Paypal automation with SMS in Make.com
Stop copying data between tools. When a PayPal event fires, this Make automation uses the D7 SMS API to send a personalized message instantly, alerts your team in Slack, and logs it to Google Sheets for full traceability. Faster notifications, fewer manual steps, and clean, auditable records.
Core Features
- Delivery reports
- Track delivery with message IDs and real-time status updates from D7.
- Surface delivery outcomes to Slack and store them in Sheets for auditing.
- Personalization
- Merge PayPal data (name, amount, currency, item, custom fields) into SMS templates.
- Support for Unicode, dynamic sender IDs, and localized copy.
- API flexibility
- RESTful D7 SMS API with webhook callbacks for delivery receipts.
- Options for scheduling, throttling, retries, and routing, configurable within Make.
Automation Flow
1) Trigger App: PayPal – New Event Triggered
- Examples: payment completed, refund issued, subscription update, dispute opened.
2) Action: D7 SMS – Send automated SMS message
- Build a templated message using PayPal variables (customer name, amount, order ID).
- Set sender ID, handle international formatting, and capture the D7 message ID.
3) Action: Slack – Notify team
- Post a summary (payer, amount, currency, event type) and the SMS delivery status.
4) Action: Google Sheets – Log entry
- Append timestamp, PayPal transaction ID, phone number, SMS body, D7 message ID, and delivery result.
5) Optional controls
- Branching for high-value transactions, error handling with retries, and rate limiting for campaign spikes.
Who It’s For
- Developers
- Ship reliable, observable SMS flows without custom glue code; extend with webhooks and error handling.
- Marketers
- Trigger personalized, on-brand transactional or promotional SMS based on payment events.
- Operations teams
- Keep stakeholders informed in Slack and maintain a structured ledger in Sheets for compliance and reporting.
