➡️Migrate your app to SimiCart

This guide will help you understand and feel confident having your current app migrated to SimiCart's codebase, allowing you to maintain your app's traction on the stores and current users.

📌 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

Party in charge	Step	Description	Estimated timeline	Note
Merchant	Install & configure SimiCart to prepare for the new app update	Install SimiCart via Shopify App Store Design the app (layout, branding, menus) Configure to turn on the app features	Varies, depending on your needs & urgency	Some features and design sections are exclusively available in some paid plans
Merchant	Invite SimiCart to your developer account with Admin role, to allow SimiCart team to configure the migration	Invite [email protected] to your Google Console Account as Admin Invite [email protected] to your Apple Developer Account as Admin	Within 1 day
Merchant	Subscribe to a paid plan to request SimiCart team to migrate the app and publish a new app update	Subscribe to a paid plan to request SimiCart team to migrate your app, by Go to the Publish tab Fill in the app listing details Hit Request to publish	Within 1 day
Merchant	Upload the new key certificate to enable the migration on Google Play	Follow this short tutorial to upload the new key certificate (given by the SimiCart team) for your app in the Google Play Console account	Within 1 day	Google Play Console takes around 2 business days since the upload to verify the migration.
SimiCart team	App development, testing, and upload to the stores	SimiCart conducts app development & testing, and upload to the stores on your behalf	3-4 business days
AppleGoogle	App review by the App Store and Google Play	Apple and Google Play will review the app update before making it official for distribution to end users	Typically 2-3 business days	Timeline dependent on external parties and may be prolonged

❗Remarks

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