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Send your customers reorder reminders

Useful for customers who need recurring reminders to reorder. Optionally filtering by a customer tag, this task monitors the most recent order for each customer, and sends them reminders every x days since that order.

Runs Occurs every day at midnight (in local time) and Occurs when a bulk operation is completed. Configuration includes only include customers having this tag, number of days to wait between emails, email subject, email body, and test mode.

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Useful for customers who need recurring reminders to reorder. Optionally filtering by a customer tag, this task monitors the most recent order for each customer, and sends them reminders every x days since that order.

This task runs daily, at midnight in your store's timezone. Optionally filtering by a customer tag, it monitors the most recent order for each customer, and sends them reminders every x days since that order. The task will continue sending reorder reminders, every x days since each customer's latest order.

This task will send emails to the address on file for the customer, falling back to the email on file for the order if the customer has no email address.

To test this task, enable test mode, and save. You'll find a new "Run task" button, which will report the emails that would be sent on the current date.

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Subscriptions
{% if options.test_mode__boolean %}
  mechanic/user/trigger
{% endif %}

mechanic/scheduler/daily
mechanic/shopify/bulk_operation
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Options
only include customers having this tag, number of days to wait between emails (number, required), email subject (required), email body (multiline, required), test mode (boolean)
Code
{% if event.topic contains "mechanic/scheduler/" or event.topic == "mechanic/user/trigger" %}
  {% assign query = "orders_count:>0" %}
  {% if options.only_include_customers_having_this_tag != blank %}
    {% assign query = options.only_include_customers_having_this_tag | json | prepend: "tag:" | append: " " | append: query %}
  {% endif %}

  {% capture bulk_operation_query %}
    query {
      customers(
        query: {{ query | json }}
      ) {
        edges {
          node {
            email
            lastOrder {
              email
              name
              processedAt
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  {% endcapture %}

  {% action "shopify" %}
    mutation {
      bulkOperationRunQuery(
        query: {{ bulk_operation_query | json }}
      ) {
        bulkOperation {
          id
          status
        }
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
      }
    }
  {% endaction %}
{% elsif event.topic == "mechanic/shopify/bulk_operation" %}
  {% assign now_s = "now" | date: "%s" | times: 1 %}
  {% assign interval_d = options.number_of_days_to_wait_between_emails__number_required %}

  {% if event.preview %}
    {% capture object_json %}
      {
        "email": "customer@example.com",
        "lastOrder": {
          "email": "customer+fallback@example.com",
          "name": "#1234",
          "processedAt": {{ interval_d | times: 24 | times: 60 | times: 60 | times: -1 | plus: now_s | date: "%FT%T%:z" | json }}
        }
      }
    {% endcapture %}

    {% assign bulkOperation = hash %}
    {% assign bulkOperation["objects"] = array %}
    {% assign bulkOperation["objects"][0] = object_json | parse_json %}
  {% endif %}

  {% for customer in bulkOperation.objects %}
    {% if customer.lastOrder == nil %}
      {% continue %}
    {% endif %}

    {% assign processed_at_s = customer.lastOrder.processedAt | date: "%s" | times: 1 %}
    {% assign age_d = now_s | minus: processed_at_s | divided_by: 60 | divided_by: 60 | divided_by: 24 | round %}
    {% assign age_d_modulo = age_d | modulo: interval_d %}

    {% if age_d == 0 %}
      {% continue %}
    {% elsif age_d_modulo != 0 %}
      {% capture message -%}
        Order {{ customer.lastOrder.name }} ({{ customer.email | default: customer.lastOrder.email }}) was placed on {{ customer.lastOrder.processedAt }}. Next email is due in {{ interval_d | minus: age_d_modulo }} day(s).
      {%- endcapture %}
      {% log message %}
      {% continue %}
    {% else %}
      {% assign email_options = hash %}
      {% assign email_options["to"] = customer.email | default: customer.lastOrder.email %}
      {% assign email_options["subject"] = options.email_subject__required | replace: "ORDER_NUMBER", customer.lastOrder.name %}
      {% assign email_options["body"] = options.email_body__multiline_required | replace: "ORDER_NUMBER", customer.lastOrder.name | strip | newline_to_br %}
      {% assign email_options["reply_to"] = shop.customer_email %}
      {% assign email_options["from_display_name"] = shop.name %}

      {% if options.test_mode__boolean %}
        {% action "echo" email_options %}
      {% else %}
        {% action "email" email_options %}
      {% endif %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
{% endif %}
Task code is written in Mechanic Liquid, an extension of open-source Liquid enhanced for automation. Learn more
Defaults
Email subject
It's time to reorder!
Email body
Hello,

It's been X days since your last order (ORDER_NUMBER). <a href="https://{{ shop.domain  }}/">Return to our store</a>

Thanks,
{{ shop.name }}