Jigoshop to CubeCart Migration - Step-by-Step Guide & Expert Services

Seamlessly Migrate Your E-commerce Store from Jigoshop to CubeCart

As your online business evolves, the need for a more robust, scalable, or feature-rich e-commerce platform often arises. If you're currently operating on Jigoshop and contemplating a move to CubeCart, you're looking at a strategic replatforming that can unlock new growth opportunities and enhance your store's performance. This guide provides a clear, actionable roadmap for a smooth data transfer from Jigoshop to CubeCart, ensuring your valuable customer data, product catalogs, and order history transition with integrity.

Migrating an entire e-commerce store can seem daunting, but with the right strategy and tools, such as Cart2Cart, you can achieve a seamless transition with minimal downtime. We'll walk you through every critical step, from preparation to post-migration checks, ensuring your new CubeCart store is ready for business.

Prerequisites for a Successful Migration

Before initiating the data transfer, a proper setup ensures a hassle-free experience and safeguards your valuable business information. Addressing these prerequisites will lay a strong foundation for your Jigoshop to CubeCart migration.

• Admin Access: Ensure you have full administrative access to both your Jigoshop (source) store and your new CubeCart (target) store. This includes login credentials for the admin panels and FTP/cPanel access for file management. Read our guide on access credentials for more details.
• Backup Your Data: This is a critical step. Before any migration, always perform a complete backup of your Jigoshop database and files. This serves as a safety net in case any unforeseen issues arise.
• Install Migration Modules: Both Jigoshop and CubeCart require specific Cart2Cart migration modules for the connection bridge to function. You will need the Cart2Cart Jigoshop Migration module for your source store and the Cart2Cart CubeCart Migration module for your target store.
• Prepare Your Target Store: Install a fresh instance of CubeCart. While not strictly mandatory, it's often beneficial to clear any existing demo data on your target store to prevent conflicts during migration. Consider reviewing How to prepare Target store for migration?.
• Review Source Data: Take this opportunity to clean up any redundant or outdated products, customer records, or categories in your Jigoshop store. A cleaner source makes for a more efficient and accurate migration. For more tips, consult How to prepare Source store for migration?.
• Security Assurance: We understand the concern of sharing access details. Rest assured, your data security is paramount. Learn more about how we ensure the safety of your information.

Performing the Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide

With your preparations complete, you're ready to initiate the data transfer. Follow these steps carefully to move your store's entities from Jigoshop to CubeCart using the Cart2Cart migration wizard.

Step 1: Initiate Your Migration

Begin by navigating to the Cart2Cart website and signing up or logging into your account. From your dashboard, click on the "Start Migration" button to launch the migration wizard.

Step 2: Connect Your Source Store (Jigoshop)

In the migration wizard, you'll be prompted to specify your source shopping cart. Select Jigoshop from the dropdown menu. Next, enter your Jigoshop store's URL. The connection method for Jigoshop is "Bridge only," meaning you'll need to download the Cart2Cart Connection Bridge. Upload this file to the root folder of your Jigoshop installation via FTP. Once uploaded, verify the connection. This bridge facilitates secure communication between your Jigoshop store and the migration service. If you need help locating your root folder, check What is a root folder and where can I find it?.

Step 3: Connect Your Target Store (CubeCart)

Now, select CubeCart as your target shopping cart and provide its URL. Similar to Jigoshop, CubeCart also uses the "Bridge only" connection method. Download the Cart2Cart Connection Bridge for CubeCart and upload it to the root directory of your CubeCart installation via FTP. After uploading, proceed to verify the connection. This establishes the secure link required to transfer data to your new CubeCart platform.

