Magento 1 to 2 migration is kind of building a project from scratch. The Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration is always a project of 4-6 months based on the features, modules and design. This estimation is based on a team of 5-6 memebers. it includes;
- Project Manager,
- System Administrator,
- UI / UX developer,
- Front End Developer,
- Graphics Designer,
- Tester and QA specialist,
- and at least two experienced magento Backend Developers (with experience of both Magento 1 and Magento 2)
We have break this down for better understanding in Milestones. The scope of the project with Milestones.
| Step 1: | Requirement analysis /creation of the offer / Team Meetings | 16 hours |
| Step 2: | Magento installation 1 hours Database configuration 0.5 hours Php extension installation 0.5 Hours Server Management Tasks 12 Hours (Taking Backups, Domain Names and DNS, Installation of SSL certificates, Going Live. etc ) By: Backend Developers and System Administrator | 14 -16 hours |
| Step 3: | 3 X Data Migration and Verification (2 times during development, 1 time before go live with the most recent data) Transfer of all the products, categories, customers, orders, CMS pages and blog content, testimonials, ratings and reviews, and so on.By: Backend Developer QA and Tester | 45 Hours |
| Step 4: | Theme and Template Design: If you don’t want to change the design, layout theme and Template from Magento 1 to Magento 2
Responsive Mobile and Tablet Ready All other pages By: (Backend Developers, Graphics Designers, UX / UI developer and Frontend developers, QA and Tester) | 200 Hours |
| Step 5: | Magento Code Migration (Migrate core processes)Analysis of the complete Code = 24 hours Implementation and making the core of Magento updateable all the time for that we have to make new extensions. = 150 hours By: Backend Developers QA and Tester | 174 Hours |
| Step 6: | Magento 2 Extension Migration:6.1 Finding of all Plugins and Modules 1 Hour per Module 6.2 Modules which are on Store: 3 hours per module (for installation and configuration of modules these are available on store) 6.2.1 Cost of buying new Magento 2 extensions 6.2.2 Customizing the new Magento 2 extensions 6.2.3 Fixing of the conflicts 6.2.4 Testing Hours (6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) in case of conflict for plugins on store 6.3 Modules which needs to get updated for Magento 2 6.3.1 Implementation of Modules (Module Compatibility) 6.3.2 Fixing the conflicts after customization for whole system with the new extensions 6.3.3 Configuration of all modules 6.3.4 Testing By: Backend Developers QA and Tester | 300-500 hours |
| QA | Testing and QATesting of the whole Systems, in addition to the each milestone. By: Backend Developers QA and Tester | 200 Hours |
| Over Head: | Buffer and Risk Factor = 100 hours Status / feedback / Team Meetings and Project Management 15% of total hours = 154 hours By: Project Manager | 234 Hours |
| Total Hours | 1500-1700 Hours |
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Vaid Ali
Jul 25, 2025
