Automated posting to social media regarding new arrivals or promotions

Purpose

1.1. Automate posting of new arrivals, promotions, and event notifications to various social media platforms, ensuring consistent announcements, increased market reach, and streamlined customer engagement across channels.
1.2. Enables retailers in Qing Fang Market to automatedly notify followers of product updates, sales, and seasonal campaigns, automating repetitive manual publishing and optimizing timing for maximum impact.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New product entry in inventory database or product catalog.
2.2. Scheduled promotional events or discounts created in retail system.
2.3. Real-time trigger from sales milestone or in-store event notifications.
2.4. Manual approval or automated trigger based on predefined rules in marketing workflows.

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook
• Feature/Setting: Graph API – Configure /me/feed for automated text/image link posting.
3.2. Instagram
• Feature/Setting: Instagram Graph API – Configure /media and /media_publish for image/video automation.
3.3. Twitter (X)
• Feature/Setting: POST statuses/update endpoint for automated tweet publishing.
3.4. LinkedIn
• Feature/Setting: v2/shares API for automated company or showcase page posts.
3.5. Pinterest
• Feature/Setting: Pins API POST /v5/pins for automating new pin creation.
3.6. TikTok
• Feature/Setting: TikTok for Developers SDK – Content automation via integrations.
3.7. WeChat
• Feature/Setting: WeChat Official Accounts Platform Message API for automating broadcast posts.
3.8. WhatsApp Business
• Feature/Setting: WhatsApp Business API – Message Template automation for new arrivals.
3.9. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API – sendMessage, sendPhoto automation to channels/groups.
3.10. YouTube
• Feature/Setting: YouTube Data API v3 – videos.insert for automated video promotions.
3.11. LINE
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API – automates push message notifications.
3.12. Snapchat
• Feature/Setting: Marketing API for automated Snap Ad and Story posting.
3.13. Slack
• Feature/Setting: chat.postMessage API – automated promotional channel posts.
3.14. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot API – automating post of announcements in announcement channels.
3.15. Reddit
• Feature/Setting: API POST /api/submit automates link/self-post creation.
3.16. Tumblr
• Feature/Setting: /v2/blog/{blog-identifier}/post automation for new entries.
3.17. VKontakte (VK)
• Feature/Setting: wall.post API – automates community page announcements.
3.18. Sina Weibo
• Feature/Setting: Statuses/update API to automate microblog posts.
3.19. Google My Business
• Feature/Setting: Google My Business API – automate post creation for new arrivals.
3.20. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Admin API Webhook + Marketing Events API for automated social sharing.
3.21. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Campaigns API – automate sending campaigns for social share.
3.22. Buffer
• Feature/Setting: Buffer API – queue and automate cross-platform posting.
3.23. Hootsuite
• Feature/Setting: Publish API endpoint – automate scheduled campaigns.

Benefits

4.1. Automates omnichannel engagement, minimizing manual intervention.
4.2. Enhanced consistency and timing in retail social promotion automation.
4.3. Scalable market announcement workflows, automating repeatable tasks.
4.4. Automator reduces operational overhead for Qing Fang Market sellers.
4.5. Empowers data-driven automated marketing and growth strategies.