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Unify Odoo ERP & Shopify: Power Your eCommerce with Real-time Automation

Eliminate manual data entry, prevent overselling, and accelerate growth by seamlessly connecting your Odoo ERP with Shopify for a truly unified commerce experience.

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The Challenge

The Challenge of Disconnected eCommerce & ERP

Managing a growing eCommerce business with Shopify and handling back-office operations in Odoo ERP can quickly become a bottleneck when systems operate in silos. Manual data transfer is slow, error-prone, and unsustainable, hindering growth and customer satisfaction.

  • **Inventory Discrepancies:** Overselling on Shopify due to outdated stock levels from Odoo, leading to cancelled orders and unhappy customers.
  • **Delayed Order Fulfillment:** Manual entry of Shopify orders into Odoo creates processing delays, impacting shipping times and customer experience.
  • **Fragmented Customer Data:** Inconsistent customer records between Shopify and Odoo (CRM 'res.partner') prevent a unified 360-degree view and personalized marketing.
  • **Financial Reconciliation Nightmares:** Manually matching Shopify transactions and refunds to Odoo invoices and payments is time-consuming and prone to accounting errors.
  • **Inefficient Product Management:** Maintaining product data (pricing, descriptions, variants) separately in Odoo and Shopify leads to inconsistencies and increased workload.
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The Solution

Seamless Odoo-Shopify Integration Powered by iPaaS

Our intelligent iPaaS platform acts as the central nervous system, connecting Odoo ERP and Shopify to automate every critical workflow. It ensures real-time, bi-directional data synchronization, transforming your disconnected systems into a unified, agile ecosystem.

  • **Real-time Data Sync:** Instant updates for orders, inventory, customers, and more.
  • **Bi-directional Flow:** Data moves seamlessly between Odoo and Shopify in both directions.
  • **Robust Error Handling:** Automated retries, alerts, and dead-letter queues ensure data integrity.
  • **Scalable Architecture:** Designed to handle growing transaction volumes and business complexity.
  • **Pre-built Connectors:** Accelerate deployment with optimized connectors for Odoo and Shopify APIs.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Odoo ERP + Shopify in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Odoo ERP and Shopify, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Odoo ERP + Shopify deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • **Real-time Data Sync:** Instant updates for orders, inventory, customers, and more.
  • **Bi-directional Flow:** Data moves seamlessly between Odoo and Shopify in both directions.
  • **Robust Error Handling:** Automated retries, alerts, and dead-letter queues ensure data integrity.
  • **Scalable Architecture:** Designed to handle growing transaction volumes and business complexity.
  • **Pre-built Connectors:** Accelerate deployment with optimized connectors for Odoo and Shopify APIs.
  • **Visual Workflow Designer:** Build and manage complex integrations with intuitive drag-and-drop tools.

Technical Integration Details: Odoo ERP & Shopify

Our iPaaS solution provides a robust, API-first framework for integrating Odoo ERP and Shopify. It orchestrates complex data flows, handles transformations, ensures data integrity, and provides comprehensive monitoring for seamless operations.

Data Flow Steps

**Connectors:** Utilize pre-built, optimized connectors for Odoo (XML-RPC/JSON-RPC/REST) and Shopify (REST Admin API, Webhooks).

**Authentication:** Securely configure OAuth 2.0 for Shopify and API Key/Service Account credentials for Odoo within the iPaaS's secrets manager.

**Event Listener/Polling:** Configure Shopify webhooks for real-time events (e.g., `orders/create`, `products/update`) and set up Odoo event listeners or efficient scheduled polling for inventory and product updates.

**Data Mapping & Transformation:** Visually map fields between Odoo and Shopify schemas, applying necessary transformations (e.g., currency conversion, status mapping, data enrichment).

**Workflow Orchestration:** Design multi-step workflows with conditional logic, error handling, and parallel processing to automate end-to-end business processes.

**Error Handling & Monitoring:** Implement retry mechanisms, dead-letter queues, and real-time dashboards to ensure operational continuity and quick issue resolution.

**Deployment:** Deploy integration flows across Dev, QA, and Production environments with version control and automated testing.

