DNS switching points the domain from the old store to Shopify hosting.

To prevent customers and staff from receiving unnecessary order emails during migration.

Yes. Imported historical orders may trigger notification emails unless disabled.

Stores may experience inaccurate reporting and inflated order counts.

Some migration methods don’t automatically detect duplicate order imports.

Historical orders are previously completed customer orders imported for recordkeeping.

Proper planning minimizes downtime, data loss, and SEO issues.