Magento Upgrade Case Study: UK Luxury Skincare Brand

Magento Upgrade Case Study: UK Luxury Skincare Brand

Upgrade: Magento 2.4.4 → 2.4.8
Industry: Beauty & Cosmetics (High AOV)
Traffic: 150k+ Monthly Visitors
Outcome: Faster checkout, higher conversions, stable payments

Before Upgrade (Problems)

  • ❌ Checkout extremely slow — 6–8 seconds delay

  • ❌ Product images loading very slowly (poor LCP)

  • PayPal & Stripe failing intermittently

  • 3 extensions incompatible with PHP 8.2

  • ❌ Reindexing taking 20–30 minutes

  • ❌ Admin panel timing out during peak load

  • ❌ Elastic search returning poor matches (low accuracy)

After Upgrade (Results)

  • ✅ Checkout fully optimised — loads in <2 seconds

  • LCP improved from 4.1s → 1.9s

  • ✅ PayPal & Stripe 100% stable

  • ✅ All extensions upgraded & fully compatible

  • ✅ Reindexing time improved: 27min → 4min

  • ✅ Admin panel became 3x faster

  • ✅ Search accuracy dramatically improved (Elasticsearch tuning)

Key Performance Improvements

Metric Before After
Checkout Load Time 6.5s 1.9s
Payment Success Rate 88% 99%
LCP (Core Web Vitals) 4.1s 1.9s
Admin Response Time 1.8s 0.6s
Reindexing Time 27 minutes 4 minutes
SEO Visibility Falling +18% upward trend

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