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VirtueMart is an open-source eCommerce solution for the content management system (CMS), Joomla! It is free to download, but you need a Joomla account. VirtueMart is a plugin for Joomla, and WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress
VirtueMart tends to fall short in terms of high-quality third-party extensions and up-to-date themes. But the biggest drawback is its SEO limitations.
On the other hand, WooCommerce is a more comprehensive eCommerce solution that offers a lot of flexibility and customization options. Being an extremely popular eCommerce platform, WooCommerce has a large user community that offers great support to WooCommerce users, which creates an attractive safety net for store owners.
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In short, store migration is the process of transferring data, design, and functionality from the existing store to a new store. The process allows merchants to export the database (products, customers, orders, etc.) to the new store and configure the store’s look and feel. Moreover, it allows to install the necessary apps to add functionality.
The eCommerce migration is the transfer of data like products, customers, orders and more from your current VirtueMart store to the new WooCommerce one. It consists of a few simple steps if done in automated manner, takes only a couple of hours and requires no tech skills.
With Cart2Cart, it’s a quick and hassle-free process to migrate VirtueMart to WooCommerce. Cart2Cart automates the process while safeguarding your order IDs and SEO during the migration.
Get your VirtueMart store ready for the move by auditing all your VirtueMart store data. Audit all your current VirtueMart records, remove all the outdated data and decide what data to move to the new store.
Cart2Cart doesn't delete any data during the migration process. Still, it is better to back up your store at this point.
Get your WooCommerce store ready. To do this, install the WooCommerce plugin for your WordPress website. If you don’t have a WordPress website, install one first.
Setup VirtueMart to WooCommerce data transfer by first configuring the Source cart and then specifying the Target cart.
Choose VirtueMart as your Source Cart from the drop-down menu in the Migration Wizard. Copy the Store's URL to the corresponding field and install the Connection Bridge (download it, unpack files to the store's root folder). Wait for a notification that the Connection Bridge has been successfully installed, before proceeding to the next step.
Select WooCommerce as your Target Cart from the drop-down list. Provide all the necessary credentials (WordPress Admin URL, login, and password) and click the "Choose entities" button.
You can choose to transfer all data entities from VirtueMart to WooCommerce by ticking the "Select all" option, or you may select to relocate only some of the data, such as products (including product categories, reviews, manufacturers, taxes, orders, and coupons.
Consider some optional extras that might ease your migration process, such as creating 301 redirects on your target store after migration, preserving order IDs on the Target Store, migrating customers' passwords with the help of Cart2Cart WooCommerce Passwords Migration Plugin, and others.
Match your VirtueMart order statuses and fulfillment statuses to the corresponding ones on WooCommerce.
Make use of the free Demo Migration to transfer a restricted number of entities (up to 10) to the WooCommerce store within 10-30 minutes. This is an important step as it shows the service in action. Note: do not close your browser window while the Demo Migration is in progress.
If you are satisfied with the demo result, launch the Full database migration to WooCommerce. Click the Start Full Migration button to start the Full VirtueMart database transfer to your new WooCommerce store.
Congratulations! You have successfully transferred your store to WooCommerce. Enjoy the new experience!