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Store automations
Store automations that remove the manual work.
Shopify Flow, Make and Zapier wired to orders, inventory and customer events, with retries and logs. No more copy-paste between tools.
Automations for brands like
How it works
Shopify Flow handles the Triggers, we add the Logic a store actually needs, and every action lands in Slack where someone can Stop it.
#ops
Creative Labs agent↻ Replay
You10:02
We keep overselling the bundle when one SKU runs out.
CL agent10:03
Flow built: when any component variant hits 0, the bundle is unpublished, a Slack alert goes to #ops and a reorder draft is created for the supplier. Tested on staging with 3 bundles.
Message #ops
Inside an automation project
Drag to see the order flow before and after.
Four stores we automated. Pick a client, then drag.
hush.ca
Hush
Order tagging, fraud holds and restock alerts automated in Shopify Flow
1
Every manual task logged for a week
2
Flows built in Shopify Flow first, Make for the rest
3
Alerts in Slack, failures retried and logged
How it connects
Automations we run on client stores.
Flow, webhooks and a little code remove the busywork. Every action posts to Slack, and the risky ones wait for a person.
Low-stock alert
Variants under threshold flagged with a reorder draft
Bundle guard
Bundles unpublished when a component sells out
Order exceptions
Failed payments and bad addresses triaged
Fraud hold
High-risk orders held with a one-click release
Tag and route
Orders tagged by SKU and routed to the right warehouse
Review requests
Timed to delivery, not to the order
Price list sync
B2B price lists updated from the ERP nightly
Daily scoreboard
Sales, ads and returns in one board by 06:00
Returns triage
RMA drafted and label sent after a check
Supplier PO
Purchase orders drafted from velocity
01 starts with
Order created
1
Inventory change
Payment failed
Fulfilment event
Schedule
Slack request
02 runs on
2
Shopify Flow
Cloudflare Workers
n8n
Make
03 data lives in
3
Shopify
Airtable
Google Sheets
ERP
04 ai steps in
Claude
4
None (rules only)
05 comes out as
Slack alert
Order tag
Draft order
Unpublish
5
Reorder draft
06 signed off by
6
Ops lead approves
Automatic (low risk)
- 1
Variant hits threshold
Inventory change event from Shopify for any tracked SKU.
Inventory change
- 2
Checked
Velocity and lead time pulled; only real risks continue.
Shopify flow
- 3
Supplier looked up
Vendor, MOQ and last cost from the sheet.
Shopify + sheets
- 4
Reorder drafted
Quantity from 30-day velocity and lead time.
Rules
- 5
Slack alert
SKU, days left and the draft PO, for ops to approve.
Slack alert
#ops
09:42
Low stock: Ryder Stand Bag — Green (9 left, ~6 days)
Velocity: 1.5/day · Lead time: 21 days
Supplier: Apex Golf · MOQ 50
Draft PO: 60 units, $4,140
Approve POSnooze 7 days
Example with mock data.
Tools we connect for your store
Shopify Flow- n8n
Make
Zapier
Airtable- Google Sheets
Slack
Klaviyo
Spoks- ShipStation
- Gorgias
Stripe
Our process
How an automation project runs.
About 2 weeks for the core flows. Coloured bars are our work, grey ones are yours.
AUTOMATION SETUPAUDIT, BUILD AND MEASURE
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
Y
You
Access, approvals
Access
Approve
Launch
M
Map
Manual tasks, events
Task log
B
Build
Flow, Make, Zapier
Flows
Alerts
T
Test
Retries, logs
Test
Point at any part to see what happens there.
From our case studies
What automations actually saved.
Hours measured before and after.
14 h
a week saved on Hush's order ops
0
orders missed by fraud holds since launch
12
flows live on an average store
2 weeks
from task log to live
Want more examples?
A few of our recent automation projects.
01 / 03
Pricing
One project, or a team every month.
Fixed price for the project, or a subscription that keeps shipping after launch.
One-time project
$3,000
automation setup
Core automations mapped, built and tested on Shopify Flow, Make or Zapier.
✓One-week task log
✓Up to 12 flows
✓Slack alerts
✓Retries and logs
✓Documentation
Subscription
$3,000
/ month
Development subscription for stores that keep automating.
✓New flows monthly
✓Monitoring and fixes
✓Integrations added
✓Pause or cancel monthly
Quality
What every automation is checked for.
Shopify Flow first
Native before third-party.
Idempotent
Runs twice without double effects.
Retries
Failures retried, then alerted.
Logged
Every run visible in one place.
Scoped
Least-privilege API keys.
Documented
Each flow described in the repo.
Tested
Dry run on test orders.
You own it
Accounts and scenarios in your name.
Words from the brands we've built for
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Care Hope College AdministrationCare Hope College
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Cellocity TeamCellocity
Still got questions?
Your questions about store automations
Shopify Flow, Make or Zapier?
Shopify Flow first for anything inside Shopify; Make or Zapier when the automation spans other tools. We choose per task so you aren't paying for a connector Flow already covers.
Do I need Plus for Shopify Flow?
No. Shopify Flow is available on most Shopify plans, with more advanced features on higher plans and Plus.
What can you automate on a Shopify store?
Order tagging, fraud holds, low-stock and restock alerts, bundle availability, customer segments, supplier reorders and syncing data between tools. If someone copies it by hand every week, it's a candidate.
What happens when an automation fails?
Failures are retried, logged and posted to Slack where someone can see them and step in, so nothing fails silently.
Can you connect my 3PL and ERP?
Usually, yes, through native apps, APIs or middleware, depending on what your 3PL and ERP support.
What does automation setup cost?
It depends on how many workflows and tools are involved. We give one fixed price after mapping the manual work. See pricing.
You've reached the end, so now…
Tell us what you're selling.
Send us your store. Within one business day you get a short Loom from a senior: the three things we'd fix first, what it would cost, and whether we're the right team for it.
- No pitch deck, no discovery-call theatre
- You keep the audit whether or not you hire us
- Fixed-scope quotes, no hourly surprises
Prefer to talk? Book 20 minutes with Haniel or call +1 855-764-4977