Magento 2 is considered to be the best eCommerce website that supports multi vendors’ marketplace. After upgrading to Magento 2, you will notice your eCommerce site is working much better and faster than before.

In this post, we will share with you some key benefits of migrating to Magento 2 and the performance enhancement that you will see soon after the migration.

Increase in Conversions

In order to increase the conversion rate, you have to reach the right audience, examine their behavior when they visit your online store.

The checkout process in Magento 2 is much advance than Magento 1x as the entire process is very smooth, fast, easy, and secure for all the customers. It has one-page checkout that includes two steps where you can see shipping, review, and payment modes. These two steps make the checkout process simple and improve the customer experience. Magento 2 does not force visitors to register which means they can check out as guests without having to go through any registration process.

Magento 2 increases the load speed by removing the temporary malfunction. Though, it automatically identifies the registered customers based on their email ID. Magento 2 makes it easy for the users to see everything they have ordered even before placing an order. All the up-gradation features reduce the checkout friction which causes cart abandonment rates.

Page Load Speed

As per research, 40 percent of visitors leave the website if it takes more than ten seconds because customers expect a site to load within seconds and in this way, you lose almost all the visitors before they turn into customers.

Without a doubt, Magento 2 is better than Magento 1. It comes with improved features that increase the performance speed of a store. Magento uses Varnish cache and HTTP to cache common requests. This makes the task easy for the admin

users to create and edit eCommerce about the product details without any clash in Magento 2. Magento 2 is 50 percent faster than Magento 1 when it comes to page loading speed.

Caching boosts the site performance but it can only happen when it is done correctly. Full-Page Caching (FPC) is available in both community and enterprise editions. Admin users will find it easier to create and edit eCommerce product information. Thus, it improves the scalability by increasing conversion of your site, enhances server response time, and making the backend process stronger.

Increase in mobile traffic

As per the recent survey, more than 80 percent of internet traffic comes from mobile devices. Magento 1 does not completely support such kinds of users whereas Magento 2 is optimized for mobile use for different screen sizes. A well-optimized mobile site and a user-friendly device will encourage users to browse more and buy a desired product or service. With Magento 2 you can design a mobile-specific theme that provides easy navigation. For easy access, you can also optimize the admin panel. So now you don’t have to sit at a desk and manage your store – you can do it quickly with your smartphone.

Increase in SEO performance

As stated above, the page loading speed in Magento is much lesser than Magento 1. It also helps in optimizing your SEO ranks. Search engines like Google; give utmost importance to page loading speed. This is backed up by the fact that today’s generation of users tends to lose interest exponentially with an increase of each second of page loading speed.

When you upgrade your store to Magento 2, you will see that your page loading speed has decreased to a great extent even without using an extension. In addition, you can always install an advanced extension for better optimization.

Final Thought

Migrating to Magento 2 will increase your conversion rates; reduce cart abandonment and gives a better shopping experience to your customers. You can contact us if you need help or expert advice regarding migration.

You can talk to the Magento developers at Mage Monkeys. Our migration expert will seamlessly handle the entire responsibility for the transition and guide you on which extension you may use in your Magento 2 store.