Recipe No. 18 · Operations
Low stock alert
Get a daily list of products under a stock threshold.
- Serves
- E-commerce
- Made with
- n8n
- Prep (setup)
- ~20 min est.
- Yield
- 1 hr/week saved, est.
- Level
- Beginner
- Plan needed
- n8n: free to self-host (you pay hosting) or n8n Cloud (paid). Check your plan.
- Est. SMS cost
- No SMS needed
- TriggerSchedule Trigger daily
- Step 2Shopify node 'Get Many Products'
- Step 3Code or Item Lists node to split variants
- Step 4If any items remain, send Email/Slack…
- Step 5Activate and compare against your admin…
Ingredients
- Shopify or WooCommerce
- n8n
- Email or Slack
Editor-reviewedLast checked 2026-10-16v1.0.0 · Free
Steps reviewed against current tool UIs by the editor; not yet run end-to-end in a live account. Time saved is an estimate; results vary. Costs from Axis Consulting and Twilio pricing; check current pricing.
Method
- Schedule Trigger daily.
- Shopify node 'Get Many Products' (return all).
- Code or Item Lists node to split variants; Filter node: inventory_quantity < 5 (your threshold).
- If any items remain, send Email/Slack listing product, variant and quantity.
- Activate and compare against your admin inventory the first week.