Shopify Flow

I love Flow, but it needs some major improvements still. For example, it can trigger flow when things are created, but doesn't have the same for when something is made inactive, deleted or expired. Another example is for Discounts app. It can trigger a flow if the discount is created, but doesn't let you set it for the Discount that is created if you want to set the trigger for the start date, and/or the end date. If I could, i create a Flow to add a tag to all products listed in the Discount when the Discount starts, and then remove the tag when it ends.

Can be difficult to learn, but it's so worth the effort. Dedicate some time to learning how to create a working flow, and then automate everything you possibly can! Tip: Every time I create a new flow I add a step to the end that adds a specific tag to the product or order affected. That's an easy way to determine if the flow is actually working.

I still need to do more research on what templates are already available and how to use them best. The system has been working well, and I can set up automations easily.

Put steps in place right away to prevent fraud orders. Once the fraudulent accounts find you and can place orders they will do it continuously until you put these steps into place. I will review again once this has time to prove it is effective.

Great app for bringing controlled action and data integrity checks in your store. Setting metafields, based on product data patterns for marketing purposes in a multilingual store has brought us the most benefits as for now, as the theming layer is prone to translations and less consistent when it comes to conditional content logic.

It's great if you have familiarity with logic trees! It can do a lot and connect to external apps, which is super helpful for automations. It's saved us a lot of time! The only downside is that the templates are not always easy to edit or implement.

Confusing devexp. Annoying you can't have draft changes saved. Bizarre testing workflow is:

Duplicate prod workflow, edit to point to ngrok for localhost, and then retrigger fulfillment events.

I hate writing liquid for the HTTP JSON construction

Great. I'm learning more each day. Wish there were more integrated apps and webhooks.

It should be easier to use Liquid templating language, there should be some sort of helper functions or easy access guide to which functions are available. But it's good that it flags errors in the Liquid code used.

Stark improvements in the past year, it feels like it's headed in the right direction. It would be great if we could trigger flows with webhooks though.