Magento Migration to
Bigcommerce or Shopify

Magento End of Life

Support for Magento 1 ended in June 2020. Websites on Magento 1 are still active, but they will no longer receive the critical security and software updates to keep them safe and competitive.

Keeping your website on the now-discontinued Magento 1 platform won't cause it to be erased from the Internet, but it won't help your online presence and it definitely won't help your business. In fact, the consequences of retaining a dead platform could be just as dire as if your website had actually vanished overnight.

App integrations, PCI compliancy, and payment gateways can stop working due to incompatibility with the old software. First, tech support becomes scarce as Magento's team has abandoned Magento 1 in favor their newest version. Newly-discovered glitches and other performance issues take longer to be rectified--that is, if they can even be rectified at all. Apps that were used to support your website's functionality become obselete. PCI non-compliance can cause your payment gateway providers to heap on multiple penalty fines or drop you entirely. The cessation of up-to-date security updates means that your website is now open to attack from hackers and malware. We don't wish to resort to using scare tactics, but these are the harsh realities of obsolecence on the Internet. You worked too hard to risk your business' reputation and its future on outdated software.

What are my options?

Magento 1 websites can always transfer over to Magento 2, but doing so isn't as easy as clicking a button.

Magento 2 is an entirely different system compared to Magento 1. It has its own unique framework and structure that isn't compatible with Magento 1. It is, essentially, an all-new separate platform like BigCommerce or Shopify. Anything to be carried over from your old Magento 1 website has to be completely remade in order to fit in with Magento 2. This includes custom coding, extensions, apps, themes, etc. Magento 2 is a very powerful and competent eCommerce solution and it would appear to be the logical next step from Magento 1. However, there are other alternatives from Magento's competitors such as BigCommerce and Shopify who offer even greater capabilities. Either way, a total website migration needs to happen regardless of whether you stay with the Magento brand or decide to incorporate a different platform.

What are some advantages that BigCommerce and Shopify have over Magento?

• Easy to use
• Wide list of standard features
• Secure: Level 1 PCI DSS compliant
• Fully-customizable
• Mobile-friendly
• Optimized for SEO
• Integration with industry-leading business systems and apps
• 24/7 support
• Automatic updates
• Multi-tier pricing plans
• Designed for businesses of all sizes
• Unrestricted growth and earnings potential

Diztinct's Platform Migration Strategy

Diztinct has the technical know-how and eCommerce website expertise to protect your website's critical internal information, SEO standings, and keyword rankings during the migration. When you choose Diztinct to create or update your website, we address every aspect of the migration process. A summary of our standard migration services includes:

• Basic data transfer
• Product and inventory management
• Page titles and metadata migration
• SEO data retention and optimization
• Link preservation
• Category page migration
• Policy and other informational page transfer
• Redirects

Whether you want us to migrate your website over to BigCommerce or over to Shopify, we can build you a modern, feature-rich, and SEO-friendly secure website that will promote the growth of your business.