A migration can be planned from bespoke systems and platforms such as Shopware, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Volusion, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, SAP Commerce, commercetools, and other proprietary stacks when records can be extracted through APIs, databases, exports, reports, or controlled alternative methods. Feasibility and scope follow technical discovery.
Feasibility depends on the records and workflows you can recover
The platform name is a starting point, not a feasibility verdict. Two stores on the same system can have very different customisations, data quality, and access. Review the records, media, business rules, and connected services that must survive before choosing an extraction or import method.
Begin with a limited proof using a difficult product, a customer relationship, and an order with meaningful history. Show that each can be extracted, transformed, loaded, and reconciled. If a critical part cannot be recovered, decide whether it can be reconstructed, retained in the legacy system, or excluded with a clear business agreement.
What to check before deciding
- Confirm ownership and permitted access to source systems.
- Test extraction with complex representative records.
- Identify inaccessible data and essential undocumented behaviour.
- Agree evidence-based scope before committing to a full migration.
