Every hour
Big Shopify order alerts in Slack
Every hour, Leta posts the past hour's paid Shopify orders of $250 or more to #sales, with total, items and discount code.
Shopify + Slack integration
Combine Shopify + Slack and move store data into channels where your team already talks. Just ask Letaido's AI agent and watch it do the work.
Best Shopify and Slack integration jobs to start with
Use this Shopify Slack integration for big order alerts, sales recaps, order lookups and discount codes.
Every morning at 8am
Daily Shopify sales recap in Slack
Every morning the agent posts yesterday's revenue, orders and average order value to Slack, compared with the same day last week.
When someone mentions Letaido
Shopify order lookup from Slack
Tag @Letaido with a Shopify order number and Leta replies in the thread with payment and shipping status, total, items and available tracking.
When someone mentions Letaido
Discount codes from a Slack request
Ask @Letaido in #marketing for a percent-off code and Leta creates it in Shopify, then replies with the code and its terms.
Every Monday at 9am
Weekly low stock alert in Slack
Every Monday the agent lists active product variants with fewer than 10 units left and posts them to your merchandising channel in Slack.
Shopify Slack integration options, compared
Shopify Flow and notification apps post store events to Slack. Leta also answers questions and acts on requests from Slack.
| Option | Order alerts in Slack | Scheduled sales reports | Answers order questions in Slack | Creates discount codes from Slack | Posts the moment an order lands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Letaido AI agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Shopify Flow with Send Slack message | Yes | Partly | No | No | Yes |
| Slack notification apps from the Shopify App Store | Yes | Partly | Partly | No | Yes |
| Zapier | Yes | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes |
Read the full comparison
| Option | Which way | How it starts | Good for | Keep in mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letaido AI agent | Shopify into Slack, and Slack requests back into Shopify | A schedule you pick, an @Letaido mention in Slack, or a chat request | Hourly big order alerts, a daily sales recap against last week, order lookups in a thread, discount codes created from a request, a weekly low stock list | Not a per-order feed: Letaido's Shopify connector has no triggers, so order alerts arrive in hourly batches. Invite the bot to each channel it uses |
| Shopify Flow with Send Slack message | Shopify into Slack | A store event such as Order created or Order paid, or a Scheduled time trigger | A Slack message for each order, refund or out of stock item, in the text and channel you set | Shopify's own automation app. You build each workflow and add FlowBot to every channel. Each Get data action returns up to 100 records, and no Flow trigger starts from Slack |
| Slack notification apps from the Shopify App Store | Shopify into Slack | Store events, with rules or filters on higher plans | Order alerts, for example with Ting or EZ Notify; some add daily, weekly or monthly order reports, or order and customer search in Slack | Another monthly plan, with caps on notifications or events per day or month. Rules and custom messages are often on the higher plan |
| Zapier | Both ways, one workflow for each | A Shopify trigger such as New Paid Order, or a Slack trigger such as New Mention | Fixed handoffs, such as a channel message for each paid order or abandoned cart | Shopify is a Premium app on Zapier. Its Shopify actions don't include creating a discount code, so that needs the API Request (Beta) step. You build and maintain each workflow |
Shopify and Slack: the old way vs. Letaido
- 1Open Orders in Shopify
- 2Filter paid orders of $250 or more
- 3Open each order for its items
- 4Copy the details into Slack
- 5Do it again next hour
Every hour, post the paid Shopify orders of $250 or more created in the previous full hour to #sales, one line per order: the order number linked to the order in Shopify admin, the total, the items with quantities and any discount code. Skip test orders. If there are none, post nothing.
#sales in Slack
3 paid orders of $250 or more, 1 to 2 PM
Order #1184, $412.50, Trail hoodie x3, Canvas tote x1, code WELCOME10; Order #1186, $286.00, Merino crew sock x12; Order #1190, $264.80, Trail hoodie x2, Beanie x2, code FALL15
How Shopify and Slack jobs start
When something happens
A job can start when someone mentions @Letaido in Slack, like “Shopify order lookup from Slack”.
On a schedule
Saved as an automation, like these jobs: every hour, every morning at 8am or every Monday at 9am.
When you ask
Ask in chat; Leta picks from 427 actions.
How to set up the Shopify Slack integration
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1Create a Shopify store app and paste its keys
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2Create the Slack app from Letaido's manifest
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3Approve the first run
Allow all read operations once per app; approve each kind of write once.
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4Try it in chat first
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5Choose when it runs
Every Shopify and Slack action the agent can take
Shopify
14 groups: 136 reads, 227 writes
- Manage discounts
- Manage locations
- Read abandoned checkouts and privacy
- 11 more
Create variants · Dispose reverse fulfillment order items · Generate customer activation URL · Deactivate inventory
Slack
10 groups: 27 reads, 37 writes
- Post and manage messages
- Manage channels
- Create and edit canvases
- 7 more
Make file public · List emoji · Add reminder · Set status
Frequently asked
Does Shopify integrate with Slack? +
Yes. Shopify Flow's Send Slack message action and Slack notification apps from the Shopify App Store post store events to Slack. Leta, Letaido's AI agent, adds jobs that look at the data first, like big order alerts and a daily sales recap, and takes requests from Slack, like order lookups and discount codes.
How do I connect Shopify and Slack to Letaido? +
Create a Shopify store app and paste its keys into Letaido, then create the Slack app from Letaido's manifest and invite the bot to the channels it uses. After that, describe the job in chat or paste a prompt from a job on this page.
Do new Shopify orders show up in Slack the moment they're placed? +
No. Letaido's Shopify connector has no triggers, so the big order alert runs every hour and posts paid orders of $250 or more after their hour ends. Orders still unpaid when their hour is checked are not posted. Shopify Flow and Slack notification apps post the moment an order lands.
Can my team look up a Shopify order from Slack? +
Yes. Mention @Letaido with an order number like #1187 and Leta replies in the thread with payment and fulfillment status, total, items and tracking, plus a link to the order in Shopify admin. It reads up to 50 items and 10 shipments per order and says when more are in Shopify. It finds orders from the last 60 days unless your Shopify app has the read_all_orders scope.
Can it create Shopify discount codes from a Slack request? +
Yes. Someone in #marketing mentions @Letaido with the code and percent off, and Leta creates it in Shopify: up to 30% off all products, one use per customer, with a usage limit and end date if they give them. A taken code or a bigger discount is not created, and the reply says why.
Will it ask before it posts in Slack or changes my store? +
Allow all read operations once per app; approve each kind of write once. The order alerts, sales recap, order lookups and low stock list only read Shopify.
How is Letaido different from Shopify Flow? +
In Shopify Flow, a store event or a scheduled time starts a workflow you build, and its Send Slack message action posts in channels where you add FlowBot. No Flow trigger starts from Slack. With Letaido you describe the job, and Leta also acts on Slack mentions, like order lookups and discount codes.
Put Shopify and Slack to work today
Connect Shopify and Slack, then ask for a job like "Post big Shopify orders to Slack every hour". Leta gets it done on your schedule, or the moment you ask.
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