How to Migrate Your Store from OpenCart to VirtueMart [Video] It is impossible to determine once and for all which e-commerce platform is the best. In each particular situation there are various factors that should be taken into account. Articles, descriptions, recommendations and comparison charts can be helpful to some extent, but you can’t be quite confident about what you are doing until you see a shopping cart in action. That is why choosing an eCommerce solution often means buying a pig in a poke. The results of your trial may or may not satisfy you. It often happens that users are not happy with their choices and would like to try something else. If you prefer VirtueMart to OpenCart, it can be the result of careful calculation or simply a matter of taste. As VirtueMart is a plugin for Joomla, a highly esteemed CMS, you may be attracted by its content management possibilities – a feature that you won’t find in many other shopping cart platforms. If you wish to migrate your store from OpenCart to VirtueMart, Cart2Cart service will take care of the process, making it quick, safe and painless. Read the instructions below or watch video tutorial.
Cart2Cart migration consists of a few simple steps. First of all, you will need to create an account or, as an option, sign in from your Google or Facebook profile.
When you start the migration, both your OpenCart and VirtueMart store must be installed and accessible online. The cost of your migration can be easily estimated with Migration Estimator. Now everything is ready for transferring your data from OpenCart to VirtueMart. All you need to do is follow the instructions and provide all necessary information.
1. Source Cart Setup In a drop-down menu select OpenCart as your source cart and then specify your OpenCart store URL. After that download Connection Bridge and upload it to your OpenCart store root directory. Click the link if you have any questions concerning Connection Bridge.
2. Target Cart Setup Choose your VirtueMart version, fill in your VirtueMart store URL and download Connection Bridge.
3. Entities Selection Choose the entities you would like to transfer from OpenCart to VirtueMart or check them all. Select some or all the additional options, if you want them to apply to your migration. Note that some of them require an extra charge.
4. Currencies Mapping Assign the currencies on your OpenCart store to the currencies on your VirtueMart store.
5. Orders Status Mapping If you migrate orders, the order statuses on your OpenCart shop need to be matched with the order statuses on your VirtueMart store.
6. Demo Migration At this stage, the service will transfer a limited quantity of entities. Demo Migration is free and it usually takes only a couple of minutes. This step can be skipped, though it is strongly recommended that you perform Demo Migration to see how Cart2Cart works.
Please don’t close your browser window while the service is transferring your data. When Demo Migration is completed, you can check its results on your VirtueMart store and make sure that Cart2Cart transfers data carefully and securely.
7. Confirm Migration If you are sure you have provided the right information, click Start Full Migration. The time Full Migration will take depends on the amount of data you are transferring.
When your migration is finished, you will be able to see its details and check its results on your new VirtueMart store, now furnished with your old familiar information.