Magento 1 → 2 Migration
Healthcare E-Commerce
A confidential mid-size retail brand needed to migrate from Magento 1 to Magento 2 before end-of-life security risks. The migration covered the full product catalog, custom extensions, customer accounts, order history, and SEO URL structure.
Project Metrics
Project Overview
The client operates an online healthcare store offering medicines, wellness products, and medical equipment. As their catalog and customer base grew, the legacy Magento 1 platform became increasingly difficult to maintain. They approached Kevion Technologies to modernize their ecommerce platform while preserving SEO rankings and customer data.
Business Challenge
The legacy store had reached its technical limits. The client faced several issues including slow website performance, outdated security, unsupported Magento 1 installation, poor mobile experience, increasing maintenance costs, frequent checkout failures, slow admin operations, and SEO rankings at risk during migration.
- ✕Website loading time averaged 8.2 seconds globally.
- ✕Mobile conversion rate was extremely low due to outdated responsive layouts.
- ✕Checkout flow was slow and frequently failed during peak traffic.
- ✕Magento 1 platform reached end-of-life, leaving security updates unsupported.
- ✕Admin panel queries and database locks blocked order processing operations.
Project Goals
- ✓Migrate from Magento 1 to Magento 2
- ✓Preserve all SEO value
- ✓Improve website speed
- ✓Optimize checkout performance
- ✓Enhance security
- ✓Modernize the technology stack
- ✓Prepare the platform for future integrations
Technical Architecture
Visual pipeline representing customer requests to backend processing data flows:
Technology Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Ecommerce | Magento 2 |
| Backend | PHP 8.3 |
| Database | MySQL |
| Cache | Redis |
| Search | Elasticsearch |
| Web Server | NGINX |
| CDN | Cloudflare |
| Version Control | Git |
| Deployment | GitHub Actions |
| Hosting | AWS Linux Server |
Deployment Team
| Role | Developers Count |
|---|---|
| Project Manager | 1 engineer |
| Magento Developer | 2 engineers |
| Frontend Developer | 1 engineer |
| QA Engineer | 1 engineer |
Discovery & Scoping
- 1Magento store audit and performance benchmarking.
- 2Database compatibility analysis for custom EAV schemas.
- 3Extension compatibility review & custom code audit.
- 4SEO URL redirect mapping and preservation strategy formulation.
- 5Infrastructure capacity planning for the target AWS environment.
Execution Phases
Phase 1: Phase 1: Audit
Magento store assessment, backup strategy formulation, and complete risk analysis.
Phase 2: Phase 2: Architecture Planning
Magento 2 environment provisioning, database migration dry-runs, URL preservation, and SEO planning.
Phase 3: Phase 3: Development
Theme redevelopment, custom module migration, third-party integrations, and API enhancements.
Phase 4: Phase 4: Testing
Functional testing, checkout validation, mobile layout verification, performance tests, and security review.
Phase 5: Phase 5: Production Launch
Zero-downtime cutover via DNS switch, cache warm-up, final QA, and monitoring.
Before vs. After
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Magento 1 | Magento 2 |
| 8.2 second load time | 1.8 second load time |
| Mobile score 42 | Mobile score 95 |
| Manual deployment | CI/CD pipeline |
| Limited scalability | Cloud-ready architecture |
| Unsupported platform | Long-term supported platform |
Performance Improvements
Development Timeline
Technical Problems Solved
✕Migrating legacy custom extensions
Solution: Re-engineered custom pricing logic into Magento 2 plug-in architecture while ensuring full compatibility.
✕Preserving SEO-friendly URLs
Solution: Formulated complete redirect maps for legacy catalog paths to prevent index drops or 404 spikes.
✕Preventing data inconsistencies
Solution: Executed automated validation scripts between source and target databases during dry-run synchronizations.
Business Results
"Kevion Technologies delivered a seamless Magento migration with exceptional attention to detail. The new platform is significantly faster, easier to manage, and has improved our customers' shopping experience."
Lessons Learned
- •Early architecture planning reduces migration risk.
- •SEO preservation must be part of the migration strategy from day one.
- •Performance optimization delivers measurable business value.
- •Automated deployments reduce production errors.
- •Continuous testing improves launch confidence.
Why Kevion Technologies
- ✦Experienced Magento engineers.
- ✦Transparent communication.
- ✦Structured migration process.
- ✦Performance-first mindset.
- ✦Long-term support after launch.
- ✦Business-focused decision making.
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