Case · Vitalmanufaktur
Odoo + webshop + Mollie for a supplement startup
Mate iT supported Vitalmanufaktur in building its digital foundation: Odoo as the central ERP, the Odoo webshop as storefront, and Mollie as payment provider — a stack that can grow with the startup.
Challenge
A startup in the supplement space that needed a sales-ready digital infrastructure from scratch — ERP, webshop, and online payment, aligned rather than cobbled together.
What we delivered
- 01 Odoo set up as central ERP and e-commerce system — one data model for products, stock, and orders.
- 02 Webshop launched on the Odoo eCommerce module — no separate shop system that has to be bridged.
- 03 Online payment integrated via Mollie — common payment methods directly in checkout.
Starting point
Vitalmanufaktur is a startup in the supplement space — nutritional supplements, sold directly to end customers. As with many startups, there was no grown system to migrate at the start, but a blank slate: it needed a digital infrastructure that carries from the first product sold — and that grows along, without having to be rebuilt in two years.
The requirement was clearly scoped: an ERP for products, stock, and order handling, a webshop as the sales channel, and an online payment integration that covers common payment methods frictionlessly in checkout.
Our approach
Instead of coupling three separate systems, we built on Odoo as the shared foundation: Odoo as the ERP backbone for products, stock, and orders, and the Odoo webshop as the storefront directly on the same data model. That spares a startup exactly the shop-to-ERP bridge complexity that, in our experience, costs the most maintenance later.
For payment processing, we integrated Mollie as the payment provider — directly in the Odoo checkout, so common online payment methods are available without a separate payment system.
Result
Vitalmanufaktur now has a digital foundation that fits the startup stage: one system instead of three, one data model for ERP and shop, and a payment integration that scales with growth. The stack is deliberately chosen so it grows with the company instead of having to be replaced in an early scaling phase.