# Automate print-on-demand: design to Shopify with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Shopify and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-print-on-demand-design-to-shopify-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automate print-on-demand: design to Shopify with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Shopify and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 4 Service 8

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Google Drive Trigger - Design Upload1** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Workflow Configuration1** Set *Logic*
- 3 **OpenAI Vision - Design Analysis1** Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **Remove.bg - Background Removal1** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Cloudinary - Upload Design1** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Code - Generate Mockup URLs1** Code *Logic*
- 7 **OpenAI - SEO Copywriting1** Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Shopify - Create Draft Product1** Shopify *Service*
- 9 **Slack - Approval Request1** Slack *Service*
- 10 **Wait - For Approval1** Wait *Logic*
- 11 **Switch - Approval Decision1** Switch *Logic*
- 12 **Shopify - Publish Product1** Shopify *Service*
- 13 **Slack - Rejection Notice1** Slack *Service*
- 14 **Instagram - Post Product1** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Pinterest - Create Pin1** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 15, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Shopify, Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Shopify and Slack accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-print-on-demand-design-to-shopify-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Shopify#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

## Workflows like it

Also e-commerce, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Sync Shopify products to WooCommerce with Gemini** 15 steps · calls a model · Shopify, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/sync-shopify-products-to-woocommerce-with-gemini)
- [**Create Shopify product videos from tagged photos with Dreem.AI** 15 steps · Shopify, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-shopify-product-videos-from-tagged-photos-with-dreem-)
- [**Log ecommerce orders, send Slack alerts** 15 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/log-ecommerce-orders-send-slack-alerts)
- [**Monitor Shopify orders and send no-order alerts with Slack** 15 steps · Gmail, Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-shopify-orders-and-send-no-order-alerts-with-slack)
- [**AI blog generator for Shopify product listings with OpenAI** 14 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-blog-generator-for-shopify-product-listings-with-openai)
- [**Create e-commerce listings from images with UploadToURL** 14 steps · calls a model · Shopify, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-e-commerce-listings-from-images-with-uploadtourl)