# Migrate your app to SimiCart

## 📌 Prerequisite

✅ **Before proceeding, make sure:**

* Your current app is published under your developer account (s) (App Store and/or Google Play Console), for which you hold the Owner role.

## ⚙️ **How to set up**

<table><thead><tr><th width="173.90234375">Party in charge<select multiple><option value="rC2Ea2jeV3S3" label="Merchant" color="blue"></option><option value="aI189Isv8qDK" label="SimiCart team" color="blue"></option><option value="XNC8ECgyHdLb" label="Apple/Google" color="blue"></option><option value="HuDjJzrsBcbx" label="Apple" color="blue"></option><option value="8uzlxUnIsjhp" label="Google" color="blue"></option></select></th><th width="211.39453125">Step</th><th width="254.1640625">Description</th><th width="175.36328125">Estimated timeline</th><th width="240.71484375">Note</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span data-option="rC2Ea2jeV3S3">Merchant</span></td><td>Install &#x26; configure SimiCart to prepare for the new app update</td><td><ul><li>Install <a href="https://apps.shopify.com/simicart-mobile-app-builder?st_source=autocomplete&#x26;surface_detail=autocomplete_apps">SimiCart</a> via Shopify App Store</li><li>Design the app (layout, branding, menus)</li><li>Configure to turn on the app features</li></ul></td><td>Varies, depending on your needs &#x26; urgency</td><td>Some features and design sections are exclusively available in some paid plans</td></tr><tr><td><span data-option="rC2Ea2jeV3S3">Merchant</span></td><td>Invite SimiCart to your developer account with Admin role, to allow SimiCart team to configure the migration</td><td><ul><li>Invite <a href="mailto:androidteam@simicart.com">androidteam@simicart.com</a> to your Google Console Account as Admin</li><li>Invite <a href="mailto:help@simicart.com">help@simicart.com</a> to your Apple Developer Account as Admin</li></ul></td><td>Within 1 day</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><span data-option="rC2Ea2jeV3S3">Merchant</span></td><td>Subscribe to a paid plan to request SimiCart team to migrate the app and publish a new app update</td><td><p>Subscribe to a paid plan to request SimiCart team to migrate your app, by</p><ul><li>Go to the Publish tab</li><li>Fill in the app listing details</li><li>Hit Request to publish</li></ul></td><td>Within 1 day</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><span data-option="rC2Ea2jeV3S3">Merchant</span></td><td>Upload the new key certificate to enable the migration on Google Play</td><td>Follow this <a href="https://docs.google.com/videos/d/1B99uBus6Myj9iFDEGpMxwVGVCxBrsg-DSZiEpDD4huY/edit?scene=id.g32b9278b_0_0#scene=id.g32b9278b_0_0">short tutorial</a> to upload the new key certificate (given by the SimiCart team) for your app in the Google Play Console account</td><td>Within 1 day</td><td>Google Play Console takes around 2 business days since the upload to verify the migration.</td></tr><tr><td><span data-option="aI189Isv8qDK">SimiCart team</span></td><td>App development, testing, and upload to the stores</td><td>SimiCart conducts app development &#x26; testing, and upload to the stores on your behalf</td><td>3-4 business days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><span data-option="HuDjJzrsBcbx">Apple, </span><span data-option="8uzlxUnIsjhp">Google</span></td><td>App review by the App Store and Google Play</td><td>Apple and Google Play will review the app update before making it official for distribution to end users</td><td>Typically 2-3 business days</td><td>Timeline dependent on external parties and may be prolonged</td></tr></tbody></table>

## :exclamation:Remarks

| Situation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | How to move forward                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>Suppose your current app is published under an external developer account (i.e. development agency, mobile app builder).</p><p>In that case, migrating your app to SimiCart's can pose certain risks for them in terms of intellectual property.</p>    | <ul><li>Create your own developer accounts</li><li>Have the developer transfer your app to your accounts</li></ul>                                                                                                                                            |
| <p>Your previous app may not have in-app message feature prompting your users to update the app when your new release comes out.<br><br>Your app users are not aware of the new release, and would need to visit the App Store & Google Play to update</p> | <p>Check with the developer whether the feature is included</p><ul><li>If not, after your new app with SimiCart's codebase is live, you can conduct a marketing campaign to promote users to update the app by visiting the App Store & Google Play</li></ul> |