Magento (Adobe Commerce) to PrestaShop Migration

Steps for Magento to PrestaShop migration:

1. Set up the Source cart
2. Specify the Target cart
3. Select data for migration
4. Specify migration extras
5. Map customer groups & order statuses
6. Start Full migration

Are you thinking of changing the Magento platform for something more user-friendly? Or perhaps your store has outgrown the capabilities of the current solution? Migrate Magento to PrestaShop. This flexible e-commerce platform is well equipped to satisfy even the most demanding business needs. Our comprehensive step-by-step guide will help you easily manage the switch. Let's dive in and explore the ultimate way to migrate from Magento to PrestaShop!

Watch our video tutorial to see how easy it is to automatically migrate from Magento to PrestaShop with the help of the Cart2Cart migration tool:

Magento to PrestaShop Migration. An Automated Approach

Pre-Migration Steps

Install PrestaShop store

Once you have chosen a perfect hosting solution, you have to install a PrestaShop platform. You can install it via a one-click installation script provided by your hosting provider. Otherwise, it can be installed manually with the help of MySQL and FTP.

Note: It is not recommended to customize theme on your PrestaShop store before the migration, but leave the default one. Otherwise, any extra configuration at this point could interfere with the process of the Magento to PrestaShop database migration.

Your PrestaShop Isn’t Ready Yet?

If you are interested in how the products, customers, orders, and other items from their Magento store are going to appear on newly-launched PrestaShop, you can benefit from the Migration Preview option.

Simplify the Magento to PrestaShop replatforming with the Cart2Cart: PrestaShop Migration Module.

Migration Itself

Configure your Magento source store

Now comes the Magento to PrestaShop migration itself. At this point, Cart2Cart requires to set up your current Magento online shop, and then establish the connection with the PrestaShop store you're moving into. To achieve that, select Magento from the drop-down menu in the Source Cart field and on the next field enter the domain of your Magento store.

When done, scroll past the Source Store URL field and click the Download Bridge button. This will send the bridge directly to your local storage in the form of a .zip file. Once you’ve unzipped it, paste its contents directly to your Magento store’s root folder using an FTP client. That’s it - the connection bridge on your source cart is already installed.

Define your PrestaShop target store

Just as you’ve specified the source cart parameters, repeat the same store detailing procedure with your target store. Pick PrestaShop as the target cart, enter the admin store URL, admin email & password and proceed to the next step by clicking the Choose Entities button.

Specify the store entities you want to transfer & additional migration options

This step entails choosing the specific store data entities you intend to transfer from your Magento store to PrestaShop. Some of the data types that you can migrate include:

• Products,
• Product categories,
• Manufacturers,
• Taxes,
• Customers,
• Orders,
• Coupons,
• Reviews,
• Multistore, etc.

At this stage, you can customize your Magento to PrestaShop transfer by configuring a range of additional options. To be more specific, you can create 301 redirects on your PrestaShop store after migration, import customers’ products or transfer categories and products SEO URLs, etc.

Run free Demo Magento to PrestaShop migration

Though this step is optional and you can choose to ignore it by clicking the “Skip” checkbox going straight for the full migration, it is strongly advised to take advantage of it. The option gives an excellent possibility to check out how your PrestaShop store will appear after database migration from your Magento-based store.

Launch a full Magento to PrestaShop migration

When you have included all the entities you wish to transfer and checked the additional migration options - you can go ahead and start full database migration.

At this step, you should expect the Cart2Cart to bill you accordingly before conducting the actual data migration.

Note: The total cost includes the number of entities and additional options you’ve chosen to customize your Magento to PrestaShop migration.

And once payment is settled, the full migration will be performed during a couple of hours (though it depends on the store data amount). When finished, you’ll receive an email notification.