Shopify Contact form SUBJECT LINE text : How to change?

paul-
Excursionist
55 0 40

All my emails coming from the contact form have the subject 'New customer message'. How do I change this text to something better?

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Hank
Shopify Staff
Shopify Staff
1102 128 185

Hi, @paul-,

Hank here from Shopify.

Thank you for posting your question, I was able to speak with our technical team about this to get you the correct information to answer this for you.

Currently, it is not possible to edit the subject that you would receive from when a customer emails you using the contact form option. I have checked to see if there is a way for this to be edited, but it is not currently possible via the theme or technical side of the platform.

What I have done for you though is I have logged this as direct feedback to our developers, as this is how the platform gets improved, with suggestions from store owners like yourself!

While I know this is not the response you were looking for, know that I have logged this now, with the hope that it does become a feature on the platform in the future.

Do let me know if you have any other questions.

All the best,

Hank

Hank | Social Care @ Shopify 
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El_Bouck
Tourist
5 0 8

That would be really helpful!

 

Changing the subject line when replying to the customer's emails is a waste of time and prevents auto-replies.

OriZohar
Shopify Partner
5 0 18

I agree! This would be helpful to be able to change the format so that we can reply directly to these messages.

TeamMoto
Visitor
1 0 4

Any updates on fixing this issue. It would be really nice to be able to just reply direct to the customer. 

lou1800
Visitor
1 0 5

We really need this feature, any updates?  all emails come from my store name, is there a way I can see the sender's email instead of  mailer@shopify.com . .  30$ /month plus paying for  third party apps and we don't have these basic features it's kind of expensive. Please advise.

 

thanks.

templeflakes
Tourist
8 0 24

Adding to the voices asking for this. Really annoying to have to manually change the subject line when responding.

jameshall_s
Tourist
4 0 2

Hi Hank,

Can you confirm whether this is supported yet?

Thank you 🙏

Hank
Shopify Staff
Shopify Staff
1102 128 185

Thank you all for reaching out in response to this thread.

What I have done is gathered the feedback of every comment, but as it stands there is still no confirmation or timeframe that this may be implemented to the platform.

I will share a link to both the Shopify Changelog and our announcements page as this is where every new addition that gets added to the Shopify platform is announced.

Thank you again for all of your feedback and for wanting to help build such a useful tool for our Merchants, it is very much appreciated.

Hank | Social Care @ Shopify 
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George_C
Trailblazer
152 1 143

Another vote for this simple, obvious feature. 

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piroc_media
Shopify Expert
47 0 12

and another vote for this very. obvious. feature.

😉

KuznetsEnvy
Shopify Partner
38 0 8

It's been almost a year. 
Another vote for this feature.

Al_Priest
Tourist
33 0 2

Another vote for this.

GauravZ
Visitor
1 0 1

Upvoting for a basic feature.

MarkAskoe
Shopify Partner
1 0 2

Another vote for this...

3dchimera
Tourist
3 0 4

Another request for this feature...

CD-CT
Visitor
1 0 2

Well over a year since this request.....Any news on this?

Max_Valencia
Visitor
2 0 1

Rocket science? Come on guys! 

SebastianCiuciu
Visitor
1 0 1

i am surprised that i can not change this!! This should be a must have. It´s not a nice to have.

OriZohar
Shopify Partner
5 0 18

Hi all - for what it's worth, we installed an app called G:Form Builder ‑ Contact Form and it's excellent and cheap. You can specify everything regarding how the contact form is submitted - and even create a subject line dynamically using form info. I don't work for them or know them, but I'm really happy with our form submissions now!

Josh_Poole
Tourist
7 0 13

Shopify really needs to change this...very archaic. Come on Shopify team, step it up! It's an easy fix...just do it.

mfcss
Explorer
65 6 26

Any updates on this?

