HyperSync: copying Shopify stores without making a mess
Moving data between Shopify stores sounds simple until you run it twice. How HyperSync copies, exports and imports store data safely, and what it deliberately leaves alone.
Most commerce teams we work with run more than one Shopify store: staging and production, one store per market, or an old store being moved to a new one. Sooner or later they need to move data between them. The usual tools handle the first run. The second run creates duplicates.
HyperSync is the Shopify app we built for that job. It copies, exports and imports store data, between stores or to and from a file, and it works with Liquid, Hydrogen and headless stores.
Re-runnable by design
The property we cared about most is that you can run it again at any time. HyperSync updates what is already in the target store instead of making a second copy, so a sync is a repeatable operation, not a one-off migration you only get one attempt at. The workflow is three steps: pair the stores, choose what to copy, then run it, and re-run it whenever the source changes.
What it moves
HyperSync handles 13 kinds of store data:
- Products, with variants, options and images
- Collections, pages, blogs and articles
- Files, locations, navigation menus and URL redirects
- Metafield definitions, metaobject definitions and metaobjects
- Inventory levels
What it leaves alone
Just as deliberate is what it never copies: inventory adjustment history, customer passwords, gift card codes, payment and gateway history, orders older than 60 days, and the original creation dates of orders and customers. Some of these can’t be moved safely through Shopify at all. Others shouldn’t be. We would rather say so up front than let you find out after a migration.
Exports you can trust
Any selection can be exported to a single archive file, downloaded, and imported back later, which also makes it a way to keep a recoverable copy of a store. A few engineering decisions make that dependable:
- Large exports don’t fail because a browser tab gave up waiting.
- Images stay in the store they came from and are recorded as URLs, which keeps archives small.
- An import is checked before it is applied, so a bad file doesn’t leave a store half-written.
Pricing is $19 per store pair a month, $12 per single store a month, or $12 once for a seven-day migration. There is a 14-day free trial (limited to 50 items), an in-app assistant around the clock, and a person replies within 24 hours. More at hypersync.hypermetron.com.