"Migration"

Magento to Shopify Product Migration: Complete 2025 Guide to Import & Export

- Magento 2, Shopify

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Magento to Shopify product migration is one of the most common challenges merchants face when replatforming their stores. Moving a catalog from Magento to Shopify isn’t just about exporting SKUs — it’s about preserving product details, categories, images, and pricing structures while ensuring the data aligns with Shopify’s format. A smooth migration process helps merchants avoid data loss, minimize downtime, and launch on Shopify with a store that’s ready to sell from day one.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know to import Magento products to Shopify in 2025 and beyond, from preparing your catalog to using automated import and export tools. Whether you’re handling a few dozen items or migrating thousands of SKUs, the right workflow saves hours of manual work and eliminates costly mistakes. And if you’re planning a complete store transfer beyond products, make sure to read our full Magento to Shopify migration guide for a step-by-step overview.

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Data Migration Magento 1 to 2: 2025 Guide Using Improved Import & Export

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

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Data migration from Magento 1 to 2 can feel overwhelming, especially in 2025, when Magento 1 feels like something ancient compared to modern e-commerce platforms, and even a small misstep can result in data loss or downtime.

Therefore, the Magento 1 to 2 migration process isn’t just a technical upgrade; it’s a strategic move that demands precision. Relying solely on Magento’s default import/export tools often leads to frustrating errors, incomplete transfers, and duplicated efforts. That’s why businesses increasingly turn to robust third-party solutions like the Improved Import & Export extension.

In this complete guide, we’ll walk you through the advanced process of migrating from Magento 1 to Magento 2, helping you avoid common pitfalls and ensure every product, customer, and order is transferred accurately. Whether you’re migrating on your own or managing it for a client, by the end, you’ll know exactly how to migrate Magento 1 to Magento 2 successfully in 2025 — without data loss, delays, or regrets.

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Magento to Shopify Migration – The Ultimate Guide

- Magento 2, Shopify

Magento 2 Shopify Migration

Out with the old, in with the new? This Magento to Shopify migration guide will help you decide on the right path and guide you through the transition process. But before diving in, let’s take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Ah, Magento. It’s the “classic car” of the e-commerce world — customizable, flexible, and, for many businesses, a tried-and-true platform. But just like that classic car, it requires regular maintenance and a bit of TLC to keep it running. Shopify, on the other hand, is like that sleek, modern electric vehicle you’ve been eyeing — fast, smooth, and built for the future.

So why make the switch? Shopify is designed to eliminate the technical hassles that often come with Magento. It’s fully hosted, meaning Shopify takes care of the backend (hosting, security, server maintenance), so you don’t have to. This lets you focus on what you love — growing your store and connecting with customers. Shopify’s clean interface, powerful app ecosystem, and dedicated support team have made it a favorite among e-commerce business owners who want to scale without sweating the small stuff.

Migrating your store from Magento to Shopify can feel overwhelming, but you can make it happen smoothly and efficiently with the right tools and approach. That’s where Firebear’s Import & Export tool steps in to simplify the process, ensuring your data transfers without a hitch. Ready to make the leap? Let’s dive in. Continue Reading

How To Import Customer Passwords To Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Fire development, Magento 2

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What if you need to transfer customer data to Magento 2 or change the customer password in a database? For instance, for the sake of data migration from Magento 1 to 2. You may try to use the default import tool to do that. However, it doesn’t let you move all the prospect-related information to your database. For instance, it is impossible to migrate customer passwords from external systems. Attempts to address this problem have been made utilizing numerous approaches. Below, we describe two of them. 

You will learn how to import passwords to Magento 2 from external systems by manually editing your data files. Alternatively, we describe how to import the existing customer data including passwords to your e-commerce website based on the Improved Import & Export extension. Thus, you will learn how to reset customer passwords in a database in Magento 2.

The problem is that the new platform version utilizes an updated algorithm for storing passwords. Hence, users claim that after migrating to Magento 2 from Magento 1, registered prospects have to re-enter their passwords on a new website. 

If editing passwords manually fixes the problem caused by Magento version discrepancy, Improved Import & Export dramatically extends the application sphere for customer data import. The module lets you transfer information about registered buyers from any external platform automatically with any number of unsupported attributes, including new customer passwords and the existing hash values of customer account passwords. For further useful tips, check our Cookbook. Continue Reading

Magento 1 -> Magento 2 Migration Case Study: Dent-O-Care

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

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In the article below, we explore one of our recent projects – the migration of a Magento 1 Open Source website to Magento 2 Commerce. The transfer was entirely based on our Improved Import & Export extension and full-cycle data migration services performed by the Firebear professionals. Since it was not an ordinary migration, we’ve decided to describe all its nuances in the following case study, with the blessing of Dent-O-Care – our happy client. Below, we illustrate the opportunities the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension provides for data migration from Magento 1 to 2. Continue Reading

Manual for Free Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration add-on for Improved Import and Export extension (

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Free Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration add-on helps to move data from Magento 1 store to Magento 2, or from one Magento 2 instance to another. With the add-on you connect together databases of two stores, choose which entity you want to migrate, and hit ‘Run’ button.

THE ADD-ON IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED

The latest version NOW SUPPORTS MIGRATION FROM MAGENTO 2 TO MAGENTO 2 in addition to M1>M2.

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How to Downgrade Magento 2 Commerce to Open Source

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

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Although Commerce and Open Source are the two versions of the same system, they are quite different. The former offers lots of enterprise-grade enhancements and B2B features but costs a lot. Enterprise power, unlimited scalability, and open-source flexibility come to a pretty penny. The annual license fee depends on the turnover and starts at $22k for less than $1 million in sales. As for Magento 2 Open Source, it is free to use. You only need a budget to create a new e-commerce website. Let’s take a look at other differences between the two platforms and then describe several ways to downgrade Magento 2 Commerce to Open Source (Magento Enterprise (EE) to Magento Community (CE)). Continue Reading

Become Successful Magento 2 Merchant with Beecom

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

If you want to migrate to Magento 2 but still don’t know how to do that, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we shed light on our new partner Beecom – a SaaS platform that lets you enter the e-commerce market fully armed within just three months. Our Improved Import & Export extension, as well as its Magento 2 Migration Add-on, participate in the migration. Let’s see the platform’s key characteristics. Continue Reading

Magento 1 End Of Life Ultimate Guide: Support, Migration, Upgrade, Options, Prices

- E-Commerce, Magento, Magento 2

Magento 1 EOL

We have two news: one good and one bad. Let’s start with the latter: support for your free version of Magento ends in 2020 (and for the paid one as well)! But don’t be afraid: we are talking about 1.x. And yes, you have more than one year to do something. Otherwise, you will be stuck with the abandoned platform, or not? Magento 1.x won’t disappear in 2020, you will still be able to get some extensions and tools, but Adobe won’t do anything with it. So, what is the good news?

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How to Migrate from X-Cart to Magento 2 or Sync Data Between Them

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

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Imagine an extremely flexible open source e-commerce platform with tons of features and integrations, significant support, and a full range of professional services. It looks like we are talking about Magento, but there is at least one more solution that shares the same advantages. Meet X-Cart – an e-commerce platform that powers more than 40k websites all over the globe. Like other minor e-commerce systems, it is excellent to start your business, but at a certain point of your growth, the provided opportunities won’t be enough. Consequently, you will need to migrate from X-Cart to Magento 2. Below, we explain how to do that as well as shed light on how to synchronize data flow between the two platforms. But let’s say a few words about X-Cart first. Continue Reading