ZenCart to BigCommerce Migration Service

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Planning to switch platforms? Here at AOC, we make migration manageable.

Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration offered by Always Open Commerce (AOC) will help you transfer your online store data, including products, product categories, orders, customers, and many other essential store entities in a quick and secure migration process.

How Our Experts Perform the Migration. Step-by-step

Our team of data experts and developers will conduct a seamless, secure, and trouble-free Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration of your online store. Apart from that, to keep you updated on the migration process, our tech and support team will keep in touch with you. Check out the steps below to have a peek at what happens in a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration.

STEP 1

Backup your online store’s data

A vital action before starting the Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration is conducting a backup of your online store’s data. Generally, this is an important facet in migrations as it will prevent any type of loss to your online store’s data such as its products, customer information, order information, and many other important entities.

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STEP 2

Launch and connect your BigCommerce store

Sign up for an account in BigCommerce. Fill up a few important details about your existing online store including the categories of your products and your company profile. Provide a Username/Client ID, API token, and API path for your new BigCommerce Store. Our support team will assist you with this.

STEP 3

Select and review additional options. Run a demo migration

Before the start of Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration, our migration team may provide you with additional options that you could also opt for. These options include importing SEO URLs, changing the product quantity on the target store, and many more. Once you’ve reviewed them, run a demo migration to identify and address any potential risks.

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STEP 4

Conduct full migration and test results

The duration of Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration depends on the number of entities you have in your store. It can range between 30 minutes to a couple of hours. Once the migration process is complete, check if all data is transferred accurately.

STEP 5

Design and develop your BigCommerce store

If the Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration is complete, you are now ready to design and develop your BigCommerce store. The migration process does not include the design of your store, however, our designers may help you with choosing its theme and layout. Our developers will conduct regular tests to polish your store’s UX as well.

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STEP 6

Go live with your BigCommerce store

Our developers will notify you once your BigCommerce store is live and ready to receive internet traffic. Additionally, to make sure that your site is stable and has a smooth UX, tests will be conducted regularly.

Disclaimer: The process flow of ZenCart to BigCommerce migrations may vary depending on the 3rd-party tools
and applications used in migrating data. Our data administrators and web developers will discuss this with you
during onboarding. The above information is a general process flow which most data migrations follow.

What data can be migrated from
ZenCart to Bigcommerce

Products

  • Product information (name, SKU, full description, status, manufacturer)
  • Meta title, meta keywords, meta description
  • Product variants (SKU, weight, price)
  • Product options (name and price) and Product attributes (name and values)
  • Product quantity and stock status
  • Product price and special price
  • Product images and additional images

Product Categories

  • Name, description, status
  • Meta title, meta description, meta keywords
  • Category images

Orders

  • Order information (order date and order status)
  • Order products (name, SKU, option)
  • Product price, quantity, subtotal price, discount price, tax price, total price, shipping price, and order comments
  • Customer information (customer name, email, telephone, billing and shipping address)

Customer Data

  • First and last names, email, telephone, customer group
  • Billing and shipping addresses

Other Online Store Assets

  • CMS Pages (title, URL, description)
  • Coupons (name, coupon code, coupon date)
  • Manufacturer information (name, manufacturer images)
  • Reviews (created date, status, rate, username, product, comment)

How Is Your Data Secured During Migration?

Our migration team guarantees a highly secure Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration process. Through implementing various levels of security measures during the migration, any type of security breach or even data loss to your online store’s database is prevented.

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Migration FAQs

Let us answer your concerns and frequently asked questions about Zen Cart to BigCommerce Migration in the section below.

How to migrate ZenCart customers to BigCommerce?

Here at AOC, our migration team uses migration tools and applications in which the data of customers from the source store (Zen Cart) are transferred to the target store (BigCommerce).

How much do you charge for the migration service?

The cost for the Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration service varies depending on the number of entities you have in your store.

Will the migration impact my Source store sales process?

Absolutely not. The Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration will not affect the sales process of your source store (Zen Cart) in any way.

Do I risk losing data from my existing Zen Cart store after the migration?

No. During the Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration, we guarantee a safe and secure process to make sure that any type of data loss is prevented.

How do I export orders from the Zen Cart platform to BigCommerce?

In a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration, orders are exported from the source store (Zen Cart) to the target store (BigCommerce).

Does the data migration process influence my Zen Cart store performance?

Absolutely not. The Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration will not influence the performance of your Zen Cart store. In fact, you may even continue selling while data is being transferred.

Can I export the Zen Cart database to BigCommerce?

Yes. The Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration supports the exportation of all existing data from your source store (Zen Cart) to the target store (BigCommerce).

Do you support the migration of attributes from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

Yes. The migration of attributes is supported in a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration.

Can I migrate customer passwords from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

No. Customer passwords cannot be migrated in a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration.

Can I migrate SKU from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

Yes. During a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration, product SKUs are migrated from the source store (Zen Cart) to the target store (BigCommerce).

Can we migrate images from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

Yes. All images, including category images and additional product images, are migrated in a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration.

Can I migrate order IDs from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

No. Unfortunately, order IDs cannot be migrated from the source store (Zen Cart) to the target store (BigCommerce).

Can we migrate reviews from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

Yes. Reviews, along with their date of creation, ratings, and usernames are migrated in a Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration.

Can we migrate order statuses from Zen Cart to BigCommerce?

Yes. Order statuses can be migrated from the source store (Zen Cart) to the target store (BigCommerce).

Why Choose AOC?

There are many reasons why e-commerce business owners want to migrate their online store data from one platform to another. We, at AOC, are here to help you achieve the goals you‘ve set for your online store. Our team will administer Zen Cart to BigCommerce migration to your store safely and securely, guaranteeing that it reaches its potential and expands into the larger business that it deserves.

As always, AOC is here to make it easy for every business owner who wants to migrate from ZenCart to BigCommerce. Our team of migration experts and web developers are highly skilled and trained to ensure that your online store works perfectly after the switch

Migrating to the BigCommerce platform with Always Open Commerce also comes with big perks:

  • A professional support team that assists you from the start to the end of the migration process.
  • Class-leading migration tools and protocols that keep your data safe and secure
  • Highly-skilled product and customer data handlers to also facilitate migration

We will also prepare a checklist that can be used both as a guide and a blueprint for migrations of any type.

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