Two hours of polish. Everything worked.
She replies, Free Migration Checklist (from Maya’s story): opencart to woocommerce migration free
Maya had run “Urban Herbals”—her tiny online shop for handmade soaps and organic teas—on OpenCart for three years. In the beginning, it worked. But as she added products, the dashboard groaned. Extensions broke after every update. And the latest SEO plugin? $199 a year. Her profit margins were already thin. Two hours of polish
Install. Activate.
Maya spent two hours cleaning. She deleted empty columns. Renamed headers to match WooCommerce’s expected format (e.g., product_id → ID , model → SKU ). In the beginning, it worked
Then she opened her first order notification: “You’ve received a new order from Sarah J. – Lavender soap + Mint tea.”
Products were moved. But what about her 312 existing customers and 89 past orders?