Take Your E-business To The Next Level With Magento Migration

Plenty of Magento stores have been migrated to Magento 2. What's about your store?

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On Aug 23, 2018
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Why Magento Migration?

Before figuring out the reason for Magento migration, you should understand two essential factors that will decide the success of an e-commerce business, which are User Experience (for the customers) and Site Management (for the store owner). In terms of the user experience, you need to provide your shoppers with an attractive and user-friendly storefront that displays nicely across the devices. Moreover, the site must have a fast loading speed and convenient checkout process. Besides, when it comes to the site management, you should choose a platform that helps you to monitor all activities in the website effectively. Also, the back-end should not be complicated so that the store owners (admins), who generally have little or no technical knowledge, will be able to use it at ease.

It seems that Magento 1 cannot fulfill all of the above requirements. A large number of the Magento 1 website designs now are monotonous and obsolete without responsiveness. Additionally, most of those sites have the low to medium speed and non-optimized checkout process. Not yet, Magento 1 back-end is more suitable for the developers than non-technical users. Because of all of those issues, you should implement Magento migration from 1 to 2 to achieve better and responsive design, faster and stable performance, streamlined checkout and more user-friendly admin panel.

Apart from it, the Magento officials and Magento community have gradually turned their attention to Magento 2 development while Magento 1 is making no headway. Many Magento experts believe that Magento 1 will be shut down sooner or later. Therefore, if you want to upgrade your site with a better "look and feel" and prevent your site from Magento 1 "end-of-life" threat, you should implement migration to Magento 2 as soon as possible.

How Can Magento Migration Transform Your Store?

As mentioned before, Magento migration will give you a more well-design frontend, boosted website performance and improved user experience. Here are some significant changes when moving from Magento 1 to Magento 2:

1. Mobile-friendly website design:
Both of Magento 2's Blank and Luma themes are responsive by default, which makes your site always look best on all devices from the desktop, laptop, tablet to smartphone. As a result, you can not only bring about the great experience for your buyers but also improve your site ranking on search engines.

2. Fast web page load speed
Thanks to Varnish cache integration, Magento 2 will be able to process roughly 40% more orders per hour and load 2-3 seconds faster than its previous version. Consequently, the shoppers can enjoy the accelerated web page load when browsing the catalog, adding the products to cart/ wishlist and processing checkout.

3. Easy-to-use and modern dashboard
After Magento migration, you will get a new admin panel that is easy-to-use even when you don't have much experience in using this platform. Right in the dashboard, you will see a concise summary of your indicators (e.g.: lifetime sales, last orders, most-viewed items, top search terms...).

4. Clean and smooth checkout
In Magento 2 websites, the checkout process is very simple and fast with two steps: Shipping and Review & Payment. Besides, it allows the guest to check out without registration. After that, the system will automatically create a new customer account based on the entered email on the checkout. 

5. Rich support from the community
When you meet any problems with the new Magento 2 site, you can get assistance from a lot of Magento community members at ease by posting a question on the forum. At the same time, you can search among the numerous available posts on Magento 2 related topics to see if there is anyone with the same issue. This is a useful source to get sound advice for your store improvements.

How Much Does It Cost To Migrate To Magento 2?

I guess you probably understand the great benefits of Magento 2 migration to some extents, and now you might wonder how much it costs to convert from Magento 1 to Magento 2. In fact, there is no exact number for the migration since it depends on a lot of factors. Assumed that you hired Magento migration service, the migration cost will be mainly determined by the agency's hourly rate.

For example, a reputable Magento development company in the UK, US, Canada... will charge you at least $25,000 for a migration while they have to pay just a half or even less when working with offshore firms in Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, India...). This huge gap in the migration cost is due to different labor cost/ hourly rate if you haven't known. 

Besides the payment for the Magento migration service provider, you must also prepare a budget for buying a new Magento 2 theme and extensions, third-party software, hosting, consultation and quotation fee (if any), and so on. Furthermore, your new website might need constant maintenance and support after being migrated to Magento 2. Hence, you should ask your agency whether they provide support after finishing the project and how much it will cost.

Apart from it, if you are running a small-to-medium e-commerce business, it's a good idea to outsource your Magento migration project to save your budget. Actually, there are a great deal of Magento certified developers in Asia, who can help you to migrate your website smoothly and successfully with very competitive pricing. The only barrier here is different timezone but it's not difficult to overcome. 

Where To Start Now?

Don't rush into looking for a reliable Magento migration service provider now. First, you are highly recommended to find more information about the Magento migration process so you can discuss with the agency easier later. Second, you should start seeking prestigious Magento development companies and send them requests for quotation. There are plenty of Magento 2 migration services that you can find on Google search. Based on your consultation, professionalism, experience and price range, you can select your ideal partner. 

Conclusion

It might be true to say that Magento migration is indispensable for e-business development. If you can afford Magento migration cost, there is no reason for not upgrading to Magento 2 now. Otherwise, if you don't have enough financial capability, what you need to do is preparing for the migration in the near future. It's up to you to step forward or walk on the spot.

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