Migrate To Magento 2: Pros And Cons Of Migration

People say change is inevitable, it is the law of nature and every person undergoes certain changes. But is it really applicable to anything and everything we know about? For example, if you are an ecommerce store, you would be using a website building platform. It is working smoothly with all the functions, but is there anything that compels you to change? Magento Development experts bring the change on their own platform for their clients to experience a shift from Magento 1 to Magento 2.

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Now before the users can feel delighted about the innovation, let’s study the pros and cons of migrating to the new version i.e Magento 2.

Pros of Magento 2

  • Improved Admin Interface with New Features

Unlike in the previous version, Magento 2 has changed the experience for the users and made it quite easy to navigate. Alongside which the analytics report gives the user ease of monitoring all sales, average orders, traffic at one place.

  • Security Updates

Improvising and learning from the previous version, the security encryptions are much better and safer than before. 

  • Better Performance

With in-built cache system in Magento 2, it loads faster than Magento 1. The developers work with the users with the help of latest PHP framework, which stimulates the process. One can also experience a change in the front-end performance with the ability to compress images and high-performance screen resolution.

Cons Of Magento 2

  • New Themes All Along

As fascinating as it sounds, the problem here is that the theme you had been using on Magento 1 will no longer be available to you in Magento 2. A frontend expert will be needed if you want to customize the theme just the way it was.

  • Lost Sales Opportunities

The migration does not take place on an overnight basis and while the migration is in progress the chances are likely that one might lose the opportunity of landing one or more sales.

  • Integrating New Themes

Well, there are many things which cannot be moved to Magento 2, one of them is the modules. So you will need to integrate a whole new set of extensions and in certain cases make changes to the source code.

Wrapping UP

Magento 2 development company has worked through many loopholes to bring the best experience to its customers. However, looking upon its pros and cons it solely depends on how badly you need the services of Magento 2 or continue with the old version.

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Author -Harshal Shah


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