How to transfer and track inventory from Clover to Shopify?

Retail & Point of Sale

Topic summary

A US-based fabric and gift shop owner is exploring migration from Clover POS and WooCommerce to Shopify, primarily to solve inventory tracking limitations. The current setup costs approximately $500/month.

Key Challenge:

  • Clover cannot handle fractional inventory calculations needed for fabric sales (yards sold in 0.25, 0.5 increments)
  • Seeking a unified system for both POS and e-commerce

Responses & Solutions:

  • Official recommendation: Try Shopify’s 14-day free trial to evaluate the platform firsthand. Resources provided include pricing comparisons, migration guides, and a Shopify vs. Clover comparison document.
  • Third-party solution: Commercium app suggested for transferring and syncing inventory between Clover and Shopify.

Status: Discussion remains open with no confirmed user experiences shared yet about the actual migration process or how well Shopify handles fractional inventory for fabric retail.

Summarized with AI on October 26. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I am in the US. I have a fabric and gift shop.

I currently use Clover for the POS and have a separate website that goes thru WooCommerce.

We have grown to the point that we need a system that will allow us to track inventory. (Fabric is sold by the yard, .5, .25, etc). Clover will not do the division or calculation.

Right now between Clover and the website cost, I’m close to $500 per month.

Has anyone left Clover, transferred all the information from Clover and their website to Shopify?

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Hi there, @Edie1 !

Welcome to the Community! Definitely a great place to gather some input regarding anything about the platform! Thank you as well for thinking of Shopify during this time of growth in your business. More importantly, congratulations on this milestone as I am certain it didn’t come without its fair share of challenges and hurdles.

As for Shopify, I always recommend to prospective members to give our 14 day free trial a shot as it is a great way to get a firsthand feel of the platform, our features, and how we can help you manage and further expand your fabric and gift store. I have also included some great resources to help you get started with the information you are looking for to make a proper decision during this transition:

I look forward to seeing other contributors provide their own experiences when it comes to this move you are thinking of. Please do let me know if there are other questions about the platform that I can answer for you or information that needs further clarification.

All the best to you and welcome to Shopify!

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Use an app like Commercium to transfer and sync inventory from Clover to Shopify easily.
Try Commercium: Commercium By ConstaCloud