Magento 1 end-of-life will arrive on June 30, 2020

Magento Commerce 1 and Magento Open Source 1 software will no longer be released after June 20, 2020, making Magento 1 e-stores insecure.

In order to ensure that the end of Magento 1’s life span does not bring unexpected inconveniences to your e-store, you should start making further preparations now. Today is the right time to prepare for the adoption of the newer, more stable and more secure Magento 2.

Good news for all merchants using Magento 1.

Transition is a great opportunity to take a fresh look at your current e-shop. Think through all the changes that you have wanted to implement but which have not yet been implemented. Also document all the solutions that have not proven to be beneficial for your e-business and that wouldn’t be practical to carry over to the new store. In summary, free yourself from technological debt.

The Magento 2 version introduced a large number of improvements and innovations that improved the user experience for both the page administrator and e-store customers.

• Improved speed and performance and scalability
• Better user experience thanks to the design applicable to different devices
• SEO improvements
• Improved purchase process
• Simplified product administration
• Creating special solutions from the developer’s perspective became easier and therefore more affordable
• Integration with other systems is Built-in Analytics
• Security

What you need to know about transitioning from Magneto 1 to Magneto 2:

It’s not a typical software update. Since Magento 1 and 2 are technically entirely different software, it’s not possible to simply update the software; instead, you need to migrate to the new software version.

Magento 2 is now a very reliable software. Since the first version of Magento 2 was launched in 2015, it has become quite reliable and stable.

All modules installed on Magento 1 and custom solutions, as well as web design, do not fit one-to-one with the new version, so they cannot be easily transferred.

Risks of not renewing?
1. You leave your website vulnerable to potential malicious attacks, as security updates are no longer officially patched.

2. Magento 1 add-on modules will no longer be updated either, and new services and solutions will already be created on the new Magento platform.

3. The entire developer community and development companies have already moved to the new version, therefore it is also difficult to find competent developers for Magento 1 projects.

Steps to move from Magento version 1 to version 2

Technically, there are different possibilities for this, but the best result can be obtained by installing a completely new and clean version of Magento 2 and then performing the transfer of the desired and necessary functionalities and data. In general, the transfer can be divided into four stages:

• Template migration

• Module migration
• Settings and special solutions
• Data migration

For the owner of a Magento 1 store, I recommend that you first think about your current e-store, as well as your dreams and goals, and based on that, make a list of what you want to see in your new Magento 2 version for them to estimate the amount of time for the transfer.

Make sure you start early because the transfer of a Magento 1 online store to Magento 2 software can take from a few weeks to several months depending on the online store. Quickly find a development partner for your project.