Migrating from Woocommerce to WIX can be intimidating, but it’s certainly doable. Before beginning the transition process, there are a few essential pieces of information you’ll need.
1. Create a WooCommerce Store
WooCommerce is one of the world’s most beloved eCommerce software, providing a highly customizable platform to build any kind of store imaginable. Plus, with open-source code backing it all up, it’s always reliable and flexible enough to help support your online business ventures.
Once your WooCommerce store has been created, it is time to add products. Presentation is key when selling online: customers cannot interact directly with physical products unless provided ample images and descriptions; providing many photos along with all pertinent product details is key for their sale.
Use a plugin to track orders in your online shop and understand exactly what products and customers are selling well, and where your customers are coming from. With this data at hand, you can optimize marketing campaigns and increase sales.
Your customers’ emails are also crucially important if you hope to convert them to paying customers. Aiming to increase cart abandonment by 60-80% means offering them the means of staying in contact. An email list provides direct communication and opens up opportunities to convert customers. However, building one requires time and dedication – as does starting one.
2. Create a Wix Store
With Wix, it is simple and free to create an online store using designer-crafted templates and drag-and-drop features to build your storefront. Changes appear instantaneously so you can see exactly how your site will appear to customers.
Display products in stunning galleries and product pages. Provide multiple payment methods and simplify shipping and fulfillment processes so shoppers find it easier to convert. With Wix Stores app’s all-in-one functionality, it also keeps an eye on inventory levels, send out order notifications and automatically contact customers who leave items in their cart.
Once your storefront is live, promote it via social media platforms, search engines, and mobile optimization to reach a wider audience. Plus, tailor it specifically for mobile to keep pace with current shopping habits!
Automate the transfer of products, product images, attributes, and categories between WooCommerce and Wix using Cart2Cart’s service. Each platform supports various data entities; you can select which to migrate depending on your needs. In addition, Cart2Cart allows you to clear existing data on Target Cart before beginning migration – this option only available for products and orders; digital products allow upload of up to 15 images, GIFs, or videos instead.
3. Transfer Your Data
Wix has its limitations, failing to offer all of the features needed for eCommerce websites. As a result, it would make more sense for your data from Wix to be moved over to WooCommerce for this process. In order to do this, export your site as an XML file first before beginning the content migration. Please keep in mind this process can take considerable time; especially if there are many pages and posts. Manually correct any broken links too if necessary.
Cart2Cart provides a cost-effective solution for quickly migrating store data with minimal efforts and expense. This automated shopping cart migration service can migrate products, orders, customers, categories and other entities directly into WooCommerce without disrupting existing orders and businesses. Try the free Demo Migration or use Full Migration for maximum business continuity.
To move from Wix to WooCommerce, all it takes is selecting both carts, entering their URLs and following some simple instructions. From there you can decide what entities need transferring as well as when and how this should happen – the transfer can even begin immediately – your current store should remain operational throughout. No risk of sales disruption!
