The duration of migrating to a new marketplace can vary depending on the size and complexity of your current system. The timeline can range from 2 to 4 months due to various factors such as the number of listings, payment integrations, custom features and the level of data. Our primary objective is to ensure a smooth and fast transition.
UPGRADE YOUR MARKETPLACE WITH A SEAMLESS PLATFORM MIGRATION
Are you looking to upgrade your marketplace software because your current platform lacks features or does not rank on Google?
3 REASONS WHY BUSINESSES MIGRATE TO ANOTHER MARKETPLACE PLATFORM
#1 PAGES ARE NOT SEARCHABLE
#2 OUTGROWING THE CURRENT PLATFORM
#3 LACK OF SUPPORT FROM VENDOR
LEVERAGE OUR EXPERTISE IN MARKETPLACE MIGRATION
DATA MIGRATION
SECURITY AND TESTING
SEO SERVICES
INTEGRATIONS
PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
OUR CLIENTS
OUR APPROACH
DISCOVERY
Discovery is conducted through interviews to understand your business model, pain points and opportunities. Goals, scope and metrics are aligned.
SCOPING
We propose the technical architecture, key features, resourcing plan and timeline in a Statement of Work. We finalise via contract to formally commit to the objectives, timeline and your financial commitment.
Timing: 2-4 Weeks
WORKSHOPS
We facilitate sessions to map user flows, front-end design, data structure, business models, content, feeds and integrations led by a dedicated project manager.
Timing: 2-4 Weeks
DEVELOPMENT
Key features for your new customised marketplace by leveraging and extending our existing platform using an agile methodology. We conduct frequent demos and incorporate your feedback to iteratively evolve the platform to best meet your needs. Your dedicated project manager oversees demos and incorporates feedback.
Timing: 1-3 Months
CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE TESTING
You validate that all features and integrations meet the agreed-upon functional specifications through our testing process and sign off to accept the platform. We deploy the completed platform onto live servers and address any post-launch issues to ensure a smooth onboarding.
Timing: 2-4 Weeks
SUPPORT
We offer continuous platform support to realise long-term ROI over the partnership. This includes bug fixing, regular maintenance through technical and security updates, ongoing cybersecurity monitoring, dedicated project management where a manager owns the client relationship and proactively highlights support needs rather than just handling tickets, and continuous SEO optimisation efforts to help increase organic traffic over time.
FAQs
Migration costs vary based on your marketplace’s specific requirements, but generally, our one-time migration and set-up fee starts at €12,000, and a monthly license fee starts at €400-600. The actual cost of the set-up fee will depend on your specific localisation and customisation needs.
We provide customised quotes after analysing your current tech stack and requirements for the new platform. Additional ongoing support services are also available.
Yes, we have extensive experience migrating marketplaces from legacy systems like WooCommerce, WordPress, Magento, etc.
A typical migration process includes data mapping, data scripts, integration set-up, security implementation, SEO optimisation, content migration, testing, and training. Custom work, such as app integrations and customisations, is discussed during scoping.
Platform migrations can impact SEO, so we’ll conduct an audit and develop a strategic plan before/during to minimise disruptions. Our team ensures that new URLs, metadata, and internal linking follow best practices.
We will set up 301 permanent redirections from the old URLs to the new equivalent pages to maintain existing link equity and rankings. Temporary redirects or use of the rel=canonical tag may also be used during transition periods. Comprehensive redirection rules help search engines understand the new site structure and properly index all migrated content over time.
Our SEO team will monitor redirection effectiveness and make adjustments as needed. Post-migration, we’ll submit a sitemap and ensure indexing of the complete new site. Dedicated reporting allows us to track key performance indicators until rankings are fully recovered.
We’ll guide you through optimising product/category pages, implementing XML sitemaps, and supporting link building. Tracking key metrics like keywords and rankings helps refine ongoing efforts, and our reports keep you aware of progress.
Definitely! After launch, our team can provide monthly optimisations, reporting, and strategy sessions to continuously improve your organic visibility in the long term as search algorithms evolve. The partnership is key to continual SEO success.
This includes ensuring your site meets Google’s evolving core web vitals thresholds for page speed, interactiveness and stability. We’ll audit page load times, critical rendering path, JavaScript parsing and more. Optimisation recommendations keep your user experience at the highest level to satisfy Google’s user-centric ranking signals. Ongoing monitoring and reporting allow us to track key metrics like Lighthouse scores and core web vitals over time.
Our strategic guidance also includes new algorithm updates and ranking signals to shape your technical, content and linking strategies proactively. This long-term approach keeps your site thriving in organic search well into the future.
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