Step 4: Select Data Entities for Transfer

This crucial step allows you to choose which specific data entities you wish to migrate from Jigoshop to CubeCart. You can select all entities for a comprehensive transfer or pick them individually based on your needs. Cart2Cart supports the migration of a wide range of data, including:

• Products (including SKUs, variants, attributes)
• Product Categories
• Product Manufacturers
• Product Reviews
• Customers (including customer groups)
• Orders
• Invoices
• Taxes
• Stores
• Coupons
• CMS Pages (static content)

Step 5: Configure Additional Migration Options

Enhance your migration by selecting from a variety of additional options. These settings allow for more precise control over the data transfer and ensure a tailored result for your new CubeCart store:

• Migrate Images in Description: Essential for preserving product and category images embedded within rich text descriptions.
• Clear Target: Opt to remove all existing data from your CubeCart store before migration. This is highly recommended for fresh installations to avoid duplicate entries. Read more about clearing target store data.
• Preserve Product IDs, Orders IDs, Customers IDs: Maintain the original identification numbers for key entities, crucial for existing integrations and record-keeping. Learn how Preserve IDs options can be used.
• SEO URLs & 301 SEO URLs: Critical for maintaining your search engine rankings and link equity. This option automatically creates 301 redirects from your old Jigoshop URLs to the new CubeCart URLs, preventing broken links and preserving your SEO value.
• Migrate Invoices: Ensure all your invoice records are transferred.
• Password Migration: Securely migrate customer passwords, allowing your existing customer base to log into the new CubeCart store without needing to reset their passwords.
• Create Variants from Attributes: If your Jigoshop products use attributes for variations, this option helps translate them into proper CubeCart product variants.

Step 6: Map Data Fields

In this step, you will map various fields from your Jigoshop store to their corresponding counterparts in CubeCart. This ensures data consistency and integrity across platforms. You'll typically map:

• Customer Groups: Match Jigoshop customer roles to CubeCart customer groups.
• Order Statuses: Align Jigoshop order states (e.g., "Pending payment," "Processing") with CubeCart's equivalent statuses.
• Product Attributes: If necessary, refine how product attributes are transferred.

Step 7: Run a Free Demo Migration

Before committing to the full migration, we highly recommend performing a free demo migration. This allows you to transfer a limited number of entities (e.g., 10-20 products, customers, and orders) to your CubeCart store. The demo serves as a crucial test run, allowing you to:

• Review the accuracy of the data transfer.
• Check how products, customer data, and orders appear in your new CubeCart interface.
• Identify any potential issues or adjustments needed before the full transfer.

Step 8: Perform Full Data Migration

Once you are satisfied with the results of your demo migration, you can proceed with the full data transfer. Review the migration summary, which will display the total cost based on the number of entities selected. At this stage, you also have the option to purchase Migration Insurance, which provides a certain number of remigrations within a specified period, offering peace of mind. Learn more about how Migration Insurance works. Initiate the full migration, and Cart2Cart will handle the transfer, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your business.

Post-Migration Steps

Completing the data transfer is a significant milestone, but a few crucial post-migration tasks remain to ensure your new CubeCart store is fully operational and optimized.

• Thorough Testing: Conduct extensive testing of your new CubeCart store. Verify product pages, add items to the cart, complete test purchases, register new customer accounts, and check existing customer logins. Ensure all functionalities, including payment gateways and shipping options, are working correctly.
• Update DNS: Once you're confident in your new CubeCart store, update your domain's DNS records to point to your new hosting server. This makes your CubeCart store live to the public.
• Configure Theme and Extensions: Install and configure your chosen CubeCart theme. Set up any necessary extensions or plugins for added functionalities like marketing, analytics, or advanced shipping.
• SEO Review: Even with 301 redirects, it's wise to monitor your SEO performance. Submit your new CubeCart sitemap to Google Search Console and other search engines. Regularly check for broken links and ensure that your new URL structure is search engine friendly.
• Update Third-Party Integrations: Reconnect and configure any third-party services you use, such as email marketing platforms, accounting software, CRM systems, and analytics tools.
• Inform Your Customers: Send out an announcement to your customer base about the new and improved shopping experience on CubeCart.
• Consider Recent Data Migration: If new orders or customer registrations occurred on your Jigoshop store during or immediately after the main migration, you might consider our Recent Data Migration Service to transfer these latest updates.
• Ongoing Support: Should you require further assistance or custom migration needs, don't hesitate to Contact Us for our Migration Customization Service.