OpenCart to OpenCart Migration
Upgrade OpenCart e-store to the new version by moving your current database - products, manufacturers, customers, and more to the new store running on the newest version of OpenCart. The OpenCart to 3.0.3.8 upgrade process will be finished in just a couple of hours.
What data can be moved during
OpenCart 2.3 to 3.0.3.8 upgrade
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Products
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Product Categories
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Manufacturers
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Taxes
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Customers
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Orders
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Coupons
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Reviews
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Multistore
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Multiple Languages
- Options ( Name, Price ), Attributes ( Name, Values ) .
- ID , Name, SKU, Full Description, Status, Manufacturer, Tax Class.
- Price, Special Price, Special Price From-To Date, Tier Price.
- URL , Meta Title , Meta Keywords , Meta Description .
- Weight, Width, Height, Depth.
- Related Products, Product Tags , EAN-13, UPC.
- Downloadable Products ( Files, Max Downloads ).
- Base Image, Additional Images.
- Quantity, Stock Availability.
- ID , Name, Description , Status .
- Image.
- URL , Meta Title , Meta Description , Meta Keywords .
- Name, Image.
- Tax Class ( Name, Rate, Description ), Tax Rates ( Country, Tax Name, Type, Percent ).
- ID , First Name, Last Name, Email, Customer Group , Telephone, Newsletter, Passwords , Created Date, Status.
- Billing Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Shipping Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- ID , Order Date, Order Status, Order Products ( Name, SKU, Option ), Product Price, Quantity, SubTotal Price, Discount Price, Tax Price, Shipping Price, Total Price, Order Comments, Order Status History.
- Customer Name, Email, Telephone, Billing Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Shipping Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Name, Status, Coupon Code, Coupon Date, Coupon From Date, Coupon To Date, Uses Per Coupon, Uses Per Customer, Type Discount, Discount Amount, Product, Category.
- Created Date, Status, Rate, User Name, Comment, Product.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Options ( Name, Price ), Attributes ( Name, Values ) .
- ID , Name, SKU, Full Description, Status, Manufacturer, Tax Class.
- Price, Special Price, Special Price From-To Date, Tier Price.
- URL , Meta Title , Meta Keywords , Meta Description .
- Weight, Width, Height, Depth.
- Related Products, Product Tags , EAN-13, UPC.
- Downloadable Products ( Files, Max Downloads ).
- Base Image, Additional Images.
- Quantity, Stock Availability.
- ID , Name, Description , Status .
- Image.
- URL , Meta Title , Meta Description , Meta Keywords .
- Name, Image.
- Tax Class ( Name, Rate, Description ), Tax Rates ( Country, Tax Name, Type, Percent ).
- ID , First Name, Last Name, Email, Customer Group , Telephone, Newsletter, Passwords , Created Date, Status.
- Billing Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Shipping Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- ID , Order Date, Order Status, Order Products ( Name, SKU, Option ), Product Price, Quantity, SubTotal Price, Discount Price, Tax Price, Shipping Price, Total Price, Order Comments, Order Status History.
- Customer Name, Email, Telephone, Billing Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Shipping Address ( First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code ).
- Name, Status, Coupon Code, Coupon Date, Coupon From Date, Coupon To Date, Uses Per Coupon, Uses Per Customer, Type Discount, Discount Amount, Product, Category.
- Created Date, Status, Rate, User Name, Comment, Product.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Products
Estimate your OpenCart 2.3 to 3.0.3.8 upgrade cost
Owing to our flexible pricing policy, you will pay only for the data you transfer during the OpenCart 2.3 to 3.0.3.8 update. The full price of the upgrade is influenced by the volume of data types you wish to move and extra upgrade options.
How to Migrate from OpenCart to OpenCart In 3 Steps?
Connect your Source & Target carts
Choose OpenCart and OpenCart from the drop-down lists & provide the stores’ URLs in the corresponding fields.
Select the data to migrate & extra options
Choose the data you want to migrate to OpenCart and extra options to customise your OpenCart to OpenCart migration.
Launch your Demo/Full migration
Run a free Demo to see how the Cart2Cart service works, and when happy - launch Full migration.
Migrating from OpenCart to OpenCart: The Ultimate Guide for a Seamless Transition
Migrating from OpenCart to OpenCart: A Step-by-Step Guide for a Seamless Transition
Replatforming your e-commerce store can be a significant undertaking, even when moving between different versions of the same platform. Whether you're upgrading to a newer OpenCart version, moving your existing OpenCart store to a new host, or consolidating multiple OpenCart instances, a smooth data transfer is crucial to maintain your business continuity. Manually moving data can be fraught with errors, leading to lost sales, damaged SEO rankings, and a poor user experience.
This comprehensive guide will walk you through the process of migrating your store from one OpenCart instance to another using an automated migration solution. We'll ensure your products, customer data, orders, and other essential information are transferred accurately and efficiently, minimizing downtime and preserving data integrity.
