Shopify Flow

I appreciate what Shopify Flow tries to do — automating workflows and saving time on routine tasks is definitely valuable. The app is intuitive and integrates well within the Shopify admin. However, there are some limitations that can get frustrating.

For example, it can’t interact with certain areas like shipping profiles or some inventory settings, which means you still end up doing manual work for key parts of your store. Also, complex workflows sometimes require trial and error to get right, and the documentation could be clearer.

Overall, Flow is a helpful starting point for automation if you have straightforward tasks, but it feels like it could be more powerful and flexible, especially for stores with more complex needs.

It’s best suited for automations within Shopify’s exposed API limits.

If you rely on automating less common or “hidden” features, Flow won’t cover it yet.

For simple order, customer, or product tag automations, it’s worth trying.

Tech support can't solve error for 2 month already, flow would not be sent. Ticket 57697099

First thing I wanted to do was "Trigger" off a TAG being added to an order. That trigger option does not exist. You can trigger off of a tag being added to a customer but not an order. Categorizing orders using tags is useful and being able to automate based on that action would be considered basic functionality.

guess i will look elsewhere

I couldn't get my question answered. So I tried to figure out how to get a call back. I had to install Shopify Flo to do it and I still can't figure it out. Meanwhile, I have an angry customer who purchased a gift card and we can't figure out how to use it. I just want help from someone. The chat bot won't even help me.

So painful to use, in theory this is a game chnager for shopify, but trying to build and test is almost impossible.

We are deeply concerned about Shopify’s transition to Shopify Flow for abandoned cart emails, which has significantly impacted merchants operating in multiple languages. The previous notification system handled multilingual workflows seamlessly, allowing businesses to provide localized experiences for their customers. However, Shopify Flow lacks native multilanguage support, forcing merchants to adopt a more complex and less effective solution. This abrupt change disrupts established workflows, increases the effort required to manage simple tasks, and risks alienating customers who receive communications in the wrong language. We urge Shopify to reintroduce native multilanguage capabilities or provide flexibility to continue using the previous system, ensuring that all merchants can maintain high standards of customer engagement and trust.

テスト送信と本配信でメールHTML構造が異なるためタグが破棄されGmailでレスポンシブされない

Muy dificil en diferentes lenguajes, algunas veces está en ingles y otras veces en español, el buscador de funciones no funciona bien.

Difficult to manage, unclear information whether the flows works or not, no saved notifications what flows have been sent out or used.

NIGHTMARE... I very rarely right reviews and negative ones at that. I have never found something that should be so simple a challenge. Shopify staff can't help because we can't speak to them directly. If you want automations for emails and sales, I would spend your time with another program. I have spent to much time on something so simple, with very little success.