Hi,

The reason there's no first-party Shopify connector is just product strategy: Odoo positions its own Website/eCommerce as the storefront, so it doesn't ship a Shopify bridge. That gap is filled entirely by third-party connectors, and they vary a lot in quality, so your instinct to ask about pitfalls is the right one.

From doing these migrations, the things that actually bite people moving from NetSuite + Shopify into Odoo:

1) Product/variant mapping. Shopify variants vs. Odoo product variants don't map 1:1 unless the connector handles option-set -> attribute mapping. Get this wrong and you get duplicate products.

2) Inventory direction & multi-location. Decide early: is Odoo or Shopify the source of truth for stock? Two-way sync without a clear owner causes flapping quantities.

3) Order/payment/fee reconciliation. Shopify payouts (fees, gift cards, partial refunds) need to land cleanly in Odoo accounting, or month-end is painful.

4) Webhooks vs. polling. Webhook-based sync is near-real-time; polling-based lags and can miss events. Ask before buying.

5) Volume on Odoo.sh / Online. High order volume can strain hosted instances, test with realistic numbers.

Practical advice: always get a trial, watch the error logs during it, and confirm ~3 months of support is included.

Full disclosure: I build the FlexiGoTech Shopify Connector for Odoo (orders, products/variants, two-way stock, fulfilment + tracking). Since you're evaluating a NetSuite->Odoo move, I'm happy to give you a free copy to trial in exchange for an honest review, no obligation. Either way, run the 5 checks above against any connector you consider.

It is possible to develop a connector or take a connector from the odoo addons store odoo.sh version.