Prerequisites for a Successful Migration
Before embarking on your OpenCart to OpenCart migration, a little preparation goes a long way. Ensuring you have all the necessary components in place will make the transition much smoother and prevent unexpected hitches.
- Active Source OpenCart Store: Your existing OpenCart store must be live and fully accessible. Gather your administrator login credentials and, ideally, FTP/SFTP access details. For connection, you will need to install the Cart2Cart Universal OpenCart Migration extension.
- Fresh Target OpenCart Installation: Set up a brand new, empty OpenCart store on your desired hosting. Ensure it's fully installed and accessible via its Admin URL. Similar to the source, you will need to install the Cart2Cart Universal OpenCart Migration extension on your target store to establish a secure connection. Read our guide on How to prepare Target store for migration? for more details.
- Hosting Environment: Verify that both your source and target hosting environments meet OpenCart’s system requirements and have adequate server resources. Sometimes, your new hosting can cause migration interruption, so it's wise to ensure it's stable.
- Full Backups: This is perhaps the most critical step. Create complete backups of both your source and target OpenCart databases and files. While automated tools are reliable, having backups provides peace of mind in case any unforeseen issues arise.
- Access Credentials: You'll need admin login credentials for both your source and target OpenCart stores. These are essential for the migration tool to establish a secure connection and facilitate the data transfer. Learn more in The Short & Essential Guide to Access Credentials for Cart2Cart. Rest assured, your data is safe; read Is it safe to provide your company with my access details?
Performing the Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide
With your prerequisites met, you're ready to initiate the data transfer. Follow these steps for a guided, automated migration experience:
Step 1: Register and Choose Migration Type
Begin by navigating to the migration service website. You'll typically be presented with options to start a new migration. Choose to start a do-it-yourself migration with the wizard.
Step 2: Connect Your Source OpenCart Store
This is where you tell the migration tool about your existing store:
- Select OpenCart as your Source Cart.
- Enter the full URL of your Source OpenCart store.
- The system will prompt you to establish a connection. The recommended method for OpenCart is to install the Cart2Cart Universal OpenCart Migration extension from the marketplace. Follow the on-screen instructions to download and install this essential plugin via your OpenCart admin panel (Extensions -> Extension Installer). This plugin acts as the secure connection bridge for the data transfer.
Step 3: Connect Your Target OpenCart Store
Next, configure the details for your new OpenCart store:
- Select OpenCart as your Target Cart.
- Enter the full URL of your newly installed Target OpenCart store.
- Similar to the source, you will need to install the Cart2Cart Universal OpenCart Migration extension on your target store. Follow the provided steps to install the plugin, ensuring the migration tool can securely access your new store for data import.
Step 4: Select Data Entities for Migration
Now, you'll choose exactly what data you want to move from your old OpenCart store to the new one. The migration tool supports a wide range of entities:
- Products (including SKUs, variants, descriptions, images)
- Products Categories
- Products Manufacturers
- Products Reviews
- Customers (including customer data, groups, passwords)
- Orders (including order statuses, details, invoices)
- Invoices
- Taxes
- Stores (multi-store setup, if applicable)
- Coupons
- CMS Pages
You can choose to migrate all entities with a single click or selectively pick specific data types based on your needs.
Step 5: Configure Additional Options and Map Data
This critical step allows for fine-tuning your data transfer to ensure maximum accuracy and preserve important elements of your store:
Additional Migration Options:
Review and select from various optional features to enhance your migration:
- Clear Target Store Data: This option will remove all existing data from your target store before migration. (Recommended for fresh installations). Find out more about Clear current data on Target store before migration option.
- Preserve IDs: Maintain original Product IDs, Category IDs, Order IDs, and Customer IDs. This is highly recommended for maintaining internal references and potentially for SEO purposes. Learn How Preserve IDs options can be used?
- Migrate Customer Passwords: Securely transfer customer passwords so your users don't need to reset them.
- Migrate SEO URLs & Create 301 Redirects: This is vital for preserving your existing SEO rankings and link equity. It ensures that old URLs automatically redirect to new ones, preventing broken links. Note that SEO options may be excluded for blogs.
- Migrate Images in Product Descriptions: Ensures all embedded product images are moved.
- Migrate Invoices: Transfers your invoice data.
- Skip Custom Attributes: If you have custom product attributes you don't wish to transfer.
- Multi-tax allowed: For complex tax setups.
Data Mapping:
The migration wizard will present a data mapping interface where you can match corresponding fields between your source and target OpenCart stores. This is particularly important for:
- Customer Groups Mapping: Ensure customer roles (e.g., 'Wholesale', 'Retail') are correctly assigned in the new store.
- Order Status Mapping: Match order statuses (e.g., 'Pending', 'Processing', 'Complete') to ensure consistency in your order management workflow.
