Introduction

What Alius is and how it works

What is Alius?

Alius is a Shopify app that delivers the right store information to Slack, Email, Telegram, and Discord at the right time — without you ever opening the Shopify admin.

It does this through Automations, which come in three kinds:

• Triggers — react to a Shopify event (new order, low stock, return…) and alert you instantly.
• Reports — pull scheduled analytics (daily revenue, weekly performance…), optionally summarized by AI, and push them to your hub.
• Goals — track a target metric over time and nudge you as you approach or fall behind.

All three are managed together under the Automations section.

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How it works

1. Connect a notification hub

   Connect Slack via OAuth, add verified email recipients, link a Telegram chat using a connection token, or paste a Discord incoming webhook URL. Each hub is configured on the Integrations page.

2. Create automations

   Add a Trigger to watch for events, a Report for scheduled analytics, or a Goal to track a target — and pick which hub each one notifies.

3. Receive notifications

   Alius processes Shopify webhooks in real time and runs scheduled reports and goals, delivering everything to your configured hubs.

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Core Concepts

Concept	Description
Automation	Any of the three automation types — Trigger, Report, or Goal — all managed under the Automations section.
Trigger	A rule that defines which Shopify event to watch, where to send the notification, and optional filters and schedule.
Report	A scheduled analytics summary (daily/weekly/monthly), optionally enriched with an AI summary, delivered to a hub.
Goal	A target metric tracked over a date range, with milestone, pace, and check-in alerts.
Condition	An optional filter on a trigger — e.g., “only when Total Price > 50” or “only when Vendor equals Nike”.
Template	A reusable message format with dynamic placeholders like {{product.title}} or {{order.totalPrice}}.
Integration	A connection to a notification hub: Slack, Email, Telegram, or Discord.
Schedule	Controls delivery timing: Instant (immediate) or batched (Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
Snapshot	An internal record of the last known state of a product, order, or customer — used to detect what actually changed.
History	A log of all notification delivery attempts with status, recipient, and error details.

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Supported Events

Alius monitors the following Shopify events:

Entity	Events
Products	Created · Updated · Deleted
Orders	Created · Updated · Paid · Fulfilled
Refunds	Created
Customers	Created · Updated · Deleted
Returns	Requested · Approved · Declined · Processing · Closed · Cancelled · Reopened · Updated
Cart	Abandoned

Each event type supports conditions with dozens of filterable fields.

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Features

Triggers

20 trigger types across products, orders, customers, returns, and carts.

Reports

Scheduled analytics summaries with optional AI insights, pushed to your hub.

Goals

Track a target metric over time with milestone and pace alerts.

Conditions

Filter triggers with field-level conditions across 50+ fields per entity.

Integrations

Deliver notifications to Slack, Email, Telegram, or Discord.

Templates

Customize message content with Markdown and dynamic {{variable}} placeholders.

Schedule Types

Send instantly or batch notifications hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly.

Notification History

View delivery logs with status, recipient, message preview, and error details.

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Next Steps

Quickstart

Get up and running in under 5 minutes.

Pricing

Free, Pro, and Max plan details.