Gmail Action

The Gmail action allows sending email notifications for various purposes, including order confirmations, marketing campaigns, or customer updates. This action uses an authenticated Gmail account to ensure reliable email delivery.

Configuring the Action

This Action requires the integration be set up and configured first. See the Related Article at the bottom of the page for instructions on configuring the integration in general.

Field Name
Description Example
Purpose Options:
  • Marketing - For promotional communications
  • Transactional - For order updates and operational emails
 Transactional
To(s) Primary email recipients (supports dynamic variables) {{ customer.email }}
Cc(s) Carbon copy recipients
Bcc(s) Blind carbon copy recipients
Reply-To Email address for replies
Subject Email subject line (supports dynamic variables)

Order Confirmation #{{ order.number }}
Email Formatting
Options:
Format as plain text - Simple text-only emails
Format as HTML - Rich formatted emails with HTML support

Format as HTML 
Message Email body content (supports Twig syntax for dynamic data) 
Hello {{ customer.first_name }}!  

Thank you for your order #{{ order.number }}.  

We'll notify you when your order ships.  

Best regards, 
The {{ shop.name }} Team

Credit Cost

The Gmail Action incurs a cost of one Action Credit on Lite plans and is unlimited on Unlimited plans.

Custom Actions

The Gmail Action within Custom Actions is fully supported. Additional information and examples are available in the documentation.

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