Next-Cart

Zen Cart to Shopware Migration

Migrate products, customers, orders, blog posts, and other supported store data from Zen Cart to Shopware securely and accurately while preserving data relationships throughout the transfer.
No Downtime,
No Coding Required
Keep your store running during migration. No coding or technical skills required.
Free Demo Available
Preview a sample of your data in the target store before starting the full migration.
1-Year License
with Repeat Migrations
Repeat your migration when needed, including new or updated data, within your plan’s data limit.
Expert Technician Support
Get expert help with connections, configuration, migration issues, and data validation throughout your migration.

How to Migrate Zen Cart to Shopware

Connect the source and target, choose the supported data and options, and review the results. The steps below describe the tool workflow; expert-led and custom projects may follow an agreed plan.
Connect your source: Zen Cart
Connect your target: Shopware
Configure and start the migration
Review results & post-migration options
1
Connect your source: Zen Cart

Enter the URL of the Zen Cart store you are migrating from. Then download the KitConnect package, unzip it, and upload it to that store’s website.

What Can You Migrate from Zen Cart to Shopware?

Review supported data, source-to-target mappings and any listed conditions. Custom fields, plugin data and URL redirects may need additional review.
Products
Product Categories
Taxes
Manufacturers
Customers
Orders
Coupons
Reviews
Blog Posts
CMS Page
All relationships (categories, variants, images, etc.) preserved

