Industry
Clothing / Apparel Retail
Company
Irish T-Shirts
Location
Ireland
Established
2019
About Irish T-Shirts
Irish T-Shirts is a family business based in Ireland. They sell T-shirts, hoodies, hats, and various accessories online for all ages and genders. The company offers free shipping to Ireland, the EU, and the UK while supporting environmentally responsible clothing. They print their own hand-crafted designs that reflect Irish culture, offering wholesale orders and custom printing.
The business's online store runs on Odoo, with a multi-website setup in which pricing and stock availability work differently for each website. The decision to migrate was driven by the release of Odoo 19 because it was the latest, offered more features, and they could keep their Odoo 18 user experience intact.
Type of Project
Odoo 18 Enterprise
Odoo 19 Enterprise
Odoo Migration Overview
- Services Offered:
- Odoo Migration, Custom Module Upgrade, Odoo Support
- Odoo Applications Used:
- Website / eCommerce (multi-website setup)
- Hosting and Edition:
- Odoo 19 Enterprise
- Timeline of Implementation:
- 2 Months
Key Challenges Faced
Even though fairly new, Odoo 18 created a few issues for Irish T-Shirts. These issues were affecting business smoothness:
Less Flexible Product Presentation
No variant previews on product cards and fewer product image display options, meaning the customer can't view available variants without opening a product page. And nowadays, every online shop has product previews on product cards.
Fewer Built-in Website Customization Options
Odoo 18 had fewer customization options for layouts, product pages, and category displays. And Irish T-Shirts has multiple websites under its brand, so they wanted a framework that has more built-in design and configuration options.
Greater Dependence On Customizations For Specific Workflows
The company was highly dependent on custom functionalities of Odoo 18, meaning higher custom code, maintenance effort, and rigidity. They wanted to use a framework that could satisfy their needs directly through its standard functionality.
Solutions Offered
To address these challenges, Softhealer's Odoo migration service migrated the clothing retailers to the latest Odoo 19.
Odoo 18 To Odoo 19 Migration
- The client wanted to keep their user experience from Odoo 18 as it is and migrate to Odoo 19, and our team fulfilled their requirement.
Multi-Website Customization Migration
- Irish T-Shirts works around multiple websites with separate pricing and stock availability flows, so the Odoo 19 migration was adjusted accordingly.
Third-Party Module Migration
- The third-party modules that the company used were also migrated successfully to keep the business workflow from being disrupted.
The Migration Went Live With Very Short Downtime
- The migration went live on a weekend without causing any unexpected business disruption and with minimal downtime.
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Key Outcomes and Success Metrics
13%
Improvement in Website Loading Speed
17%
Reduction in Manual Workflow Effort
11%
Reduction in Customization Maintenance Effort
Impact Created
The Odoo 19 migration was mainly done to further smooth the company's workflow without disrupting the business or changing how its team works.
- Odoo 19's standard features easily handle some of the pricing-related workflows.
- It also provides more options for image display on the website.
- Softhealer team made the migration live in under 2 hours on a weekend, creating no business disruption at all.
- The existing data, multi-website customizations, and third-party modules were migrated successfully to Odoo 19.
- The migration happened, but the user experience was kept as it is, as the client wanted.
- Irish T-Shirts is now on the latest Odoo release, Odoo 19.
- Odoo 19's features decrease the company's dependence on custom modules, giving them a base to build upon.
After Implementation: What's Next?
With the fast Odoo 18 to 19 migration completed, Softhealer continues to be available to Irish T-Shirts for the following:
User Training & Onboarding
Guiding their team through the new Odoo 19 features, like the updated variant image display flow on the website.
Continuous Optimization
Odoo 19 has higher flexibility, which lets the business refine its configurations as its requirements change.
Support & Maintenance
Provide ongoing support regarding issues or updates and help their team with maintenance when required.
Scalability & Growth
Add, remove, and customize the features of the system as the business grows.
