Stuff like this should be free. No offense, but the app community in Shopify just takes advantage of small business owners that can’t code themselves. Offering to do something basic like this with a monthly fee is wrong. It costs you nothing to have such a report running.
Topic summary
Need: A daily email that reports yesterday’s total number of orders and total fulfillments.
Built‑in limitations: Shopify Flow (automation tool) is capped at processing 100 orders, and there’s no option to email the Analytics dashboard, blocking a native solution.
Proposed solution: A developer offers to set this up via the Mesa app (third‑party automation), suggesting an app‑based workflow.
Debate: The requester says such basic reporting should be free and criticizes monthly app fees that burden small businesses. The developer replies that maintaining automation infrastructure and teams has costs, and paid apps enable continued development and support.
Outcome/status: No native, free method identified in the thread. The only concrete path is using a third‑party app; no agreement on cost, and the issue remains open.