A Reliable Guide to ERPNext - Shopify Connector

Posted November 4, 2020 by Deepak Pai & Akash Chaudhary ‐ 2 min read

You have so many questions on the Shopify connector in ERPNext. This will clarify most of your questions.

ERPNext - Shopify Connector

ERPNext - Shopify Connector is a confusing feature in ERPNext and could be a bit difficult to understand. So we decided to clarify some of the features in this blog.

Min Requirements

  • A working ERPNext v13 instance (could also work with v12)
  • Shopify Integration (not ERPNext - Integrations App)
  • Shopify store

Tested on

  • Frappe cloud / ERPNext Managed hosting
  • Version 13

Main Features

ERPNext - Shopify connector is a one directional integration and takes care to download all orders, payment, customers and delivery notes into ERPNext.

Use Cases

  • This connector is helpful if you plan to manage your inventory or carry out other functions from ERPNext.
  • ERPNext is widely used for other sales channels such as point of sale, other market places, whatsapp groups, other e-commerce stores in your business.

Benefits

  • The biggest benefit of using this connector is that you will be able to consolidate all your sales orders, delivery & payments from various channels into one system.
  • Helps your accountant, your warehouse staff and your sales team

Easy Setup Guide Available

We have a easy setup guide here. It lists all permissions required to get ERPNext working with Shopify.

TLDR

  • ERPNext - Shopify is a one-directional connector. All data flow from Shopify to ERPNext
  • Items / Orders / Customers are created in ERPNext if it is not available
  • You can setup a default customer if you don’t want to create a lot of customers in ERPNext