{"id":263,"date":"2020-07-02T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2020-07-06T07:51:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T07:51:23","slug":"a-smart-move-migrating-magento-to-shopify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/a-smart-move-migrating-magento-to-shopify\/","title":{"rendered":"A Smart Move? Migrating Magento to Shopify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop.jpg\" alt=\"Magento-Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop-230x144.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mag-shop-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving e-commerce platforms is one of the biggest decisions a company ever has to make. If not selected or processed properly, it could lead to loss of money, time and labor. Out of the popular <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-ecommerce.php\" target=\"_blank\">E-Commerce Development Services<\/a> like WooCommerce, BigCommerce and Wix, migration of enterprises from Magento to Shopify is the most common one. Both of these platforms have its own strengths \u2013 Magento offers immense configurability whereas Shopify simplifies deployment and backend system management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three main reasons businessmen decide to migrate e-commerce platforms are \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Due to growing financial needs,<\/li><li>When the present platform\u2019s technology becomes out-dated and no longer supported by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-web-applications.php\" target=\"_blank\">Web Application Developers<\/a>,<\/li><li>When it becomes difficult to manage the marketing content and face integration problems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the analysis performed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopping-cart-migration.com\/\">Cart2Cart<\/a>, the statistics shows that most demanding shopping carts that merchants have chosen to migrate to in 2019 are Shopify. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-shopify.php\" target=\"_blank\">Shopify<\/a> has proven itself to be the most popular platform by ranking first. It is followed by WooCommerce and Magento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-ecommerce.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify.png\" alt=\"Shopify Stat\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify.png 814w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify-230x130.png 230w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify-350x198.png 350w, https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Shopify-480x272.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The studies of Cart2Cart also states that among the other platforms, 10% of migrations happen from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-magento.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento<\/a> to Shopify and only 1% is migrated to Magento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we focus particularly on Magento and Shopify, two main drawbacks of Magento are \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Technology \u2013 Its highly customizable framework requires immense technical support to manage and maintain the logistics and features.<\/li><li>Cost \u2013 Although Magento Open Source is free but the deploying and maintenance costs can grow more expensive over-time and the programming demands increase as the business scales up.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The best thing about a Shopify switch is that you can try it before buying! You can run a free demo migration to check the performances and results. This will help you see if it is what you are expecting and gives the reassurance while making the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shopify is a completely device optimized and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-AWS.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud-Based Platform<\/a>. It enables to market the products on various social media channels like Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, eBay and Amazon. It also offers a 24\/7 effective support line to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plug-and-go appeal of Shopify site has been designed to be super-easy and can even be processed by a non-technical user. It just takes a few seconds to install and configure your app into Shopify site. You can go for Shopify Plus if you intend to sell on a large scale and have sophisticated add-ins and widgets. Shopify Plus can support thousands of SKUs and transactions with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason that\u2019s encouraging merchants migrate on Shopify is its capacity for analytics. The built-in analytics enables Google Analytics enhanced e-commerce which can easily track the order success conversion rate. This data can be used to implement good marketing strategies and optimize <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-web-applications.php\" target=\"_blank\">Web Applications Development.<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following are the three points which can help if you are planning for a migration \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Categories in Magento are available as Collection in Shopify.<\/li><li>The Tags in Magento are seen as Attributes in Shopify.<\/li><li>And all the products in Shopify are SKUs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many more benefits of using Shopify, and we advise that you take help of an expert <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-shopify.php\" target=\"_blank\">Shopify Development Company<\/a> to migrate your site. At <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Mesh<\/a> our skilled web developers have extensive experience in helping many global clients get on the Shopify platform with multiple <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/services-payment-systems.php\" target=\"_blank\">Payment System Integrations<\/a>. Hope this article has helped you make an informed choice. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/contact.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get in touch with us<\/a> if you have any questions with e-commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving e-commerce platforms is one of the biggest decisions a company ever has to make. If not selected or processed properly, it could lead to loss of money, time and labor. 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