ProductCart reaches end of life on January 11, 2027. After that date it stops receiving security patches, which puts your PCI compliance, your payment gateway, and your Classic ASP / Windows hosting at growing risk. The safe move is to migrate to a supported platform — for most stores, Shopify — before the date, on your own schedule rather than in an emergency.
What “end of life” actually means for your store
ProductCart runs on Classic ASP and Windows/IIS. When support ends, the platform stops getting security fixes. Your store won’t switch off on January 12 — but three risks climb every month afterward:
- PCI compliance: an unpatched cart can fall out of compliance, which can jeopardize your ability to accept card payments.
- Payment gateways: gateways drop support for outdated integrations; a forced change on a dead platform can take checkout offline.
- Hosting & security: Classic ASP on aging Windows/IIS is a shrinking, higher-risk niche, and vulnerabilities stop being fixed.
Your options before the deadline
Migrate to Shopify (most common). Hosted, PCI-compliant out of the box, and it removes the whole Windows/ASP maintenance burden. For most small-to-mid ProductCart stores this is the cleanest exit.
WooCommerce or BigCommerce. WooCommerce fits if you want full control inside WordPress; BigCommerce fits large or B2B catalogs. Both are valid — the right choice depends on your catalog and how you run the business.
Do nothing. Not recommended. Every month past EOL increases your security and compliance exposure with no vendor support to fall back on.
What to do now
Start with an audit of your catalog, customer and order data, custom ASP features, and URL structure. Then pick the platform, and plan the move so every old .asp URL is redirected to its new counterpart — that is how you keep your Google rankings through the switch. Give yourself runway: a careful migration beats a rushed one in December.
Related questions
Can I keep running ProductCart after January 11, 2027?
You can, but it gets riskier every month: security holes stay open, PCI compliance can lapse, and payment gateways can drop support. The question is how long you want to carry that exposure without a vendor to call.
How long does a ProductCart to Shopify migration take?
Most wrap in about two to three weeks. The audit is quick, then the Shopify build and data migration run in parallel, followed by testing and cutover; the 30-day monitoring afterward is aftercare. Rush service is available if you are up against the deadline.
Will I lose my Google rankings when I leave ProductCart?
Not if it’s done right. A complete .asp-to-Shopify redirect map, carried-over meta titles and descriptions, and 30 days of Search Console monitoring preserve the rankings you spent years earning.
Leaving ProductCart before the 2027 deadline? See the full ProductCart to Shopify migration breakdown — process, pricing, and what moves — or run a free website check to see where your current store stands.
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