Email automation flow example
Shopify shipping delay sequence for custom product buyer
Use this page when a custom-product buyer needs approval, change cutoff, delivery, and return limits across the sequence. The flow should keep each message useful, factual, and tied to published policy or support details.
Flow goal
Handle Delay Updates Without Overpromising Timing.
Use this sequence as copy structure only. It is not a promise of email performance, sales, delivery timing, support outcome, or platform behavior.
Three-step flow
State the current known order step. For custom product buyer, replace placeholders with current product, order, policy, support, delivery, or account details before sending.
Explain what information is visible now. For custom product buyer, replace placeholders with current product, order, policy, support, delivery, or account details before sending.
Give a support path for order-specific questions. For custom product buyer, replace placeholders with current product, order, policy, support, delivery, or account details before sending.
Replace this flow with the store's actual order, product, policy, delivery, support, privacy, and subscription details. This is self-serve copy guidance, not legal advice or a promise of a specific customer outcome.
Claims to avoid
- exact new arrival promises without basis
- blaming the buyer
- Fake reviews, fake user counts, hidden pricing, or official Shopify affiliation claims.
- Promises of traffic, ranking, sales, conversion, legal, tax, safety, fulfillment, carrier, email deliverability, or platform outcomes.