Magento 1 support will end in 2020. What next?

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Magento 1 support will end in 2020. What next?
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• Magento development officials have announced that
  they will extend the support for Magento 1 sites
  till June 2020. If your store runs on Magento 1,
  migrating to Magento 2 is recommended for these
  key benefits.

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1. Magento 2.3 release

• Magento has released the 2.3.0 version that has
  several new features and enhancements including
  Multi-Source Inventory (MSI), Progressive Web
  Apps (PWA), Elasticsearch updates, etc.,

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2. Scalability and simplified checkout

• Magento 2 is compatible with add-ons, extensions,
  and third-party integration tools which makes it
  easy for customization. Whether you need the
  platform for B2B or B2C, Magento 2 is scalable.

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With Magento 2, more than 50,000 orders can be
processed per hour.
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3. Faster page load times

• Magento 2 help achieve faster page loading times
  i.e, less than 3 seconds. Considering the short
  attention span of customers, quick page loads can
  significantly improve conversion.

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4. Flexibility and personalization

• Magento 2 is mobile-friendly and web stores built
  on Magento 2 can work seamlessly across various
  devices with different screen sizes. In short,
  Magento 2 is flexible and suitable for all
  platforms.

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Magento 2 allows you to up-sell, cross-sell and
personalized discounts.
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5. Easy admin controls

• Magento 2 has a simpler admin panel and includes
  new features like filter options, Ajax loading,
  attributes that can be configured, product video
  addition etc.,

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Here are the basic requirements to migrate from
Magento 1 to 2.
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Software requirements

• MySQL 5.6 or MariaDB 10.0 or Percona 5.7
• PHP 7.0.13 or higher
• HP extensions requirements - ctype, bc-math,
  curl, json, gd, intl, mcrypt, mbstring, hash,
  iconv, soap, spl, PDO/MySQL libxml, xsl and zip.

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Hardware requirements will be dependent on the
expected scale of performance of the website.
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