Migrating eCommerce platform Can we integrate before the new platform is live

Hi @kenmck, welcome to the community,

Having done lots of migrations from BigCommerce to Shopify, we’ve definitely done a lot of things in parallel while we wait for the new site to be completed.  There’s no need to wait for the completion of the migration to begin working in Klaviyo, however you may want to be careful which Flows you enable until everything is properly switched over.

As an example, migrating the historical data is important only if you have Segment triggered Flows based on historical actions.  For example, if you have a Flow that’s triggered on a repeat purchase or  A Flow that sends a winback if someone hasn’t purchased in 6 months, etc.  Obviously, since the historical data is not present in the Shopify events, those Flows should be left in Draft or Manual. 

You can still develop the Flow structure, the templates (design and copy), but I’d wait until the historical data is complete before turning those on because it may not work properly.  

Hope that helps!