Magento 1 to Magento 2 Migration Guide

[goivvy]

Hi,

I hope everyone is well.

I've just finished putting together a guide on how to migrate Magento 1 to Magento 2. Some of you might find it helpful.

Here you go - https://www.goivvy.com/blog/magento-2-migration

I've tried to cover the topic in every detail possible.

 

[Countrymun]

That's really useful - thank you. I am not at all technical and would be stumped even by the info on what needed to be done in your readiness check.
But, we have over a year before M1 support ends - so I am thinking of just setting up a new M2 site and gradually adding all our products over a period of time - we have about 900 products but if I can do at least 70-90 per month I might just about do it. Fingers firmly crossed!
We actually have some real issues with our M1 site after we paid someone to upgrade it to a newer version so it seems to make sense to start with a clean slate . The alternative would be to leave Magento altogether and go with something completely different because the predicted costs of migrating M1 to M2 are way outside our budget.
Can I just ask whether there are major differences in how to create new categories and list products in M2? I have created a couple of new categories in the past couple of years and can manage to create products in M1.
Thanks again!

 

[webhostuk]

Hello,

Excellent work Goivvy, thank you for sharing all the details to upgrade installation.
I will surely bookmark this one to help our customers .

 

[ValenDigital]

@golvvy nice and simple steps to complete a M1> M2 migration! Just a quick note that you can also use the MMT (migration tool) from the githubrepo: https://github.com/magento/data-migration-tool Its got full install instructions etc for composer there too

 

[Digital Garage Graham]

nice guide Goivvy, must have taken a lot of time to put together. Important to add that whilst official support ends June 2020, very likely that community driven patches will still be knocked out when vulnerabilities are identified

 

[Deleted member 106254]

That's really useful - thank you. I am not at all technical and would be stumped even by the info on what needed to be done in your readiness check.
But, we have over a year before M1 support ends - so I am thinking of just setting up a new M2 site and gradually adding all our products over a period of time - we have about 900 products but if I can do at least 70-90 per month I might just about do it. Fingers firmly crossed!
We actually have some real issues with our M1 site after we paid someone to upgrade it to a newer version so it seems to make sense to start with a clean slate . The alternative would be to leave Magento altogether and go with something completely different because the predicted costs of migrating M1 to M2 are way outside our budget.
Can I just ask whether there are major differences in how to create new categories and list products in M2? I have created a couple of new categories in the past couple of years and can manage to create products in M1.
Thanks again!

No, there's very little difference between M1 and M2 when listing products.
Also you could export your products from M1 and import them in to M2 so you don't have to do it by hand.

 

[elsnermagento]

Really it is helpful.

Thanks for sharing

 

[AndrewJhnsn333]

I have also found a rather useful Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration guide, perhaps you will find it useful. You can find it at BelVG company blog, an article named How to Migrate to Magento 2? Step-by-step Guide

 

[Aleksander_Gramm]

Hello @goivvy
What about url-s structure? Will you keep url structure as it is right now?
What do you recommend? Because it would be a little bad if new site lose the old url structure.

 

[EddyRock]

Hello @goivvy
What about url-s structure? Will you keep url structure as it is right now?
What do you recommend? Because it would be a little bad if new site lose the old url structure.

In order to keep the URL structure, you will need to keep the old URL Keys of all products and categories. Then create 301 requests from your old URLs. You should do all this in Phpmyadmin.

An easier solution is to hire the "Magento to Magento migration service" provided by Next-Cart. They will take care of the migration from A to Z as your requirements.

 

[David-Max]

If you don't have a technical background, manual migration is never a good idea. And even if you do, think of the time it’ll take you to migrate database by hand.
I'd recommend you to use a service named Next-Cart for migration purposes. It automated migrate ecommerce data (categories, products, images , customers, orders, link SEO, ..etc) from Magento 1 to Magento 2
Start with a Free Demo Migration to see how migration with next-cart works in action and transfer a limited number of entities before full migration
Hope Useful.

 

[KatarinaGrumy]

Yes, it is crucial to follow all stages of Magento 2 migration and follow them properly in order to migrate smoothly and don't loose an inch of data. Nice material!

 

[Countrymun]

Has anyone used a company for M1 to M2 migration - eg Next Cart and if so, were you happy with the result?
Anything (with hindsight) that you wish you had known to be aware of when using a service like this?
Thanks

 

[goivvy]

Hello @goivvy
What about url-s structure? Will you keep url structure as it is right now?
What do you recommend? Because it would be a little bad if new site lose the old url structure.

URL structure will be the same

 

[goivvy]

That's really useful - thank you. I am not at all technical and would be stumped even by the info on what needed to be done in your readiness check.
But, we have over a year before M1 support ends - so I am thinking of just setting up a new M2 site and gradually adding all our products over a period of time - we have about 900 products but if I can do at least 70-90 per month I might just about do it. Fingers firmly crossed!
We actually have some real issues with our M1 site after we paid someone to upgrade it to a newer version so it seems to make sense to start with a clean slate . The alternative would be to leave Magento altogether and go with something completely different because the predicted costs of migrating M1 to M2 are way outside our budget.
Can I just ask whether there are major differences in how to create new categories and list products in M2? I have created a couple of new categories in the past couple of years and can manage to create products in M1.
Thanks again!

Very little difference