Akeneo ⇔ Shopify Connector is a cloud-based Middleware, which enables, facilitates, and manages the data flow between Akeneo and Shopify. Besides its two interfacing layers which is used to integrate Akeneo PIM with Shopify, it contains a core connector unit to convert, process, and edit the exchanged data. Depending on the e-commerce retailer’s requirement, a custom set of functionalities can also be addressed.

Fig – Data connector Plugint
Key Features

Ready to be used within minutes.

No coding skills are required to install or operate the connector.

Flexibility to customize the connector based on your requirements.

Ability to review the data before importing it into Shopify.

Schedule custom imports by using Advanced filtering options.

Akeneo to Shopify in a completely automated way with options to connect to multiple Akeneo instances or multiple Shopify sites from the same connector.

This connector works with both Shopify and Shopify plus.
Detailed Features
Please refer following feature list for all the features that are part of the current version of the Connector:
Data transfer between Akeneo PIM CE/GE edition and Shopify
Import of following product attributes from Akeneo into Shopify
Identifier
Price
Text
Text area
Number
Boolean
Date
Simple Select
Multi-Select
Image
Locale based values
Site based values

Import of Akeneo categories into Shopify collection
Multiple category trees
Categories with translated labels
Import of Product properties into Shopify
Categories at product level
Enabled/Disabled product status
Import of Product model into Shopify
Products with 1 level variation
Products with 2 levels of variation
Same shopify ID used for updates to variations
Simple select list as attribute type as variation axis
Import of Product model properties into Shopify
Categories at product model level
Data transfer between Akeneo PIM EE/Serenity edition and Shopify

Import of image assets at product level into Shopify.

Import of image assets at product model level into Shopify.

Both media (binaries) and media links for Asset attributes are imported from Akeneo into Shopify

Assets can be imported per Site into Shopify