Data Touchpoints

Shopify Order <-> Odoo Sales Order (sale.order)
Shopify Product Variant <-> Odoo Product (product.product)
Shopify Customer <-> Odoo Customer (res.partner)
Shopify Inventory Level <-> Odoo Inventory (stock.quant)
Shopify Fulfillment <-> Odoo Picking (stock.picking)
Shopify Refund <-> Odoo Invoice (account.move - out_refund)
Shopify Transaction <-> Odoo Payment (account.payment)

"The integration architecture centers around a cloud-native iPaaS. Shopify sends event data (orders, customers, refunds) via webhooks to the iPaaS. The iPaaS processes this data, transforms it, and then uses Odoo's APIs (XML-RPC/JSON-RPC) to create/update records (Sales Orders, Customers, Invoices). Conversely, Odoo events (inventory changes, product updates) or scheduled queries are captured by the iPaaS, transformed, and pushed to Shopify's Admin API (Inventory Levels, Products, Variants). Both systems' API rate limits are managed by the iPaaS's built-in throttling and queuing mechanisms. All transactions are logged and monitored for auditability and error resolution."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Odoo ERP + Shopify.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Odoo ERP

Integrating Odoo ERP fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping

Our iPaaS provides robust, AI-assisted mapping capabilities to ensure seamless data flow and consistency for the most critical entities between Odoo ERP and Shopify.

Order Synchronization

Synchronizing customer purchases from Shopify to Odoo as Sales Orders.

Odoo ERP Fields

id (internal) partner_id (Customer) order_line (List of product.product, quantity, price_unit) date_order state (Draft, Sent, Sale) amount_total payment_term_id external_id (Shopify Order ID)

Shopify Fields

id (Shopify Order ID) order_number customer (nested object) line_items (nested array with product_id, variant_id, quantity, price) total_price financial_status fulfillment_status shipping_address created_at

Mapping Notes

Shopify's `line_items` must be mapped to Odoo's `sale.order.line` including `product_id` (via SKU/external ID lookup), `product_uom_qty`, and `price_unit`. `shipping_address` maps to Odoo's `partner_shipping_id` or `partner_id` address fields. Shopify's `id` is crucial for Odoo's `external_id` to link records.

Next Steps

See Odoo ERP + Shopify integration in action.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

Automated Shopify Order to Odoo Sales Order & Fulfillment

When a customer places an order on Shopify, it's instantly created as a Sales Order in Odoo, triggering inventory reservation and the fulfillment process. Once fulfilled in Odoo, shipping details and tracking numbers are pushed back to Shopify.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Shopify `orders/create` webhook triggers iPaaS.
  2. 1 iPaaS fetches full Shopify Order details.
  3. 2 iPaaS maps Shopify Order data to Odoo `sale.order` and `sale.order.line`.
  4. 3 Odoo `sale.order` is created, initiating inventory picking (`stock.picking`).
  5. 4 Upon Odoo `stock.picking` completion, iPaaS updates Shopify Fulfillment with tracking info.
  6. 5 Shopify order status changes to 'fulfilled' and customer receives tracking notification.

Business Outcome

Real-time order processing, reduced fulfillment lead times, accurate inventory allocation, improved customer communication.

Frequency

Real-time (event-driven)

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Odoo ERP & Shopify Integration: Unified Commerce & Automation
Key benefit of this integration
Shopify Order to Odoo Sales Order & Inventory Update
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Odoo Inventory Level Synchronization to Shopify
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Shopify Fulfillment to Odoo Delivery Order Update
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Shopify Customer Synchronization to Odoo Partner
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The Disconnect: Why Manual Odoo & Shopify Management Fails
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Odoo ERP & Shopify Integration: Unified Commerce & Automation

📋 What You Get

Key benefit of this integration

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to improvement in , enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with Odoo ERP + Shopify in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Odoo ERP and Shopify, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Odoo ERP + Shopify deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /xmlrpc/2/object Primary endpoint for calling Odoo model methods (create, write, search_read) via XML-RPC. Used for foundational data manipulation and queries for Sales Orders, Products, Customers, Invoices, etc.
POST /jsonrpc Alternative endpoint for calling Odoo model methods via JSON-RPC. Often preferred for modern integrations due to JSON's ubiquity and ease of parsing.
GET, POST, PUT /api/v1/products REST-like endpoint for product management (product.template, product.product) in newer Odoo versions or with specific modules. Ideal for fetching, creating, or updating products and variants.
GET, POST /api/v1/sales_orders REST-like endpoint for sales order management (sale.order). Used for retrieving existing sales orders or creating new ones from Shopify.
GET, POST, PUT /api/v1/customers REST-like endpoint for customer management (res.partner). Enables fetching, creating, or updating customer records synced from Shopify.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • **Currency Conversion:** Automatically convert `total_price` if Odoo and Shopify operate in different base currencies.
  • **Status Mapping:** Map Shopify order `financial_status` and `fulfillment_status` to Odoo `sale.order` `state` and `stock.picking` `state` (e.g., 'pending' -> 'waiting', 'fulfilled' -> 'done').
  • **Product Lookup:** Use Shopify `sku` to dynamically find the corresponding Odoo `product.product` `id` for `order_line` creation.
  • **Customer Deduplication:** Implement logic to check for existing Odoo `res.partner` by `email` or `external_id` before creating new records.
  • **Address Normalization:** Standardize address formats (e.g., postal codes, state abbreviations) for consistency between systems.
  • **Tax Calculation Alignment:** Ensure tax amounts are correctly mapped or recalculated based on Odoo's tax engine configuration.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • **Product Not Found:** Shopify order line item SKU doesn't exist in Odoo.
  • **Invalid Address:** Shopify shipping address fails Odoo's address validation rules.
  • **Odoo Validation Error:** Attempting to create a `sale.order` in Odoo with missing mandatory fields.
  • **Shopify Rate Limit Exceeded:** Too many inventory updates sent to Shopify in a short period.
  • **Duplicate Customer:** Shopify customer sync attempts to create a `res.partner` that already exists with a different `external_id`.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Odoo ERP + Shopify.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