Customize your setup with additional options

Recent Data Migration
Clear Target Store Data
Strip HTML Tags from Category and Product Names
Transfer Embedded Images to Target Store
Create 301 Redirects for SEO URLs
Preserve Product IDs & Category IDs
Compatibility Overview
Zen CartZen Cart
ShopwareShopware
Version Range
1.x - 2.x (and newer)
5.x - 6.x (and newer)
Language & Localization
Multilingual, Multicurrency, RTL, Localized URLs
Multilingual, Multicurrency, RTL, Localized URLs
Main Editions
Zen Cart
Community Edition; Rise; Evolve; Beyond
Product Types: Simple Product, Product Variants, Product Bundles
Product Information: Name, Model, UPC, Product Description, Length / Width / Height, Manufacturer, Status
Product Pricing: Price, MSRP, Special Price, Quantity Discounts
Product Options: Option, Option Value, Attribute Stock, Sort Order, Option Type
Product Variants: Model, Attribute, Weight, Quantity, Status
Product Images: Product Image, Additional Images, Description
Product Inventory: Track Stock, Quantity, Stock Status, Allow Checkout
External Links / Relationships: Categories, Related Products, Manufacturers
Product Attributes & Custom Fields: Attribute Value, Sort Order, Display, Option Type
Product Downloads: File name, Download Links, Download Limit, Expiry, Downloadable Product
Product SEO / Structured Data: Meta Title, Meta Description
Category Information: Name, Description, Status, Meta Title, Meta Description
Category Images: Category Image
Category Structure / Hierarchy: Parent Category, Subcategories, Sort Order
Tax Rules: Tax Rule, Tax Class, Country, State, Postcode, Rate, Tax Shipping, Product
Manufacturer Information: ID, Name, Description
Manufacturer Branding : Image
Customer Information: First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Status, Date Created, Password, MD5
Customer Addresses: ID, First Name, Last Name, Company, Address, City, State, Country, Zip, Phone, Type, Yes / No
Customer Order History: Orders
Order Information: Order ID, Status, Currency, Subtotal, Discount, Tax, Total, Payment, Shipping, Tracking, Comments, Date Created, Updated
Product Details: Product Name, Model, Quantity, Price, Total, Tax, Discount, Attributes
Customer Details: First Name, Last Name, Company, Address, City, State, Country, Zip, Phone
Order Relationships: Customer ID, Products
Coupon Information: Code, Description, Discount Type, Discount Amount, Status, Start Date, Date End
Usage Restrictions: Minimum Order, Per Customer, Exclude Sale, Products, Excluded Products, Categories, Excluded Categories, Usage Limit, Uses Per Customer
Review Information: Title, Review, Rating, Status, Date
Reviewer Information: Customer ID, Email, Name
Product Relationship: Product ID, Attribute ID
Post Information: Title, Content, Summary, Status
Post Images: Images In Content
Post Categories: Category, Parent, Sort
Post SEO / Structure Data: Meta Title, Meta Description
Post Comments: Name, Email, Comment, Date, Status
Page Information: ID, Title, Content, Summary, Status, Visibility, Template, Parent, Sort, Created, Updated
Page Images: Images In Content
Page SEO / Structure Data: Meta Title, Meta Description
Zen CartZen Cart
ShopwareShopware
Product Types
Simple Product
Product
Product Variants
Product Variants
Product Bundles
Product Bundles
Name
Name
Model
Product Number
UPC
EAN
Product Description
Description
Length / Width / Height
Width / Height / Length
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Status
Active
Price
Price
MSRP
List Price
Special Price
Price (with List Price Higher)
Quantity Discounts
Tier Price
Option
Property
Option Value
Property Option
Attribute Stock
Stock (Variant)
Sort Order
Position
Option Type
Display Type
Model
Product Number
Attribute
Property
Weight
Weight
Quantity
Stock
Status
Active
Product Image
Cover
Additional Images
Media
Description
Description
Track Stock
Manage Stock
Quantity
Stock
Stock Status
Available
Allow Checkout
Allow Backorders
Categories
Categories
Related Products
Related Products
Manufacturers
Manufacturers
Attribute Value
Options
Sort Order
Position
Display
Visible
Option Type
Display Type
File name
File name
Download Links
Download Links
Download Limit
Max Downloads
Expiry
Expiration
Downloadable Product
Downloadable Product
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description
Category Information
Name
Name
Description
Description
Status
Active
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description
Category Image
Media
Parent Category
Parent Category
Subcategories
Subcategories
Sort Order
Position
Tax Rules
Tax Rule
Tax Rule
Tax Class
Tax Class
Country
Country
State
State
Postcode
Zip Code
Rate
Rate
Tax Shipping
Tax Shipping
Product
Product
Manufacturer Information
ID
ID
Name
Name
Description
Description
Image
Media
Customer Information
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Email
Email
Phone
Phone
Status
Active
Date Created
Created At
Password
Password
MD5
bcrypt
ID
ID
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Company
Company
Address
Street
City
City
State
State
Country
Country
Zip
Zip
Phone
Phone
Type
Type
Yes / No
Default Billing
Orders
Orders
Order Information
Order ID
Order Number
Status
Status
Currency
Currency
Subtotal
Subtotal
Discount
Discount
Tax
Tax
Total
Total
Payment
Payment Method
Shipping
Shipping Method
Tracking
Tracking Code
Comments
Comments
Date Created
Created At
Updated
Updated At
Product Name
Label
Model
Product Number
Quantity
Quantity
Price
Unit Price
Total
Total Price
Tax
Tax
Discount
Discount
Attributes
Options
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Company
Company
Address
Street
City
City
State
State
Country
Country
Zip
Zip
Phone
Phone
Customer ID
Customer ID
Products
Line Items
Coupon Information
Code
Code
Description
Description
Discount Type
Discount Type
Discount Amount
Value
Status
Active
Start Date
Valid From
Date End
Valid Until
Minimum Order
Minimum Order
Per Customer
Per Customer
Exclude Sale
Exclude Sale
Products
Products
Excluded Products
Excluded Products
Categories
Categories
Excluded Categories
Excluded Categories
Usage Limit
Usage Limit
Uses Per Customer
Per Customer
Review Information
Title
Title
Review
Comment
Rating
Points
Status
Status
Date
Created At
Customer ID
Customer ID
Email
Email
Name
Name
Product ID
Product ID
Attribute ID
Variant ID
Post Information
Title
Title
Content
Content
Summary
Short Description
Status
Active
Images In Content
Images In Content
Category
Category
Parent
Parent
Sort
Position
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description
Name
Name
Email
Email
Comment
Comment
Date
Date
Status
Status
Page Information
ID
ID
Title
Title
Content
Content
Summary
Short Description
Status
Active
Visibility
Visibility
Template
Layout
Parent
Parent
Sort
Position
Created
Created At
Updated
Updated At
Images In Content
Images In Content
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description

Zen Cart to Shopware Migration Cost

Choose an available service: self-service Standard, expert-led Managed, or scoped Custom Migration. Enter your data volumes for an estimate; add-ons and custom requirements may affect the final price.
1. Service
2. Data Volume
Source Platform
Zen Cart
Target Platform
Shopware

These four data types are used to estimate the price. Other supported data, including categories, coupons, and reviews, is also migrated at no extra charge.

