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Upgrade from OpenCart 2 to OpenCart 3 in a few minutes

Step by step guide on how to upgrade OpenCart 2 to OpenCart 3

  1. Install OpenCart 3 on your server (point subdomain or sub directory to it)
  2. Use OpenCart to OpenCart migration tool to migrate CMS and eCommerce data from OpenCart 2 to the new OpenCart store.
  3. Install 3.x version of the extensions and into OpenCart 3 store.
  4. Choose your desired theme in themeforest or OpenCart theme market.
  5. Point your domain name to the new OpenCart 3 store.

What data can me migrated from OpenCart 2 to OpenCart 3

Products

  1. Product Informations, e.g. Name, Description, Prices, Images, Meta, SEO URLs (301 Redirects or Rewrite), etc.
  2. Product Options. All option types supported by Opencart 3.
  3. Product Links, e.g. Manufacturer, Categories, Downloads, Related Products.
  4. Product Attributes.

Product categories

  1. Category Informations, e.g. Name, Description, SEO URLs (301 Redirects or Rewrite), etc.
  2. Category Parents

Customers

  1. Customer Informations, e.g. First Name, Last Name, Email, etc.
  2. Customer Addresses. All addresses with full informations.
  3. Customer Groups mapping.

Orders

  1. Order General Informations, e.g. Status, Currency, Total, History, Notes, Date, etc.
  2. Product Details, e.g. Name, Model/SKU, Quantity, Price, Tax, Option Details, etc.
  3. Customer Details, e.g. First Name, Last Name, Email, Billing/Payment and Shipping Addresses.

Taxes

  1. Tax Class, Tax Zones and Rates.

Reviews

  1. Reviews of migrated Products. Review Details, e.g. Customer, Comment, Rating, Status, Date.

How to migrate OpenCart 2 to OpenCart 3 with Next-Cart

Next-Cart is a shopping cart migration service allows you to migrate data from your current store to another eCommerce platform. The whole procedure can be taken in 3 simple steps:

  1. Upload Kitconnect to the root folders of OpenCart 2 and OpenCart 3 stores.
  2. Choose the data you want to migrate
  3. Perform the migration

Try the Free Demo migration tool at: OpenCart to OpenCart Migration

Thank you

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at https://next-cart.com/contact/, our technicians are always ready to help you 24/7. Don’t forget to like and share the guide with others if it’s useful for you.

Have a nice day!

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