General Integration FAQs

▸ What is the best way to connect Odoo ERP with Shopify?
The most effective and scalable way to connect Odoo ERP with Shopify is through a modern Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). An iPaaS provides pre-built connectors, visual mapping tools, and orchestration capabilities that leverage Odoo's (XML-RPC, JSON-RPC) and Shopify's (REST Admin API, Webhooks) APIs for secure, scalable, and real-time data synchronization and workflow automation.

Product Management FAQs

▸ Can this integration handle complex product variants and pricing from Odoo to Shopify?
Yes, our iPaaS is designed to handle complex product variant structures. It accurately maps Odoo's `product.template` and `product.product` (variants) including attributes, SKUs, and `list_price` to Shopify Products and Product Variants. Advanced transformation rules can manage different pricing strategies or synchronize Odoo's multi-currency pricing to Shopify.

Inventory Management FAQs

▸ How does the integration ensure real-time inventory synchronization between Odoo and Shopify?
Real-time inventory sync is achieved by monitoring Odoo's `stock.quant` for changes (either via custom Odoo webhooks or frequent, efficient polling by the iPaaS). When a change is detected, the iPaaS instantly pushes the updated `available` quantity to the corresponding Shopify `inventory_levels` for the specific `inventory_item_id` and `location_id`, preventing overselling.

Error Handling FAQs

▸ What happens if an order fails to sync from Shopify to Odoo?
Our integration includes robust error handling. If a Shopify order fails to sync to Odoo (e.g., due to a data validation error or API issue), the iPaaS logs the error with full details, attempts retries with exponential backoff for transient issues, and routes persistent errors to a dead-letter queue. Automated alerts are sent to your team for quick resolution, ensuring no order is lost.

Customization FAQs

▸ Can I customize the data mapping and business logic for my specific needs?
Absolutely. Our low-code iPaaS features a visual drag-and-drop mapping canvas that allows you to fully customize field mappings between Odoo and Shopify. You can also define complex business rules and conditional logic without writing code, tailoring the integration to your unique operational requirements and workflows.

AI Enhancements FAQs

▸ How does AI enhance this Odoo-Shopify integration?
AI significantly enhances the integration by providing intelligent assistance for field mapping suggestions, automated data validation to detect anomalies, and predictive insights for inventory optimization. It can also aid in fraud detection for Shopify orders and suggest fixes for common integration errors, making the system smarter and more resilient.

Security FAQs

▸ What are the security considerations for integrating Odoo and Shopify?
Security is paramount. We adhere to best practices including using OAuth 2.0 with least privilege scopes for Shopify, dedicated service accounts with granular permissions for Odoo, secure storage of API keys/credentials in an encrypted secrets manager, and ensuring all data in transit is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. Webhook authenticity is verified via HMAC signatures, and comprehensive audit trails are maintained.

Financial Reconciliation FAQs

▸ How does the integration handle refunds from Shopify to Odoo accounting?
When a refund is processed in Shopify, a webhook triggers the iPaaS. The iPaaS fetches the refund details and associated transactions, then automatically creates a corresponding credit memo (refund invoice with `move_type = 'out_refund'`) in Odoo's `account.move` module. This ensures accurate financial reconciliation and simplifies accounting processes.
Next Steps

See Odoo ERP + Shopify integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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Implementation Timeline

Go live with Odoo ERP + Shopify in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Odoo ERP and Shopify, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Odoo ERP + Shopify deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Odoo ERP + Shopify.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Odoo ERP + Shopify integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo