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