Customer notifications when new products are added to my store

Shopify Apps

Topic summary

Need: Customer opt-in alerts for newly added products (immediate/daily/weekly) via email/SMS/Messenger/push, not restock notifications.

Platform context: Shopify has no native “follow store” or customer newsfeed like Etsy, and does not auto-notify customers on new products. Suggested workarounds included email marketing (Shopify Email), social posting (Kit), and third‑party notification apps.

Solutions that emerged:

  • Custom development offers were made to build a “follow” feature using logins and product-create webhooks.
  • A dedicated app launched: Vye: New Product Notifications. Initial features: customer form to subscribe to all products or by tag; emails sent on matching new product. Free vs paid: email template and font customization in paid plan; form adopts theme fonts. UI alignment/justification control was added after feedback; customization done via Theme editor.

Updates and feedback:

  • Roadmap: SMS notifications and delivery cadence (immediate/daily/weekly) in development; later, subscription by collections was added. Requests included collection-level widget, full translation settings, and broader customization.
  • Mixed early UX feedback from the original poster; developer responded with quick fixes and clarifications. Subsequent users reported it working well; one upgraded to paid due to hitting free limits; another strongly recommended it.
  • Another app mentioned: Email My Webhooks (emails when products are created; primarily store-side alerts).

Status: Partially resolved via third‑party apps, with ongoing feature additions (SMS, cadence).

Summarized with AI on December 13. AI used: gpt-5.
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I have added an option to change the justification/alignment of the whole section. See the screenshot below. If you do not see the same options delete your browser cache and reload the page.

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The font of the form is the same font used in your current theme. If you change your theme’s font, the font of the form will change too.

Take a look at my development store: https://sage-apps.myshopify.com/

Password: vye-app

Notice how the font of the form is the same as the font for the whole page.

Or do you want to use a different font for the form than the font used for the page?

Yes, changing the font in the dashboard settings and customizing the email notification is a paid feature available only in the standard plan.