Magento 1 to BigCommerce migration, modern platform, no more patching

Magento 1 has been unsupported since June 2020. We move your catalog, customers and rankings to BigCommerce, and rebuild what does not transfer so nothing important is lost.

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Senior engineers on every project
Dedicated DevOps team
Replies within one business day

3free hours

Free dev work

Test drive our developers. 3 guaranteed hours of free BigCommerce work.

Hand us a real task and our senior engineers do the first 3 hours on us. No obligation to hire us, just a straight look at how we work.

Review your migration plan
Check your data
Map your redirects
Spot the risks

Claim your free 3 hours New clients only. Terms apply.

What staying costs

The quiet costs of running Magento 1

No official security patches

Adobe ended support in June 2020. Known vulnerabilities in old software are public, and attackers scan for them.

Card data on an unpatched store

Taking payments on unsupported software puts PCI compliance and customer trust at risk.

Abandoned extensions

Many modules you depend on stopped getting updates, and few vendors still support Magento 1.

Aging hosting and PHP

Modern hosting and PHP versions no longer target Magento 1, so keeping it running gets harder every year.

Fewer people who know it

Developers who want to work on Magento 1 are scarce, and each fix costs more time.

A slow store and a slow admin

The old frontend and backend hold back both your shoppers and your team.

Is this the right move?

When BigCommerce fits, and when Magento 2 fits better

If your store is mostly standard and you want far less upkeep, BigCommerce is a sound destination. Hosting, patching and upgrades stop being your problem.

If you rely on heavy customization, complex B2B rules or unusual catalog logic, Magento 2 may suit you better, and a Magento 1 to Magento 2 move is a familiar path. We will say which one we think you are.

BigCommerce is usually right when

You want hosting and upgrades off your plate
Your Magento 1 add-ons were mostly standard features
You need B2B pricing and company accounts, without building them
You want to keep many of your existing URLs
Your team is lean

Why it works

What BigCommerce gives a Magento 1 store

A supported, managed and patched platform

BigCommerce is hosted and updated for you, so the unpatched platform problem goes away instead of moving to a new server.

Fewer extensions to maintain

Many Magento 1 modules did a job BigCommerce handles natively, so your add-on list gets shorter.

B2B Edition

Company accounts, custom pricing and quoting are native, which means less custom code to maintain.

Flexible URLs

BigCommerce lets you set custom URLs, so many Magento 1 addresses can be kept exactly and fewer redirects are needed.

A modern Stencil theme

Your design is rebuilt on a current theme framework, with a faster storefront that is easier to change.

How the move runs

From an old Magento store to a clean BigCommerce one

Magento 1

Your live store

Inventory

Modules, data, URLs

Clean and map

Attributes to custom fields

BigCommerce build

Stencil theme, apps, B2B

Rehearse and launch

Tested cutover

Magento's own migration tool only targets Magento 2, so we migrate your data to BigCommerce with scripts and APIs, then check it against your live store.

What moves, what changes

Three piles, sorted before we quote

Moves with your data

Products and categories
Attributes, mapped to options and custom fields
Customer accounts and addresses
Order history
CMS pages and blog content

Rebuilt for BigCommerce

Your theme, as a Stencil theme
Magento 1 extensions, replaced or rebuilt
Custom modules, as apps, native features or API work
Shipping, tax and checkout rules
ERP, 3PL and CRM connections

Protected for SEO

Old URLs kept where BigCommerce allows
301 redirects for every address that changes
Meta titles, descriptions and alt text
Canonical tags and structured data
Sitemap resubmission and monitoring

Protecting your search traffic

Three steps that keep your rankings

Map

Every product, category and page on your Magento 1 store gets a destination, including the long legacy paths and suffixes built up over the years.

Redirect

Where BigCommerce can keep your old URL, we keep it. Where it cannot, a 301 sends visitors and search engines to the new address.

Verify

We test redirects before launch and watch crawl errors and rankings after it, so a missed page gets fixed in days, not months.

Ready to get off Magento 1?

Tell us about your store. We will tell you what moves cleanly, what gets rebuilt and whether BigCommerce is the right destination.

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Frequently asked questions

Is it safe to keep running Magento 1?

No official security patches have been released since June 2020. Stores can be patched by hand, but the platform and much of its ecosystem are unmaintained, so risk grows over time, and card payments add a PCI compliance concern.

What happens to our Magento 1 extensions?

They do not carry over. We audit each one and map it to a BigCommerce app, a native feature or custom API-driven development, or recommend dropping it.

Can our B2B features move to B2B Edition?

In many cases yes, since B2B Edition covers company accounts, custom pricing and quoting. Very bespoke flows may need custom work. We map your setup during scoping.

Will we lose our SEO rankings?

Not if the redirects are handled properly. BigCommerce lets us keep many existing URLs, we 301 the rest, and we carry over metadata and structured data, then monitor rankings after launch.

Should I move to BigCommerce, Shopify or Magento 2?

BigCommerce and Shopify suit stores that want less upkeep. Magento 2 suits heavy customization and complex B2B. We give an honest recommendation after looking at your store.

How long does it take and what does it cost?

Timing depends on catalog size, extensions and data quality, so we scope it after an audit. We work hourly, from $90/hr depending on the plan you choose.