products, customers and stock for you, set up your QR Stores and payments, and train your team, as part of getting you started.
Ready to see it in your business? Start a 30-day free trial of cBiZ, with no credit card and nothing to install, or talk to our team: call 0751 650 020, WhatsApp +254 751 650 020 or email sales@cybcorp.tech.
