Shopify and Odoo work well together. Here is how, and when to go further

For brands from small business to enterprise.

Too deep?

The short answer

• Shopify is a good fit for brands that want a strong storefront, checkout and app ecosystem.
• Odoo is a good fit for brands that want stock, purchasing, manufacturing and accounting behind the store.
• TRC ERP sets Odoo up for your business and connects what you keep.

What Shopify does well

• Shopify point of sale puts your shop and your store on one platform, with open APIs.
• A fast checkout and thousands of store apps.

Shopify and Odoo, question by question

Your question · What Shopify does · Odoo 20 · How TRC delivers it

Card terminals? · Shopify card readers need Shopify Payments. Shopify Payments is not available in South Africa. [P1] · 13 payment terminal providers in Odoo 19's documentation, including Adyen and Stripe; TRC connects your acquirer. [O3] · TRC connects

Using another online payment provider? · Allowed. On online transactions, Shopify charges a third-party transaction fee of 2% (Basic), 1% (Grow) or 0.6% (Advanced). [P1] · Card payments arranged by TRC with the acquirer you choose. · TRC connects

Connecting it to Odoo? · Open APIs and point of sale UI extensions. [P2] · TRC connects Shopify to Odoo so stock, orders and refunds always match. · TRC connects

Where Odoo goes further

Every channel from one stock figure

Web, marketplace and wholesale sell from the same inventory. Standard in Odoo

Returns that reach stock and accounts together

A refund and its stock movement are one transaction. Standard in Odoo

One close

Payouts, refunds and fees reconcile in the same ledger. Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

How TRC handles the rest

The connector

TRC builds or sets up the Shopify connection, and agrees which system owns stock, refunds and payouts.

Reconciliation

TRC sets up payout and refund reconciliation in Odoo Accounting.

How Shopify point of sale handles card payments

As published by the vendor ( Shopify point of sale pricing (UK) opens shopify.com ↗ ), checked 10 October 2026. Rates exclude VAT where the vendor says so.

Card processing

Shopify Payments. Shopify card readers need Shopify Payments. Shopify Payments is not available in South Africa, where an external terminal is used in store.

Our recommendation

Keep and connect. We connect Shopify to Odoo so stock, orders and refunds always match.

In-store card rate

UK: 1.7% (Basic), 1.6% (Grow), 1.5% (Advanced). Ireland: 1.7% (Basic), 1.6% (Grow), 1.5% (Advanced), excl VAT.

Online card rate

UK: 2% + 25p (Basic), 1.7% + 25p (Grow), 1.5% + 25p (Advanced). Ireland: 2% + €0.25, 1.7% + €0.25, 1.5% + €0.25. When another online payment provider is used, Shopify charges 2% (Basic), 1% (Grow) or 0.6% (Advanced).

Term

Monthly; Plus on a three-year term; other term options on Shopify's site.

Card payments, arranged by TRC

We work with several acquirers, so you are not tied to one. We review what you pay today and negotiate a better rate. Specialist and higher-risk sectors included.

• First Data Fiserv
• Global Payments
• Barclays
• Elavon
• AIB Merchant Services
• PayArc
• and others

We regularly beat what businesses are paying. Add a recent card statement to your CORE report, or bring it to the call, and we'll review it.

Odoo point of sale works with 13 payment terminal providers in Odoo 19's documentation, including Adyen, Stripe, Viva.com and Worldline. TRC connects your chosen acquirer.

Moving across

• What comes over: opening balances, customers, suppliers, products, open items, and history to a date you agree.
• How: TRC maps your Shopify data and runs a trial import. You check it, then the switch happens at a period end.
• What runs alongside: Shopify keeps running where it serves you, connected to Odoo.

Who should stay on Shopify

• You sell only online, from one warehouse, and your apps do the job.
• Your catalog and operations are simple.

Questions buyers ask

With the connect route, your Shopify storefront stays as it is.

TRC sets it up and supports it.

Listed in the review.

Why TRC

TRC has connected points of sale, online stores and card payments to back offices since the 1990s, from the Clarks EPOS rollout to First Data, Barclays and Elavon. We connect Shopify to Odoo so stock, orders and refunds always match.

An official Odoo partner, registered in the US, UK, Ireland and South Africa.

From our implementation and support experience

Born Clothing. Connecting stores and e-commerce with the core business.

Read the story

Odoo applications involved

Journeys to explore

• A small brand sells on Shopify and to wholesale buyers from the same stock A small drinks brand sells online through Shopify and by the case to bars and shops. Stock is counted twice a week, online orders are retyped for wholesale invoicing, and cases are sometimes sold twice.
• A small manufacturer moves off spreadsheets and Shopify onto one system A twelve-person workshop makes to stock and to order. Online orders arrive in Shopify, materials are tracked in a spreadsheet, and the owner works out job cost at the end of the month, if at all.
• Small business · Retail An owner with one to five shops, often a website, and a point of sale system or accounts package that has done its job for years.
• Mid-market · Wholesale distribution A distributor with one or more warehouses, trade accounts on negotiated terms, and retail customers who set their own delivery rules.

Tell us how you work today and we will show you it in Odoo.

• [P1] Shopify: point of sale pricing (UK) opens shopify.com ↗
• [P2] Shopify developer documentation opens shopify.dev ↗
• [O3] Odoo documentation (19.0): Payment terminals opens odoo.com ↗
• Checked 10 October 2026.

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