Automate Shopify Pricing via Google Sheets & Slack Approvals

Automate Shopify Pricing via Google Sheets & Slack Approvals

Transform how you manage your Shopify store's pricing strategy with a cutting-edge automation workflow that integrates seamlessly with Google Sheets and Slack. This daily-run automation calculates your Shopify variant prices from Google Sheets COGS inputs, updates prices on Shopify, and sends Slack alerts for manual approvals needed, thereby streamlining your pricing updates effortlessly.

What this workflow does

• Triggers daily at a scheduled time to update pricing.
• Reads product dependencies and recipe data from Google Sheets while retrieving the latest supplier prices from a secondary sheet.
• Calculates raw and landed Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and a target-margin retail price for each Shopify variant.
• Compares the calculated price against set thresholds; directly updates Shopify prices via the Shopify Admin API if within limits, or posts an alert to Slack for manual approval if necessary.
• Publishes a confirmation message on Slack upon successful Shopify price updates.
• Listens for reactions in Slack, validates authorized users, and processes approved changes from Slack threads to update Shopify with the approved price.
• Posts a final status message in Slack upon completion of each workflow cycle.

Use cases

• Automated pricing updates for Shopify store operators aiming to stay competitive with dynamic pricing.
• Streamlined approval workflow for teams that require collaborative price verification before implementation.
• Ideal for businesses monitoring COGS closely and recalibrating product prices based on supplier changes.

Technical details

• n8n Nodes Used: If, Set, Code, Slack, Aggregate, Sticky Note
• Integrations: Google Sheets, Slack, Shopify