Done-for-you OpenCart migration: data, theme, redirects, and a tested checkout. We quote the whole job up front and tell you when staying put is cheaper.
Base scope of work — applies to all tiers. See the tier comparison below for hours and SLA specifics.
Products, options, images, categories, customers with address books, full order history, reviews, coupons, and tax and shipping rules. Not just the rows a tool would copy.
Every old URL pointed at its new home so the pages Google already ranks keep resolving. This is the step automated migrations skip, and the reason rankings drop after a move.
We rebuild your storefront on the target platform instead of dropping your catalog into a default skin. Your store looks like your store on day one.
We find what your old store relied on, including the OCMOD and vQmod changes a past developer left, and replace each with a working equivalent rather than letting checkout break.
We run a real order end to end on staging and fix what breaks before the domain switches. A store that drops orders for a weekend pays for the migration twice.
The old store stays intact and reachable for a week after launch, so if anything surfaces we can roll back in minutes instead of scrambling.
Transparent process — you always know what stage we're at and what comes next.
We check your version, extensions, custom code, and how clean the data is, then quote the real job instead of a guess. You keep the findings either way.
We stand up the new store on a staging URL, move the data, rebuild the theme, and put the redirect map in place.
You click through the staging store and try to break it. We run a test order end to end and fix anything that shows up.
We switch the domain during your quietest hour and keep the old store as a fallback for a week.
Scope transparency — no surprises in the monthly report.
Access we require — passed via secure channel (1Password / Bitwarden).
Most projects run from $900 for a clean OpenCart 3-to-4 upgrade up to around $4,500 for a full move to WooCommerce with a rebuilt theme and a large catalog. We quote the exact figure after a fixed-fee audit, so the price is a number and not a range by the time you decide.
That is what the redirect map is for. We point every old URL at its new equivalent with a 301, so the pages you already rank for keep resolving. Rankings wobble for a week or two on any migration, then settle. The stores that lose traffic for good are the ones migrated by a tool that ignored redirects.
Yes, and it is one of the more common jobs we do. The database changed enough between those versions that a straight copy breaks, which is why people try a tool first and then call us. Your 2.x extensions will not carry over, so we find OpenCart 4 replacements as part of the work.
Where the target platform supports the same hashing, yes, so your customers do not all get forced to reset on launch day. When it cannot be carried across, we set up a smooth reset flow instead of leaving people locked out.
Effectively not at all. We build and test everything on staging, then switch the domain during your quietest hour. The cutover itself takes minutes, and the old store stays up as a fallback for a week.
Depends on your store, and we will tell you straight. If OpenCart 3 or 4 is serving you fine and the real issue is neglect, a monthly support plan is far cheaper than a rebuild. We only recommend a migration when it actually saves you money or trouble over a year.
Moving an OpenCart store is the part nobody looks forward to. Products, customer accounts, years of order history, the SEO URLs Google already ranks, and the handful of extensions quietly holding checkout together. We move all of it, quote the whole job before we touch anything, and we will tell you honestly when staying on your current setup is the smarter spend.
This is a done-for-you migration, not a plugin you run and hope. The automated tools (Cart2Cart, LitExtension) are fine at copying rows from one database to another. They do not rebuild your theme, they do not untangle the OCMOD and vQmod changes a previous developer left behind, and they do not set up the 301 redirects that stop your rankings falling off a cliff on launch day. That gap is where most migrations go wrong, and it is the part we actually do.
“OpenCart migration” means four very different jobs, and the price and risk are not the same for each.
OpenCart to OpenCart (version upgrade). Usually 2.x or 3.x up to OpenCart 4. The database structure changed enough between 2 and 4 that a straight copy breaks, so this is the one people most often try with a tool and then call us to finish. Your old extensions almost never carry over and need OpenCart 4 equivalents.
OpenCart to WooCommerce. The most common request we get. If you are tired of patching extensions by hand and want the bigger plugin and developer pool around WordPress, this is the move. We have written about how OpenCart and WooCommerce compare if you are still deciding.
OpenCart to Shopify or BigCommerce. When you would rather pay a monthly fee and stop owning the server. Doable, with the trade-off that you give up some control over checkout and pay transaction fees.
Onto OpenCart, from somewhere else. Less common in 2026, but if you are set on OpenCart we will bring your catalog and customers across cleanly.
The data is the easy half. Products with their images, options, and special prices. Categories and the URL aliases attached to them. Customers, with their address books and, where the platform allows it, their password hashes so nobody has to reset. Orders and order history, because support tickets and accounting both need them. Reviews, coupons, and tax and shipping rules.
The part the tools skip is the part that protects your traffic. We map every old URL to its new home and put 301 redirects in place, so the page Google ranked yesterday still resolves tomorrow. We rebuild the theme on the new platform rather than leaving you with a default skin. And we test checkout with a real card before we point the domain over, because a store that loses orders for a weekend has already paid for the migration twice.
We start with a fixed-fee audit of your current store: version, extensions, custom code, how clean the data is. That tells us the real number instead of a guess. Then we build the new store on staging, migrate the data, set the redirects, and hand you a link to click through and break. Nothing goes live until you have signed off and we have run a test order end to end. Launch is a scheduled switch, usually during your quietest hour, with the old store kept intact as a fallback for a week.
Sometimes the answer is no, and we would rather say so than sell you a project. If your store runs fine on OpenCart 3 or 4 and your only real problem is that it has not been maintained, a monthly support plan costs a fraction of a rebuild. We send you a recommendation either way after the audit. If you are weighing whether the platform is still right for you in the first place, our take on whether OpenCart is worth it in 2026 is a good place to start.
Staying on OpenCart but jumping versions rather than platforms? See our OpenCart 3 to 4 upgrade service.
If the migrated store is missing data we agreed to move, we fix it at no charge. We keep your old store live as a fallback for a week after launch so there is always a way back.