I tried with G:Form Builder ‑ Contact Form, but I seem still unable to add a subject line field that will result in the customer's subject line showing as the subject when I receive the emails.

concordadams
Shopify Partner
5 0 13

@Hank Shopify partner here. I want to bump this thread.

 

It's really shocking that Shopify has built "contact forms" but then didn't add any of the tools that actually make them useful. People need control of the title for an email sent to them. Here's what I really want: Just add a liquid field on the {% form %} tag like this:

 

{%- form 'contact', id: 'ContactForm', title:'New Custom Order' -%}
 
This is a really simple eight-years-and-running request that doesn't seem to die. Maybe a good reason to bump it up the roadmap. Maybe just put an dev intern on it for a day? Pretty please?
Andrew
Shopify Staff (Retired)
Shopify Staff (Retired)
1746 172 314

I completely understand the frustration surrounding this issue, and I am adding your feedback to the merchants' frustration page for our developers. We are constantly striving to improve the platform and your input is greatly appreciated! While we cannot guarantee a deadline or estimated roll-out of a feature, rest assured that our team takes your comments seriously.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime, we hope to be able to implement your suggestions where feasible as soon as possible.

To learn more visit the Shopify Help Center or the Community Blog.

Rcarroll
Shopify Partner
5 1 4

Many moons have passed since your last update on this.. any news ? 

 

AnneW
Visitor
2 0 3

is it possible for us to do this ourselves now that shopify 2.0 is launched?

AlienRides
Not applicable
1 0 2

How the holy hell is or has this not been fixed.   We pay thousands and thousands in fees, and hundreds of thousands in card processing fees.   Love your platform, but this is total dogcrap .  

FIX this by firing your project / product manager.  415.341.2281  Kevin Graehl CTO AlienRides 

Mototech271
Tourist
5 0 3

I dont get this either. everytime we have to answer our customers we have to change the subject. This is just so aggrivating. And the about " this is a shopify message" inside the email i dont like to send to the customer either when i answer them. So many stupid steps before you can hit the send button. Frustrating. Really wonder why they dont work on this.

 

Niko / Mototech271

AndyFine
Visitor
2 0 2

Has this been resolved? Seems like it should be an easy enhancement for the Shopify team to add 🙂

Billiards2
Tourist
4 0 7

Okay it is more than a year later and Shopify has not rectified their contact form. How is the Subject line of any use? How do we delegate messages?

"New customer message on September 18, 2021 at 10:05 am"

Well No duh...we know it is a new message and our inbox tells us already the date and time.

We need subject lines:

[Check on Order] [Request Change to Order] [Question about Product] or [Subject Input _] NOT... "New customer message"

Along with [Customer Name] in the Subject title would be helpful ... (instead of the date and time)

Shopify, get a clue. This is frustrating!!!

 

tiamasic
Visitor
2 0 6

Adding to this, it's really unhelpful that customers can't tell me what they're wanting from the subject line. They should be able to select an option at least.  

Cameron_Limbric
Shopify Partner
1 0 2

please oh please Shopify let us change the subject line....

KelvinJT
Visitor
2 0 0

just add space on the input name tag. between [ and subject.

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ChadE
Tourist
3 0 5

This is very problamatic with Zendesk. Pre-Shopify, we leverged rules in Zendesk based on the form subject to automate where form submissions land within the our customer service department/company. This is no longer possible as all submissions look the same now. This is something that should not require a third-party app to solve.

 

Additionally, the Shopify form comes into Zendesk in a very hard-to read format. It basically drops the form into the conversation thread, rather then passing the text fields. This was not an issue pre-Shopify.

 

It's been almost two years since first reported and three times Shopify Staff have replied with updates saying that they have shared the feedback. There have been over two dozen merchants that have expressed concerns on how this affects communication with customers.

 

I'm not a developer but this feels like a low effort fix that would make alot of us much happier.

KelvinJT
Visitor
2 0 0

Hi, 

I solve this issue by adding space on the contact[ subject].

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