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    E-commerceSolo founders and small teams 2–3 weeks

    E-commerce order and notification automation

    6–12 hrs
    saved per week on order ops

    Every Shopify order triggers an end-to-end flow: inventory check, shipping label, customer SMS + email, post-purchase follow-up, and review request without anyone touching the spreadsheet.

    Build time
    2–3 weeks
    Pricing
    Custom quote
    Tools
    7 integrated

    Who this is for

    Shopify, WooCommerce, or Amazon sellers doing 50+ orders/week
    Solo founders shipping orders between other work
    Small teams where ops is bottlenecking growth

    The problem

    Most growing stores still run order ops manually copy-pasting tracking numbers into emails, switching between Shopify, ShipStation, Klaviyo, and a notes app, and answering 'where is my order?' tickets all day. It looks small until you scale and the same setup turns into a full-time job.

    How we solve it

    We connect your store, shipping, email, SMS, and review tools into one event-driven workflow. Each order kicks off the right sequence automatically. You and your team only step in when something genuinely needs a human flagged fraud, custom requests, or VIP customers.

    / 01 /

    Order placed in Shopify

    Trigger fires the moment an order is paid. Order is tagged, customer is segmented, and inventory is checked in real time.

    / 02 /

    Fulfillment auto-routed

    Standard orders go to ShipStation/Shippo for label generation. Pre-orders or out-of-stock items land in a separate workflow with customer notification.

    / 03 /

    Multi-channel customer updates

    Personalized confirmation email via Klaviyo, optional SMS via Twilio when shipping label is created, delivery confirmation when carrier marks delivered.

    / 04 /

    Post-purchase nurture

    Day 7: review request. Day 14: cross-sell email based on what they bought. Day 30: re-engagement if no second purchase.

    / 05 /

    Exception handling

    Failed payments, address validation issues, or unusually large orders ping a Slack channel for a human glance never a customer surprise.

    Tools we deploy

    ShopifyZapierOttoKitKlaviyoTwilio SMSShipStationSlack

    Realistic impact

    Ranges, not promises. What we typically see across the engagements we ship.

    Ops time typically drops from 10–15 hrs/week to 1–2 hrs of oversight10 hrs–15 hrs
    Customer 'where is my order?' tickets drop 60–80%60%–80%
    Repeat purchase rate lifts 10–25% from consistent post-purchase flows10%–25%
    Zero tracking-number-typed-wrong refunds (those happen surprisingly often)

    Common questions

    Will this work with my existing stack?+

    Yes if you're on Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or any platform with a real API. We plug into what you already use rather than ripping it out.

    What about returns and refunds?+

    Returns can be automated too we usually start with order flow first, then layer returns in once the basics are humming.

    Can I edit the customer emails myself?+

    Completely. Templates live in Klaviyo or your ESP your team owns the content, we own the plumbing.

    Want this built for your business?

    Free 30-min audit. We will tell you honestly whether this is the right playbook for you and what we would change.