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Edited by Martin Wann, Chris, Maluniu, Retrofuturist

Many e-merchants make a decision to change their shopping cart. They find a number of reasons and benefits to perform the migration. If you are Zen Cart store owner and you are not satisfied with your shop functionality, you should carefully think which way of migration to choose in order move all information accurately. If your store is a large one, manual migration will not be suitable, as it will take much time. You can hire a specialist, who will do it for you, but it can become expensive. Look through the instructions, which illustrate an alternative way of migration from Zen Cart to PrestaShop [1].

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Edit Steps

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    Sign in. To start your migration processes create new Car2Cart account [2] or log in via Google or Facebook account.
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    Provide information about your Souce Cart.
    • Choose an existing version of Zen Cart from the list.
    • Enter the store's URL.
    • Download and install the Connection Bridge. To perform installation process you need to extract loaded files and copy them to the root directory with FTP.
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    Set up your Target Cart.
    • Like on the previous step, choose PrestaShop version.
    • Insert the store’s URL.
    • Provide a connection between both carts with installing Connection Bridge files. [3]
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    Select entities. There is a possibility to transfer different kind of data. Just put a tick near each entity you want to transfer. Despite them, service provides additional options for migration:
    • clear current data on Target Store before Migration;
    • preserve order IDs on Target Store;
    • preserve product IDs on Target Store;
    • skip product thumbnail images migration;
    • strip HTML from category and product names, descriptions;
    • transfer images in product descriptions to your Target Store.
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    Run the free demo migration. There are two possible variants: to perform this step or just to skip it. However, it is highly recommended for you to try how everything works. You can move a limited number of entities to a PrestaShop store. All you have to do is to wait 10-30 minutes and check the results of that migration.
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    Start the full migration. When you are ready for this step, check entities one more time and press the Full Migration button. Email notifications will inform you, when the process is finished, and you can administer you new PrestaShop store.
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Edit Video



Video guide on the successful migration from Zen Cart to PrestaShop.

Edit Tips

  • Pre-migration points:
    1. Set up migration date - try to find out when traffic is the lowest
    2. Inform your clients about coming migration
    3. Back up information
  • Post-migration points:
    1. set 301 redirect;
    2. generate store sitemap;
    3. create custom 404 page;
    4. install a desirable template in order to create eye catching design;
    5. make a test purchase.
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Edit Warnings

  • Cart2Cart is a commercial tool, so before you start full migration, use Online Estimator[4] to calculate a price of your migration.
  • Ask customers to recover their passwords, as the process does not provide password migration.

Edit Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.shopping-cart-migration.com/shopping-cart-migration-options/191-zencart-to-prestashop-migration
  2. ↑ https://app.shopping-cart-migration.com/#register
  3. ↑ http://www.shopping-cart-migration.com/faq/1-general-questions/47-what-are-the-connection-bridge-files-and-how-to-download-them
  4. ↑ https://app.shopping-cart-migration.com/estimator

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Categories: Migration Software

Recent edits by: Maluniu, Chris, Martin Wann

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