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Add or update contacts with Shopware Flow Builder
Add or update contacts with Shopware Flow Builder

Automate responses to events that happen in your Shopware store and keep your Dotdigital lists and data fields up-to-date.

Gareth Burroughes avatar
Written by Gareth Burroughes
Updated over a year ago

You can use Shopware Flow Builder to trigger adding or updating contacts to your account.


Before you start

Things you need to know:

  • The Dotdigital for Shopware Flow Builder extension must be installed and enabled on your Shopware account.

  • We recommend you test your Shopware flows before activating them.

  • You need a list to store contacts in your Dotdigital account.

  • You need Dotdigital data fields and their corresponding Shopware values and variables.


1. Set the trigger

The first step is to choose what event you want to trigger adding or updating contacts to your account:

  1. In Shopware, go to Settings > Flow Builder and select Add flow.

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  2. Enter your flow’s general information, including: Name, Description, and Priority.

  3. Turn on the Active toggle to set your flow to active.

    Alternatively, you can come back and activate your flow at the end.


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  4. Select the Flow tab at the top.


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  5. Expand the Trigger drop-down menu and choose a trigger.

    For this example we will expand the Checkout drop-down menu and choose Order > Placed.


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2. Add an action

Next, you need to include adding or updating contacts to your account as a response to the trigger:

  1. On the Add conditions or actions menu, select Add action (THEN).

  2. Expand the Action drop-down menu and select Add or update contacts.

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3. Add or update lists

Choose the list you want new contacts to be added to, or existing contacts to be updated to:

  1. Expand the Email address drop-down menu and choose which contact you want to add or update.

    For this example, we want to add or update contacts that have placed orders, so we’ll leave it set as Customer.

    If you want to test your flow, select Custom and enter your admin email address.

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  2. Expand the Add to list drop-down menu and choose the list you want to add new contacts or update contacts to.

  3. You can also select the checkboxes for:

    1. Send resubscribe email
      This sends a resubscribe email to any unsubscribed or suppressed contacts.

    2. Verify contacts with double opt-in
      This sends a double opt-in confirmation email to new contacts before adding them to Dotdigital.


4. Add or update contact data fields (optional)

Choose Dotdigital data fields and Shopware values you want to add or update to your contacts:

  1. Expand the Dotdigital data field drop-down menu and choose the data field.

  2. Enter a corresponding Shopware value.

    For this example we will add the Dotdigital data field: Location and Shopware value: UK

    Alternatively, you can add a Shopware variable instead of a value. Learn more in Email templates.

  3. Select the check mark icon to save the settings.

    You can add additional data fields and variables by selecting the settings (⋯) icon on a blank row and selecting Edit.


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  4. To save, select Add Action.

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