Automate Shopify Order Support with Zendesk Ticket Creation
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Streamline your e-commerce customer support by automatically creating Zendesk tickets for new or updated Shopify orders. This workflow ensures no order falls through the cracks and provides a centralized system for managing customer inquiries.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow is designed to bridge the gap between your Shopify store and Zendesk, ensuring that every order update triggers an intelligent support response. When an order is updated in Shopify, the workflow first checks if a corresponding Zendesk ticket already exists. If a ticket is found, it updates the order data with existing ticket information. If no ticket exists, it proceeds to create a new, informative Zendesk ticket, complete with order details, customer information, and a clear subject line. This automation significantly reduces manual effort, improves response times, and enhances the overall customer support experience for your e-commerce business.
Key Features
- Real-time Order Monitoring: Triggers automatically on Shopify order updates.
- Smart Ticket Duplication Check: Prevents duplicate Zendesk tickets for the same order.
- Automated Ticket Creation: Generates new Zendesk tickets with rich order details.
- Data Enrichment: Merges relevant ticket information back into order data for context.
- Seamless Integration: Connects Shopify and Zendesk effortlessly.
How To Use
- Connect Shopify: Set up the
On order updatednode by selecting your Shopify credentials and choosing theorders/updatedtopic. - Find Existing Tickets: Configure the
Find if order already has a ticket in Zendesknode with your Zendesk credentials. Ensure the query is set up to search for tickets based on an external ID that can be linked to your Shopify order number (e.g.,external_id:{{ $json["order_number"] }}). Set the operation togetAll. - Process Ticket Data: Use the
Keep only ticket Idnode to extract and store theexternal_idandidof any found Zendesk tickets. - Merge Data: Connect the output of the Zendesk search and the Shopify order data to the
Add ticket info to order datanode to merge them based on order number and external ID. - Conditional Logic: Connect the merged data to the
Order exists in Zendesknode. This node will check if aZendeskTicketIdwas found. - Create New Tickets: If the
Order exists in Zendesknode determines no ticket exists (the "false" branch), connect it to theCreate new ticket for new ordersnode. Configure this node with your Zendesk credentials, a compelling subject line (e.g.,Order #{{ $json["order_number"] }}), and a detailed description including customer and order information. Set theexternalIdparameter to the Shopify order number ({{ $json["order_number"] }}) to ensure future checks can find this ticket. - Handle Existing Tickets: If the
Order exists in Zendesknode determines a ticket does exist (the "true" branch), connect it to theNoOpnode for simple termination or further processing as needed.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "3df7a7be-f704-4cd0-a958-b4b2e5406f8b",
"name": "Automate Shopify Order Support with Zendesk Ticket Creation",
"nodes": 25,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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