Commerce Platform Migration Checklist
A comprehensive, step-by-step planning guide to ensure your platform migration hits every milestone—and avoids the costly mistakes most teams make.
What's inside:
- ✓ 7 phases of migration planning
- ✓ 50+ actionable checklist items
- ✓ Platform comparison criteria
- ✓ TCO calculation framework
- ✓ Testing & launch checklist
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What's Covered
Discovery & Assessment
- ○ Document current platform version and hosting model
- ○ List all customizations (themes, extensions, integrations)
- ○ Inventory third-party dependencies and their compatibilities
- ○ Map current SEO structure (URLs, meta, sitemap)
- + 3 more items
Platform Selection
- ○ Evaluate platforms against operations requirements
- ○ Score shortlisted platforms on B2B capabilities
- ○ Calculate TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for 3 years
- ○ Assess implementation partner expertise
- + 2 more items
Data Migration Planning
- ○ Design data mapping between source and target
- ○ Plan data cleansing (remove duplicates, fix inconsistencies)
- ○ Schedule migration windows (non-peak hours)
- ○ Prepare data validation scripts
- + 2 more items
Integration Design
- ○ Map all existing integrations (ERP, PIM, CRM, payment, shipping)
- ○ Identify native integrations vs. custom development needed
- ○ Plan API rate limits and throttling strategies
- ○ Design webhook/event handling architecture
- + 1 more items
UX/UI Planning
- ○ Audit current site for high-performing elements to preserve
- ○ Define responsive design requirements
- ○ Plan accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1)
- ○ Map user journeys and conversion funnels
- + 2 more items
Testing Strategy
- ○ Define testing environments (dev, staging, UAT)
- ○ Plan QA test cases (functional, regression, performance)
- ○ Schedule UAT with key stakeholders
- ○ Plan cross-browser/device testing
- + 2 more items
Launch Preparation
- ○ Finalize DNS and SSL configuration
- ○ Plan DNS switchover timing
- ○ Prepare launch rollback plan
- ○ Schedule go-live communication (internal + external)
- + 2 more items
Why Download This Checklist?
We've migrated dozens of enterprise commerce platforms. This checklist distills the lessons from those projects—so you don't repeat the mistakes we saw along the way.
Save Time
Avoid planning gaps that delay launches
Budget Predictably
Know what's coming to avoid scope creep
Launch Confidently
Hit day-one with zero revenue loss
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"Creatuity was incredibly flexible and creative in helping us fill our new customer need of curbside pickup in a very short time. They were able to launch it in addition to our BOPIS project."
Jaime S.
VP of Ecommerce, Family Farm & Home