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.
How it works
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.
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.
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. |
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 |
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.
Next Steps
Quickstart
Get up and running in under 5 minutes.
Pricing
Free, Pro, and Max plan details.