Custom Jobs
+$100.00

You can increase your plan’s data limit, upgrade your service, or add custom work while your license is valid.

You only pay the price difference, and your license expiry date stays the same. Custom work is reviewed and quoted separately.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What you need to know before migrating your store data from Zen Cart to Shopware.

What happens to product variants when migrating to Shopware 6?

Existing variants become child products linked to their parent. If the source only supplies separate choices, Next-Cart creates combinations from them, up to 3,000 per product; no combinations are created above that count. This is a migration-processing limit, not a platform limit, and does not apply to variants already supplied. Check that the resulting choices, prices and stock match what you actually sell. This applies to the Shopware 6 connection, not Shopware 5 or custom product-configurator extensions.

Keep the referenced files accessible for testing. Next-Cart reads a download URL under the source store's download directory and the maximum-download count from the product attribute. This retains product download information, not customers' historical download permissions. Confirm how the destination will deliver the files and handle existing customers' access.

Next-Cart copies the main image and gallery to Shopware 6 and uses the main image as the product cover. Keep the original files accessible during the transfer. After a test, check the cover, picture order and image links in the new store. Migrating the images does not recreate a gallery extension or the original storefront design.

Next-Cart looks beside the main image for files whose names begin with the same basename followed by an underscore and use the same extension. For example, item.jpg can be associated with item_...jpg files. Images stored by a gallery extension or under another naming pattern are not automatically found by this scan. Check representative galleries before migration.

No. The import process creates a new internal ID, while the displayed order number uses the incoming order number, falling back to the source order ID if no number is supplied. Review number conflicts in an existing destination store; retaining a displayed number is different from retaining the old database ID.

Shopware 6 uses separate payment and delivery mappings in this connection. The overall order state is derived from both, so a paid or shipped order can become completed, while refund, return, or cancellation states can make it cancelled. Check a paid-but-unshipped order and a refunded order before approving the mappings.

Available services depend on your migration path. Standard Migration lets you use the tool yourself with technical support. With Managed Migration, our technicians carry out the agreed migration. Custom Migration covers tailored requirements, with the migration carried out by you or our team as agreed. Data types must be supported by both connections; choosing expert handling does not by itself add unsupported data.

Where a self-service Demo Migration is available for your migration path, you can try it for free before purchasing. It transfers a small sample of supported data so you can check the result. Add-ons and custom work are not included in the self-service demo. For a file-based, custom or technician-assisted evaluation, contact us first to agree the test scope and any applicable cost.

Your data types and quantities determine the Entity Points total and the plan you need. The cost also depends on your chosen service, add-ons, and any custom work. Use the pricing calculator for an estimate; custom work is reviewed and quoted separately.

If you are migrating from a live store, it can normally keep taking orders while Next-Cart copies its data. The migration does not delete or change the source data. Plan the final update and the switch to the new store separately so recent orders and other changes are included. For file-based migrations, changes made after an export require a fresh export; an uploaded file is not a live connection to the store.

Yes. Your license allows repeat runs for the same store and migration path for 12 months from purchase, within your plan’s data limit. Continuing the previous migration can add eligible new records without importing the same mapped records again.

Changing records already migrated is separate: the paid Data Update add-on can update selected fields where your source, target version and those fields are supported. Keep the existing migration links and leave target-data clearing off. It does not automatically update every field or provide continuous synchronization.

Yes. While your license is valid, you can increase your plan’s data limit and upgrade to a higher service where it is available for your migration path. You can move from Standard Migration to Managed Migration or Custom Migration, or from Managed Migration to Custom Migration.

If you already use Custom Migration, you can add custom work after a review and quote. You pay only the additional amount, and your license expiry date stays the same.

Start Your Zen Cart to Shopware Migration Today!

Move your store from Zen Cart to Shopware with a secure, guided migration tailored to your business.