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Send Personalized Product Recommendations via Email After Shopify Purchases

ByDavid Olusola @dae221 on n8n.io

This automation triggers when a new order is placed in your Shopify store. It then waits a short period, intelligently identifies complementary products based on the customer's purchase, retrieves those product details, and finally sends a personalized email showcasing the…

Event trigger★★★★☆ complexity12 nodesShopify TriggerShopifyEmail Send
E-commerce Trigger: Event Nodes: 12 Complexity: ★★★★☆ Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #6579 — we link there as the canonical source.

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      "name": "Order Created Trigger",
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      ],
      "parameters": {},
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Send Upsell Email",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "position": [
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      "parameters": {},
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          {
            "node": "Generate Recommendation IDs",
            "type": "main",
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          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get Product Details": {
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        [
          {
            "node": "Merge Product Details (v3.2)",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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          {
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          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "If Recommendations Exist": {
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        [
          {
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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        [
          {
            "node": "Get Product Details",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Recommendations HTML": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Upsell Email",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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    },
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          {
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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          }
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    }
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}
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About this workflow

This automation triggers when a new order is placed in your Shopify store. It then waits a short period, intelligently identifies complementary products based on the customer's purchase, retrieves those product details, and finally sends a personalized email showcasing the…

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