[Cart2Cart] Migration to Magento - Mission Possible
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Migration to Magento: Mission possible
Anatoliy Denys, CEO at MagneticOneSeptember 6, 2014
Why Migrate?Functionality limitsZero or very slow source cart developmentSmall and inactive community (templates /
extensions / support etc.)Data security issuesOther
What are the source platforms?Open source/commercial shopping carts
Customized shopping carts
SaaS shopping carts
Custom-developed stores
Popular migrations to Magento1. OpenCart -> Magento2. osCommerce -> Magento3. VirtueMart -> Magento
Upgrade Magento Go -> Magento CE Magento CE <-> Magento EE
Well planned is half doneSource store analysisHosting & domainTest data migrationMagento updates & customizationsSEO & DesignFinal data migration and updatePost-migration processes
Source Store AnalysisWhat you currently
have at Source Store?What you
have to add?What you don't have to move?
Hosting and DomainServer requirements (Hard & Soft)Access (back-end, FTP, SSH)SSLServer/environment tuningMagento installation
Test Data MigrationWhy do we need a test migration?- software / hardware issues- visual issues (encryption, images,
templates)- data structure and relations (products,
orders, customers etc.)- other unforeseen issues
Updates & CustomizationsMagento templates
Install and configure extensions (SEO, Shipping, Payment etc.)
Optimize Magento
SEO301 Redirects
Friendly URLs
Setup robots.txt
Setup error pages (404/500)
SEODuplicated content, redirect to/from www.***
Classic: Title, Keywords, Description, Alt tag
Google: Analytics, Webmasters, Adwords etc.
Data MigrationProducts & images
- configurable products and attributes- downloadable, bundle, group etc.
Categories and imagesCustomersOrdersReviews
Data Migration IssuesDifferent structure
Incompatible data fields
Password encryption
Duplicates
Data Migration IssuesImages
Data loss
Language and charset encoding
Currencies, taxes, etc.
Security (CC info, clients database sharing)
Data Migration WaysManual transferUse internal import-export toolsCustom-developed scriptsHire a web studio / freelancer Use automated migration toolsCustomized automated migration tools
Test Data Migration ResultsData integrityFully functional design/templateCart functionality (forms, search, emails etc)Follow a full customer experience:landing/front page - product search - add tocart - checkout - payment - thank you page
Go LiveUpdate domain TTL to 10 minutes
Announce downtime & notify customers
Maintenance mode
Backup Data
Go LiveStop taking orders and doing changes atyour source store
Recent data migration
Redirect or switch NS
Post-migrationClear Magento cache and perform reindexOut of stock productsMonitor customers feedbacksCheck traffic from GoogleCheck your position in Google outputCheck Google Webmasters for errors
Summary NotesMigration is possible :)There are few ways to perform migrationMigration can take from 2 days to 2 monthsHave a migration plan Hire a reliable contractorTest everything during and after migration
Thank you!
Anatoliy DenysCEO at MagneticOne – Provider of Cart2Cart Servicea.denys@magneticone.com
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