Migrating to
Magento 2
As a Merchant
Sander Mangel
- Technical Lead at FitForMe
- Previously worked for various web agencies
- 5 yrs Magento developer, 10 as PHP developer
- Consultant
- MageStackDay, Rotterdam MUG, Meet Magento NL
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FitForMe
- Magento EE
- 13 websites (countries) in 1 installation
- > 1000 orders per week
- Webshop live since November
- Still developing the webshop
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Why would we
migrate already?
Migrating to Magento 2 - As a Merchant @sandermangel
Why would we
migrate already?
Because we can
Migrating to Magento 2 - As a Merchant @sandermangel
Inventarisation
- Write a Business case for the migration
- Where does Magento 2 stand at this moment
- What 3rd party modules / integrations
- How much custom code is in the shop
- What solution partners are an option
- Available budget
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Take your time
- Plan a long migration
- Demos of Magento 2
- Build new modules in Magento 1 generic
- Spread resources and budget
- Training developers and incompany end users
- Porting the custom code
Migrating to Magento 2 - As a Merchant @sandermangel
January
Inventarisation
&
training
AprilBasic
installation
+
tem
plating
M
ayTem
plating
JunePorting
(custom
) m
odules
Septem
ber
Testing
O
ctober
Training
N
ovem
ber
Live
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Conclusion
- Take your time
- Watch the Magento 2 roadmap carefully
- Create support in the whole organisation
- Spread your budget & resources
- Communicate with partners and module vendors
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Questions?
Migrating to Magento 2 - As a Merchant @sandermangel

Migrating to Magento 2 - As a Merchant