Do you have an online store in Magento 1, but can’t decide if you should migrate to Magento 2 or not? Well, there are a lot of questions that you may have in mind. Is it necessary to upgrade from Magento 1 to Magento 2? How much time will the entire process take? Does it involve a handsome amount of money? In order to find answers to these questions, let’s look at the matter closely.
It’s true that the process of upgrading your existing website from Magento 1 to Magento 2 is not that simple, as it means rebuilding your site from the scratch and transferring all your store data. Of course, there are some tools with the help of which the transition can be simplified. Having said that, this migration is really worth the time it takes. Now let’s give you some major reasons why you should upgrade to Magento 2.
• More mobile-friendly
Want to make more sales? Make your site mobile responsive. This will attract more and more customers as people these days shop on smartphones as well as tablets. The team of Magento recognized this and made it a point to give mobile responsiveness a priority in the Magento 2 platform. It comes with SEO-friendly themes, easier checkout and integrated video. By enhancing the function and look of the Magento stores on mobile devices, you will get to have more mobile sales.
• Enhanced performance and scalability
The loading time of your website hugely affects the number of visitors to your website. Experts say that if your website takes more than 3 seconds to load or if it exceeds 3 MB, chances are that you will lose a significant number of traffic. Magento 2 is a lot faster than Magento 1. It loads faster than even the standard 2-3 seconds. Without using frontend caching, the product pages, category pages as well as the homepage take less than 1.5 seconds to load.
• Easier extension updating and less costly
Installing new extensions as well as modules is a lot easier and cheaper compared to Magento 1.x versions. If you install a few basic Magento 1.x extensions, it can take a lot of time. This is true in case of professional developers as well. However, in Magento 2, not only the process has become simpler, but also the functionality and the frontend development can be modified with ease, all thanks to Less, HTML5, CSS3 and require.js.
• Simple and user-friendly checkout
Compared to Magento 1, the checkout process in Magento 2 is more streamlined. This is what makes it easier for the customers to complete the order – from adding the products to the cart to making the payment and placing the order. There are fewer steps involved in completing the order, thereby reducing abandoned carts and giving your conversions a boost. Guest checkout is there and if a customer is already registered, they can have a faster checkout with saved information. This will reward you with repeat customers.
• Easy-to-understand navigation
In Magento 2, the admin navigation has been modernized as well as simplified, allowing users with less experience manage their online stores with ease. There are many store owners out there who find the admin interface of Magento 1 a bit complicated. Only users who have previous experience using the complex interfaces find it easy to navigate. Are you one of those store owners who does not have their own Magento developers? Then Magento 2 is for you.
• Better functionality
There are many popular extensions that are integrated into Magento 2. These allow for better functionality compared to Magento 1. This includes payment gateways such as Braintree and PayPal. Most of the Magento users choose to integrate these payment platforms anyway. And doing so with Magento 2 makes it easier. In order to increase payment security, there are other integrations such as Cybersource and Worldpay.
To conclude, Magento 2 offers a better experience to admin and customers compared to Magento 1. Apart from maintaining the flexibility that Magento is known for, it adds some useful and important features. If you want to make your business grow and get more repeat customers, upgrade to Magento 2.
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