{"id":1301,"date":"2020-03-12T10:32:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:49:57","slug":"migrate-magento-to-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/migrate-magento-to-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How to Migrate Magento Ecommerce Website to WooCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Magento is\none of the most popular e-commerce system created by Zend Framework. Magento is\nvery popular due to its open source nature. It is perfect for complex and high\ntraffic websites but it is not made for beginners or for users who don\u2019t have\nany programming to technical knowledge. You will need a team of Magento experts\nto handle your eCommerce store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to its\ncomplex working environment most of the users are switching their websites from\nMagento to WooCommerce platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Magento has recentally announced that they are discontinuing support for Magento 1 and asking all Magento owners to upgrade their website to Magento 2. You will have to upgrade your website to latest Magento 2 otherwise your website will no longer be secure. Also you will not get any support from Magento team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>I want to Migrate my website from Magento to WordPress with WooCommerce plugin.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>What should I do to migrate my Magento website to WooCommerce Store?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Do I have to pay anything for this Migration Process?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>What is the fastest and easy way to Migrate?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>I don\u2019t want to Shut Down my LIVE Magento website during Migration process, Is this possible?<br> Can I migrate everything like product details, order details, customer details etc?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I will try to clarify your all possible doubts regarding the Migrating a website from Magento to WooCommerce store but before that let me explain some difference between magento and woocommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Magento_Vs_WooCommerce\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Magento V\/s WooCommerce<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Magento_to_WooCommerce_Migration\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Magento to WooCommerce Migration<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Migrate_Magento_to_WooCommerce_using_FG_Magento_to_WooCommere_Plugin\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">2.1<\/span> Migrate Magento to WooCommerce using FG Magento to WooCommere Plugin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Magento_to_WooCommerce_Migration_using_Cart2Cart_plugin\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">2.2<\/span> Magento to WooCommerce Migration using Cart2Cart plugin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Final_Thoughts\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Magento_Vs_WooCommerce\">Magento V\/s WooCommerce<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Magento is\nan eCommerce system which comes in two versions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Magento Open Source:<\/strong> This version of Magento is completely free but has very limited functionality on it. It doesn\u2019t include any support from Magento support team. Normally, you will need to be a Magento expert to develop and maintain your website or, you will require hiring some expert to handle your website development and maintenance work. It will be a costly process for you.<\/li><li><strong>Magento Commerce:<\/strong> Magento Commerce is a paid service provided by Magento and it provides you expert support services. Also, its licence fee is based on your sales volume. You can enjoy premium services of Magento commerce using their paid licence. Few features are: <ul><li>Page Builder<\/li><li>Customer Segmentation and personalization<\/li><li>Content Staging and preview<\/li><li>Instant purchase<\/li><li>Merchandising<\/li><li>Dynamic rule based product relations<\/li><li>Powerful admin experience and many more\u2026<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand WooCommerce is powered by WordPress and very easy to use and maintain. You don\u2019t need to be an expert to create or manage your website. There are so many free or paid WordPress plugins for WooCommerce to enhance your store with advanced functionality. With using the power of WordPress CMS you can use a variety of free\/paid themes which are supported by WooCommerce Plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"Magento_to_WooCommerce_Migration\">Magento to WooCommerce Migration<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to\nWordPress Plugin market which makes our all the complex tasks simpler by using\nthe wonderful plugins available in WordPress plugin directory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, I will discuss two plugins which are very popular and perfect for Magento to WooCommerce (on your WP website) migration. These plugins handles everything automatically and you don\u2019t have to do anything manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"FG Magento to WooCommerce (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce\" target=\"_blank\">FG Magento to WooCommerce<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to WooCommerce Migration (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/cart2cart-magento-to-woocommerce-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cart2Cart: Magento to WooCommerce Migration<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"1710\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce.png\" alt=\"FG Magento to WooCommerce\" class=\"wp-image-1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce.png 730w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce-128x300.png 128w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce-437x1024.png 437w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce-656x1536.png 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"Migrate_Magento_to_WooCommerce_using_FG_Magento_to_WooCommere_Plugin\">Migrate Magento to WooCommerce using FG Magento to WooCommere Plugin<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP1: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start a\nmigration process using this plugin, first of all you will need a WordPress Installation.\nYou can install a WordPress Software on a test server or, on a subdomain or on\na Sub Directory on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Install\nWordPress Software on it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install\nWooCommerce Plugin and activate this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install a WordPress\nfree or paid theme to select a design for your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install and\nactivate FG Magento to WooCommerce plugin. There are two version of this\nplugin. Free and PAID<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"You can download free plugin from here. (opens in a new tab)\">You can download free plugin from here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin will migrate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>the product categories<\/li><li>the product categories\n     images<\/li><li>the products<\/li><li>the products tags<\/li><li>the product thumbnails<\/li><li>the product images galleries<\/li><li>the product stocks<\/li><li>the CMS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking to migrate more features from Magento to WooCommerce, you can use its premium version. