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Re: Create a Flow to Trigger an Email Send on Shopify Forms Successful Submit

Create a Flow to Trigger an Email Send on Shopify Forms Successful Submit

LB2022
Excursionist
25 1 5

Hi - I have a landing page that includes a Shopify Forms form (https://apps.shopify.com/shopify-forms).

 

I've installed Flow and now want to set up a flow that sends an email to the email address inputted into the Shopify Forms form when the form submit is successful.

 

I'm looking at triggers and Shopify Forms doesn't show up as something I can choose as a trigger. It's not listed under "Shopify" or under available apps. 

 

Admitting I made an assumption that Shopify Flow and Shopify Forms would just simply work together out of the box. Shouldn't have done that..... 

 

But is there a way to create this straightforward flow?

 

Thanks for any help. 

Replies 16 (16)

ReemShopify
Shopify Staff (Retired)
1 0 0

Form submit is not available as a trigger in Flow at the moment but we will take this feedback to the team for review.

LB2022
Excursionist
25 1 5

For anyone who is trying to set up an automatic email send once someone submits your  Shopify Form, I've learned that you can do this.

 

At the bottom of the set-up page for your Shopify Form there is a section labeled "Automations and workflows". Click on "Manage" and you land on a page where you can set up the email send. Pretty straightforward to do.

 

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dappernotes
Tourist
8 0 10

This works for general form submissions, but you can't tie it easily to a specific form.

mshamberg
Visitor
1 0 2

This is not the solution. You can't trigger a notification to send to a specific email off a specific form.

Brendan-Zuza
Shopify Partner
10 0 3

Hi there, in case anyone else is looking for the solution. You should send an email based on a tag that get's added (when the form is submitted). 

Once you have triggered the email based on this tag. 

 

If you would like the form to be looped/ repeated if a user submits the form again. You should:

Create another action which removes the tag. 

Meaning if they submit the form again they get the email again.

Brendan
onlinegrowthgroup.com.au
Midsummer
Visitor
1 0 0

Good idea, I first thought the same, but it's not a viable solution. You unfortunately cannot select a specific tag in the triggers, only "tag is added", meaning all tags. So, this automation started sending out "first purchase discounts" to clients who had just made a purchase in my case. 

 

This seems like such a standard option to include, I don't understand why this functionality originally existed but then got removed if I read the comments above correctly. 

mikeschwede
Shopify Partner
21 0 11

Any news? It's so standard that an email is send to someone who filled a forms. Pretty weird this trigger wasn't published from the beginning.

paul_n
Shopify Staff
1426 156 330

Work is being done, yes. Not sure of timeline yet. It may seem trivial, but forms require a new type of event because each form can potentially be custom per shop. And you might only want to subscribe to events from a single form. 

Paul_N | Flow Product Manager @ Shopify
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lili_tz
Visitor
2 0 0

Any luck now? Do you know the timeline for this feature?

Thanks!

paul_n
Shopify Staff
1426 156 330

Still working through timing and waiting for dependencies to be completed. 

Paul_N | Flow Product Manager @ Shopify
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md24
Shopify Partner
4 0 0

I too would be interested in this trigger. I might have to use Klaviyo forms or another solution in the meantime.

JWard50
Visitor
2 0 0

Hi is there any update on this, would love this functionality

md24
Shopify Partner
4 0 0

Yes I got it to work. I am not the store owner and I needed the information.

 

1. You need a trigger

2. Check If events_item.appTitle Equal to Forms

3. Action Send internal email 

In this I refer to the submission 

https://{{shop.myshopifyDomain}}/admin/companies?selectedView=orderingNotApproved&orderStatus=%20AND%20active_customers_count%3A0

 

Then I include some info from the form like
{{companyLocation.company.mainContact.customer.email}} 

 

RPiii
Shopify Staff
89 16 33

We recently released a Metaobject entry created trigger that should make it easier to trigger workflows based on form submissions. 

mikeschwede
Shopify Partner
21 0 11

Oh that's amazing. Thank you!!

crunchycactus
Shopify Partner
1 0 0

This is exactly what I needed, and this thread is the only place I managed to find it. I feel like a "Form Submitted" trigger even just as an alias that comes from the Forms app would make this far more clear. Either way thanks for the solution!