Shopify New Order Slack Alert

High-Level Summary

This workflow sends a real-time Slack notification whenever a new order is placed in your Shopify store. It listens for the orders/create webhook event, extracts key order details (customer name, line items, total), and posts a clean, formatted message to a Slack channel of your choice. No more refreshing the Shopify dashboard or digging through emails — every sale gets an instant cha-ching in Slack.

Node-by-Node Walkthrough

• New Shopify Order (Shopify Trigger — OAuth2) — Subscribes to the orders/create webhook on your Shopify store. When a new order is created, this node fires and passes the full order object downstream. Authentication uses OAuth2 (or a Shopify Admin API access token) configured in the n8n credential store.
• Format Order (Code — No auth) — A JavaScript code node that extracts and transforms the raw order data. It builds a list of line items (- 2x Product Name), retrieves the customer's first and last name (falls back to "Guest"), and returns a clean JSON object containing orderNumber, customer, items, and total (with currency).
• Post to Slack (Slack — OAuth2) — Sends a message to the specified Slack channel. The message uses n8n expressions to insert the formatted order data: a bold order number, total, customer name, and item list. The channel is set via a placeholder (REPLACE_WITH_CHANNEL) that you must replace with your actual Slack channel ID or name. Authentication uses OAuth2 with scopes like chat:write and channels:read.

Setup Instructions

1. Shopify — You need a Shopify store with Admin API access. Create a custom app in your Shopify admin (Settings > Apps and sales channels > Develop apps). Grant it the read_orders scope, then generate an Admin API access token. In n8n, create a Shopify credential using OAuth2 or the access token.
2. Slack — You need a Slack workspace where you have permission to create apps. Create a Slack app, enable OAuth2, and add the chat:write and channels:read scopes. Install the app to your workspace and copy the OAuth token. In n8n, create a Slack credential with that token.
3. Replace the placeholder — In the Post to Slack node, change REPLACE_WITH_CHANNEL to the actual channel ID (e.g., C12345) or channel name (e.g., #sales).
4. Activate the workflow — Once everything is connected, activate the workflow. Place a test order in your Shopify store (or use Shopify's webhook tester) to verify the alert appears in Slack.

Use Cases & Variations

• Real-time sales tracking — Perfect for small teams or solo entrepreneurs who want to celebrate every order as it happens.
• Multi-channel notifications — Add an email node (e.g., Gmail or SendGrid) to also send a receipt or summary to the store owner.
• Order analytics — Insert a Google Sheets node after the trigger to log every order for later analysis.
• Other Shopify events — Change the trigger topic to orders/updated, orders/cancelled, or fulfillments/create to monitor different stages of the order lifecycle.
• Custom formatting — Modify the Code node to include shipping address, discount codes, or payment status.

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