An eBay to custom platform migration replaces the marketplace with software built around your business: consignment intake, live breaks, auctions, model-number fitment, trade pricing, whatever your operation actually runs on. Platform Direct scopes it in week one, builds it on a fixed price, and hands over the code, the database, and every credential at launch. No monthly platform fee, no marketplace cut, no lock-in to us.
All migration paths
eBay to Custom Platform Migration
When Shopify templates cannot model how you sell, we build the platform around your workflow instead, and you own every line of it.
- 100%Owned by you, code and data
- 0%Platform cut or SaaS fee
- YoursWorkflow built in, not bolted on
When custom beats a template
If your selling model is standard retail, Shopify or WooCommerce is usually the right answer and we will tell you so. Custom earns its keep when the workflow is the business: consignor splits and payouts, auction or break formats, compatibility lookups, B2B tiers with negotiated pricing. Forcing those through template plugins costs more in workarounds than building them properly once.
What moves across
Catalog, images, customer accounts, and order history migrate with a mapping you approve before launch. If you have an existing site, 301 redirects carry your search rankings across. Your eBay store keeps running untouched until the new platform is live, so there is no revenue gap during the build.
The margin case
eBay takes roughly 10 to 15 percent of every sale once final-value fees, processing, and promoted listings stack up. A custom platform costs more up front than a template build, but it is a one-time cost with no percentage attached and no monthly SaaS bill after it. For high-volume sellers the payback math is usually the strongest of any route we offer.
Owned outright at handover
You get the source code, the database, the hosting access, and documentation at launch. There is no license back to us and no retainer. If you never speak to us again, everything keeps working and every part of it is yours to change.
Questions sellers ask
- How is this different from an eBay to Shopify migration?
- Shopify gives you a proven store fast on a monthly subscription. A custom platform takes longer and costs more up front, but it models workflows templates cannot, charges no monthly platform fee, and you own the code outright. Discovery in week one settles which fits your operation.
- Who maintains a custom platform after handover?
- Anyone you choose. It is standard, documented code, so your own developer or any agency can run it. We offer optional support but there is no retainer and nothing that only we can touch.