Add a Shopify product when a Gelato store product template is created

When you create a store product template in Gelato, this workflow creates a new product in Shopify from the template’s data, so a new print-on-demand design gets a matching Shopify listing to finish.

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The Add a Shopify product when a Gelato store product template is created workflow on the FlowMattic canvas, with 2 steps across Gelato, Shopify — The workflow as it appears in the builder after import. Each step opens for editing.

What this workflow does

With print-on-demand, the design work happens in Gelato and the selling happens in Shopify. Each new template then needs a product in your store, and copying titles and details from one to the other is slow and easy to get wrong. This workflow creates that Shopify product when the template is made.

The Gelato trigger fires when a store product template is created in your Gelato account. FlowMattic receives the template's data and passes it to Shopify, where Create Product adds a new product. You choose which template values go into the product, such as its title.

The workflow only creates the product. It does not change Gelato or set up how orders reach Gelato, so treat the new Shopify product as a starting point and review it before you sell it. Every template created while the workflow is on gives one new product, and Task History records the data sent to Shopify each time.

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A designer working with a store owner

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How this workflow runs

What happens at each step once the workflow is on, and what you need before you import it.

Step 1Trigger
Gelato Store Product Template Created
Runs each time a store product template is created in your connected Gelato account. The template's data becomes available to map into Shopify.
Step 2Action
Shopify Create Product
Creates a new product in your Shopify store from the Gelato template. Map the template values you want, such as its title, and run a test to see what the action accepts and how Shopify saves the product.

What you need

FlowMatticCore
Gelato AccountAccount
Shopify AccountAccount

After importing, map your own data. To keep the template universal, not every step is pre-filled. Open each step in the builder and connect your accounts and fields (channels, lists, sheets, recipients) before you switch the workflow on.

Make it yours

Changes worth making after you import it.

Create one sample template in Gelato after import. FlowMattic captures its data, so you can see which template values are available before mapping the Shopify product.
Add a Filter after the Gelato trigger that continues only when the template title contains a word you choose, if only some templates should become Shopify products.
Add a Slack or email step after Shopify to tell whoever manages the store that a new product was created from Gelato and needs a review.