Step 6: Perform Demo Migration & Launch Full Migration
Before committing to the full data transfer:
- Run a Free Demo Migration: This allows you to migrate a limited number of entities (e.g., 10 products, 10 customers, 10 orders) to your target store. It's an excellent opportunity to preview the results and ensure data integrity and mapping accuracy without any financial commitment.
- Review Demo Results: Thoroughly check the migrated data on your target OpenCart store. Verify product details, customer accounts, and order information.
- Launch Full Migration: Once satisfied with the demo, proceed with the full migration. This step will transfer all selected data entities. Consider adding a Migration Insurance Service, which offers additional remigrations if you need to adjust or re-transfer data later. Understand How Migration Insurance works?
Post-Migration Steps
Your data has been successfully transferred! However, the migration process isn't truly complete until you've performed these crucial post-migration tasks:
- Thorough Testing: Navigate every aspect of your new OpenCart store. Check product pages (SKUs, variants, images, descriptions), category structures, customer accounts (try logging in as a sample customer), order history, contact forms, and search functionality.
- SEO Configuration: Verify that all 301 redirects are working correctly to preserve your SEO rankings. Update your sitemap and submit it to Google Search Console. Monitor for any crawl errors.
- Install & Configure Themes/Extensions: Reinstall any necessary themes, modules, or extensions that were not part of the data migration. Configure them to match your previous store's functionality.
- Payment & Shipping Gateways: Reconfigure and thoroughly test all your payment gateways and shipping methods to ensure they are fully operational.
- Update DNS Records: Once you are completely satisfied with your new store, update your domain's DNS records to point to your new OpenCart installation. Be mindful of DNS propagation times.
- Remove Old Store (Optional): After a grace period and confirmation that the new store is running flawlessly, you may consider decommissioning your old OpenCart store.
- Continuous Monitoring: Keep a close eye on your new store's performance, user feedback, and error logs for any issues that may arise.
Migrating from OpenCart to OpenCart, while often an upgrade, still requires careful execution. By following this detailed guide and leveraging an automated migration tool, you can ensure a smooth transition, preserve your valuable e-commerce data, and quickly get back to business on your new and improved OpenCart platform. If you encounter any challenges or prefer expert assistance, don't hesitate to Contact Us for support.
Ways to perform migration from OpenCart to OpenCart
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Just set up the migration and choose the entities to move – the service will do the rest.
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The design and store functionality transfer is impossible due to OpenCart to OpenCart limitations. However, you can recreate it with the help of a 3rd-party developer.
Your data is safely locked with Cart2Cart
We built in many security measures so you can safely migrate from OpenCart to OpenCart. Check out our Security Policy
Server Security
All migrations are performed on a secure dedicated Hetzner server with restricted physical access.Application Security
HTTPS protocol and 128-bit SSL encryption are used to protect the data being exchanged.Network Security
The most up-to-date network architecture schema, firewall and access restrictions protect our system from electronic attacks.Data Access Control
Employee access to customer migration data is restricted, logged and audited.Frequently Asked Questions
Can customer passwords be migrated from my old OpenCart store to the new OpenCart store?
How does the OpenCart upgrade service affect my current store?
What factors influence the cost of an OpenCart to OpenCart migration?
What are the peculiarities of the OpenCart upgrade with Cart2Cart?
How much does it cost to upgrade OpenCart to the latest version?
How long does an OpenCart to OpenCart store migration typically take?
How can I ensure data accuracy after migrating my OpenCart store?
What is the latest supported version of OpenCart by Cart2Cart?
Can I transfer my customer passwords during the OpenCart upgrade?
Should I use an automated tool or hire an expert for my OpenCart to OpenCart migration?
How can I keep my SEO rankings when moving my OpenCart store to a new OpenCart instance?
Is my OpenCart store data secure during the migration process?
Will my OpenCart store's design and theme transfer automatically during migration to a new OpenCart store?
How to upgrade OpenCart to the latest version?
- Specify the Source (the old OpenCart store) and Target (the new OpenCart store) carts and provide the necessary information.
- Choose the needed entity types and additional migration options.
- Run the free demo transfer.
- Start the full OpenCart version update (a migration, in fact).
What data entities can I migrate from one OpenCart store to another OpenCart store?
Will my OpenCart store go offline during migration to a new OpenCart platform?
What data entities can you transfer during the OpenCart upgrade?
Why 150.000+ customers all over the globe have chosen Cart2Cart?
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Cart2Cart is recommended by Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, OpenCart, PrestaShop and other top ecommerce platforms.
Keep selling while migrating
The process of data transfer has no effect on the migrated store. At all.
24/7 live support
Get every bit of help right when you need it. Our live chat experts will eagerly guide you through the entire migration process.
Lightning fast migration
Just a few hours - and all your store data is moved to its new home.
Open to the customers’ needs
We’re ready to help import data from database dump, csv. file, a rare shopping cart etc.
Recommended by industry leaders
Cart2Cart is recommended by Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, OpenCart, PrestaShop and other top ecommerce platforms.
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