Automated daily sales summary emails to store owners

Purpose

1.1. The purpose is to automate the process of generating and sending detailed daily sales summary emails to store owners in the fashion accessories industry.
1.2. Automating this ensures store owners receive accurate, up-to-date sales insights without manual intervention.
1.3. This automation saves time, reduces human error, aids inventory planning, and enhances decision-making with timely data.
1.4. Automator-driven delivery guarantees consistent communication, keeping stakeholders aligned.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automatable scheduled time-based triggers, e.g., every day at 7:00 AM.
2.2. Automated triggers after POS reconciliation or batch sales data finalization.
2.3. On-demand (manual) trigger for unscheduled daily sales summary delivery.

Platform Variants

3.1. Gmail API
• Feature: automate sending emails via `users.messages.send` endpoint — use OAuth2 for access.
3.2. Microsoft Outlook Graph API
• Feature: automates email with `/sendMail` — integrate with Microsoft identity platform.
3.3. SendGrid
• Feature: automation using "Mail Send API" — configure sender, recipient, and dynamic templates.
3.4. Amazon SES
• Feature: automates email drafts and sends with `SendEmail` or `SendTemplatedEmail`.
3.5. Mailgun
• Feature: automation with `messages` endpoint for summary distribution.
3.6. Zoho Mail
• Feature: automate use of REST APIs to send reports as attachments.
3.7. Freshworks CRM
• Feature: trigger workflows for daily summary and use Email APIs for automated send.
3.8. Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Feature: automating summary campaigns via Email Studio with REST API trigger.
3.9. HubSpot
• Feature: automatably use transactional email API for daily sales notification.
3.10. Slack
• Feature: automate posting sales summaries to owners using `chat.postMessage` endpoint.
3.11. Twilio SendGrid
• Feature: automate via "Personalizations" in email API for multi-store delivery.
3.12. Outlook Desktop (with VBA)
• Feature: automate using VBA script to extract and send sales summary emails.
3.13. Mailchimp
• Feature: automated send via API-triggered Campaigns with transactional templates.
3.14. Intercom
• Feature: automation with "Messages API" for in-app sales alert.
3.15. Notion (Integration)
• Feature: automate by posting summary to Notion database using API.
3.16. Airtable
• Feature: automate generate records and email summary with "Automations" or via Script.
3.17. Shopify
• Feature: automatised delivery with Admin API webhooks to pull sales, email via another provider.
3.18. WooCommerce
• Feature: automate fetching daily sales via REST API and send via plugin/email service API.
3.19. SAP Business One
• Feature: automate querying daily sales data via DI API and trigger external email service.
3.20. QuickBooks
• Feature: automate export of daily sales summary, send email via `report` endpoint and integration.
3.21. Google Sheets
• Feature: automate pulling/summarizing and emailing via Apps Script's MailApp.
3.22. Typeform
• Feature: automate feedback collection appended to daily summary in email send via API.

Benefits

4.1. Automates daily communication, ensuring store owners always receive actionable updates.
4.2. Eliminates manual report compilation with automation, saving costs and reducing errors.
4.3. Automatedly maintains a historical log of sales summaries for audits and analysis.
4.4. Supports data-driven, automated inventory management and marketing campaigns.
4.5. Automating analytics delivery increases operational efficiency and speed of response to sales trends.
4.6. Maximizes engagement by automated scheduling of summaries at owner-preferred times.
4.7. Automates multi-location reporting, supporting business scaling for fashion accessories stores.
4.8. Enhances transparency across retail operations with automated workflow integration.