Frequently Asked Questions

Magento is built to handle large product catalogs, higher traffic loads, and more complex customizations than Prestashop. Migrating to Magento ensures that as your business grows, your platform can keep pace without compromising performance or user experience.

With the right migration strategy, your SEO rankings can remain intact or even improve. Mavenbird ensures that all critical SEO elements—like URL structures, metadata, and backlinks—are maintained during the migration process to prevent ranking drops.

While custom modules from Prestashop cannot be directly transferred due to platform differences, our experts can rebuild and adapt these modules for Magento, ensuring the same functionality, or even enhanced features, in your new store.

The migration duration depends on the complexity of your Prestashop store. For small stores, it can take a few weeks, while larger, more customized stores might take up to a few months. Mavenbird provides a detailed timeline after analyzing your store’s structure and data volume.

Magento offers more advanced security features than Prestashop, including two-factor authentication, secure admin access, and regular security updates. With Magento’s robust architecture, you can significantly reduce the risk of data breaches and security vulnerabilities.

Yes! Magento is well-equipped for multi-language support, and Mavenbird ensures that all language packs and content are migrated accurately, enabling your store to continue serving customers in multiple languages seamlessly.

Your product data—such as titles, descriptions, images, and attributes—are carefully transferred during the migration process. Mavenbird ensures all data is mapped accurately to Magento's structure, maintaining the integrity of your product catalog.

Yes, Magento offers more flexibility for customizing checkout processes, supporting complex flows like multi-step checkouts, guest checkout, and multiple payment gateways, which can enhance the user experience and reduce cart abandonment.

Mavenbird offers extensive post-migration support, including bug fixes, performance monitoring, training for your team, and any additional customization you may need. Our goal is to ensure a smooth transition and ongoing success for your Magento store.

We strive to keep downtime to an absolute minimum during the migration. The final switch to Magento usually requires a brief period of downtime, but Mavenbird plans this phase carefully to occur during off-peak hours to reduce any impact on your business.

While Shopify and PrestaShop use different frameworks, Mavenbird's expert designers can replicate your current design or even enhance it for better user experience and performance on Shopify. Whether you want a similar look or a complete revamp, we offer custom design services that reflect your brand identity on your new platform.