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericgilles.net\/fg-magento-to-woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"You can download it from here (opens in a new tab)\">You can download it from here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Premium version<\/strong>&nbsp;includes these\nextra features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>migrates the product attributes<\/li><li>migrates the product variations<\/li><li>migrates the grouped products<\/li><li>migrates the products Up Sell and Cross Sell<\/li><li>migrates the users<\/li><li>migrates the customers<\/li><li>authenticate the users and the customers in WordPress with their Magento\npasswords<\/li><li>migrates the orders<\/li><li>migrates the ratings and reviews<\/li><li>migrates the discount coupons<\/li><li>migrates the SEO meta data<\/li><li>migrates the tax classes<\/li><li>SEO: redirects the Magento URLs<\/li><li>multisites\/multistores: Option to choose which website\/store to import<\/li><li>update the already imported products stocks and orders<\/li><li>compatible with Magento Enterprise Edition<\/li><li>ability to run the import automatically from the cron (for dropshipping\nfor example)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on\nyour requirement, Install free or paid plugin on your WordPress website and activate\nthis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP3: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Setup\nthe plugin settings from Tools &gt; Import &gt; Magento<\/li><li>Fill\nyour Magento website URL and your Magento database credentials<\/li><li>Select\nmedia settings, import prices, import page settings as per your needs.<\/li><li>Save\nsettings and click on \u201cImport content from Magento to WooCommerce\u201d<\/li><li>Once\nmigration is complete. Verify all the data migrated from Magento to your\nWordPress WooCommerce Store<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjust your\ntheme design as per your content. For example: Setup your navigation menu,\nsocial media accounts, footer section, home page section etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP5:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are happy with migration process and you adjust your WordPress website design as per theme and arrange all information all together. You can redirect your domain to this WordPress website and you are all done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"Magento_to_WooCommerce_Migration_using_Cart2Cart_plugin\">Magento to WooCommerce Migration using Cart2Cart plugin<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cart2Cart WP\nplugin is made to make your Magento to WooCommerce process fully automatic.\nThis plugin will transfer your data from Magento to Woocommerce securely and\nsafely. This plugin allow you to transfer products, customers, orders with all corresponding\ninformation. Step by step guide to use this plugin for migration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this\nplugin you will need a WordPress website installation. Setup a WordPress\ninstallation on a sub directory on your server or on a sub domain or any other\ndomain where you want to run your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install Cart2Cart wordpress plugin from WordPress plugin option. Or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/cart2cart-magento-to-woocommerce-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"download it from here (opens in a new tab)\">download it from here<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activate this plugin. Once you activate this plugin you will\nget two options;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Free Demo Installation:<\/strong>&nbsp; Free demo installation allow you to move few information from your Magento website to this WooCommerce store to test the migration process. You can verify that whether data is getting transferred properly or not. In this way, you can verify the quality of data transfer.<\/li><li><strong>Full Migration:<\/strong> On you verify the demo data migration, you can start with Full Migration process. It allow you to migrate complete data from your Magento website to your WordPress WooCommerce store. This full migration is paid and you its price starts from $69 and it incrases depend on amount of entities you want to migrate.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Few benefits using cart2cart plugin<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3 easy steps to migrate:<ol><li>Connect your source cart: Type the url of your Magento Store<\/li><li>Connect your target Cart: Type your WooComemrce website url<\/li><li>Select the data to migrate: Select which data you want to migrate from Magento to WooCommerce website and see prices as per that. Finally start with \u201cFree Demo Installation\u201d to check the quality of data transfer and proceed with Full Migration<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>100% Magento Uptime<\/li><li>Get assistance any time you want<\/li><li>No need to do anything manually<\/li><li>Pay as per your data migration needs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"925\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart1.png\" alt=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to Woocommerce Migration\" class=\"wp-image-1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart1.png 925w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart1-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart1-768x739.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"934\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart2.png\" alt=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to Woocommerce Migration\" class=\"wp-image-1305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart2.png 934w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart2-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart2-768x664.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"926\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart3.png\" alt=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to Woocommerce Migration\" class=\"wp-image-1306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart3.png 926w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart3-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart3-768x676.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"924\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart4.png\" alt=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to Woocommerce Migration\" class=\"wp-image-1307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart4.png 924w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart4-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart4-768x713.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"925\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.infotheme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart5.png\" alt=\"Cart2Cart: Magento to Woocommerce Migration\" class=\"wp-image-1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart5.png 925w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart5-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/infotheme.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cart2cart5-768x618.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install a WooCommerce\nfree\/paid theme to manage design for your website and adjust your navigation\nmenu, footer part, link your social media accounts and other information as per\nyour needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Point your live domain or any other domain where you want to run your WooCommerce Store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"Final_Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Magento to\nWooCommerce migration can also be done manually. It will include export all\npages, posts, products, categories, orders so all the information which you\nwant to move and manually import them on your WordPress website with\nWooCommerce store on it. <br>\nIn this article, I am trying to make everything simple and easy for you that is\nwhy I explained completely automatic and easy to manage Migration process using\nWP Magento to WooCommerce Plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magento to\nWooCommerce migration become very easy using the listed above plugins. These\nplugins will make your migration process very simple and easy to implement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magento is one of the most popular e-commerce system created by Zend Framework. Magento is very popular due to its open source nature. 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