Magento 2

[Steve_g]

HI all,

Hoping to find people in the same situation as myself.

Currently run Magento 1.9 community, website works really well.

Our developers want us to start thinking about Magento 2 enterprise but its a big migration and going to cost a large wedge.

I dont want to be late on the megento 2 wagon as i know Magento 1 will not be supported for security patches etc in 2018 but i read a lot of mixed opinions online about when the right time to move is.

Is anyone in the same boat?

Steve

 

[WebDesires]

Stick with what works... It is not like an operating system, as long as it does what you need and is secure you are fine, if there is a vulnerability or you need a new feature you will always have a wealth of resources and developers that can work with you. Dont upgrade a system that isn't broke.

 

[antropy]

Our developers want us to start thinking about Magento 2 enterprise but its a big migration and going to cost a large wedge.

Of course they do.

Unless there is a specific feature of the new version that you need, I would delay this.

 

[MarekBober]

As long as keep your solution healthy it should work well- with time being you will need additional features and one day system will die eventually as any other solution which is not supported.
Better is the enemy of the good... Why you stick with Magento as platform? Any unique features in mind or tax purpose?

 

[Tom Karwatka]

Some facts about Magento 2 migration (based on our 1+ yr experience with M2CE and M2EE):

• Official support for Magento 1 will end in 2018, security paths will no longer be issued; no new features
• Version 2.1 offers some nice benefits like content staging, more customizable admin panel and may bring some interesting features for B2B
• Magento 2.x is stable (learn from the trenches) – we create new sites ONLY on Magento 2.x – it’s great technology for, at least, the next 5 years!
• Redesign is a good moment to plan migration since you anyway need work on the frontend templates
• The cost of migration can be as high as 50-80% of new implementation and it will take from 8-16 weeks; it depends how customized your site is.

 

[MarekBober]

Hi Tom, so you mean that migration to Magento 2 is expensive since front end developers takes £250-300, back end takes a bit more- a day- 8h so when we take your digits for simplest migration is 8x£1250 a week= £10000 x number of developers still in case you do not require really bespoke features there is no logic behind keeping Magento. Still you have to bear additionally hosting, admins. In the age of shared economy really you have to got strong reason to keep this marriage.

 

[edmondscommerce]

I wrote about migration here

I'd suggest you start prototyping M2 now. We are currently offering out clients a fixed price prototype migration which will let you have an M2 site with a first draft of your data migrated. You'll get a good idea how the platform works with your customers, orders, products, categories etc but the theme will just be the default one.

This is the first step in a careful migration process that I'd suggest is not worth rushing but definitely worth starting now.

If you wait until the security updates stop, then I suspect you might find getting decent agencies to help you on a more urgent migration might be tricky as I expect demand to be high.

 

[MarekBober]

A totally agree demand will be extremely high among those customers who decided to stay with M2 since they have reason for that. Shared economy is already here, so far only a few Saas based platform can compete with Magento. Same was with features on car market- bespoke features of yesterday are basic now within basic A class. Clock ticks tic tac, tic tac, tic tac...

 

[bharris]

I had a look at M2 just before Christmas. One of the biggest issues is the lack of modules that are available and a lot of the ones which are currently free on for 1.9x are now being charged for and not only a one off payment many are on a yearly licence. I know developers need to make a living, however as it appears not to be a simple upgrade task to M2 i think a lot of the current users will find this additional cost very discouraging and look at an alternative solution.

 

[ddmcmullan]

We just recently re-vamped our Magento website and stuck with Magento 1.

For me it was a no brainer, there are only a few advantages to go on Magento 2 and a list as long as my arm of disadvantages.

 

[edmondscommerce]

Good luck with security updates