Automation Builder

Set the rules.
Zapla handles
the routine work.

An enquiry comes in. The next steps are ready. Build workflows that send the messages, update customer details and keep the next steps moving, with timing and channels you choose.

New enquiry nurture
Sales pipelineNew enquiry added
FormEnquiry submitted
Tag“Nurture” added

Day 0Send a welcome

SMSWhatsApp

Thanks for getting in touch. Here’s how we can help.

Wait 2 days

Day 2Help them decide

SMSWhatsApp

Here’s what’s included, plus answers to the questions we hear most.

Wait 3 days

Day 5Offer the next step

SMSWhatsApp

Ready to talk it through? Choose a time, or reply with a question.

Two days later

Give them something useful.

Send the information that helps someone decide: what’s included, their options or answers to common questions.

Choose email, SMS or WhatsApp for each step, or combine channels where it suits the process.

Three days after that

Make the next step easy.

Invite a question or share your booking link. Agree where your team should take over.

You agree the entry rules, timing and reply handling before the workflow goes live.

AI Flow Builder

Build the workflow your business needs.

Describe your process. Zapla AI builds a connected draft you can review and edit.

Automate a 7 day nurture

Ask Zapla AI
Build a 7 day nurture for new form enquiries. Welcome them now, share useful information on day 2, invite them to book on day 5, then check in on day 7.

Choose your enquiry form, follow-up audience and email sender.

Review the audience, messages, rules and connections before activation.

Workflow draft
  1. New enquiry form submitted

    Your selected form

  2. Send a welcome email

    Day 0

  3. Wait 2 days
  4. Share useful information

    Day 2

  5. Wait 3 days
  6. Send a booking invitation

    Day 5

  7. Wait 2 days
  8. Send a final check-in

    Day 7

Try an automation

A print studio owner and specialist checking a colour proof beside a commercial wide-format printer

Keep your team on the work that needs them.

Guided Launch

Your workflow.
Built with you.

AI can give you a starting point. Guided Launch helps turn your process into a practical setup: the right entry rules, connected channels and customer updates. We walk through the agreed paths with you before activation.

Starting with spreadsheets and inboxes, or already using a business system? We work through what belongs in Zapla and which connections are available.

Plan your first workflow

Guided Launch is a separately priced initial setup. See plans and setup

Before you activate

Your workflow review

Entry rules
Choose what starts the workflow and which contacts should enter.
Connections
Set up the real senders, channels and customer information it needs.
Messages & timing
Review the wording, waits, conditions and record changes.
People & replies
Agree reply paths, exceptions and who takes over when a person is needed.
Build it in Draft. Activate when it’s ready.

Resolve missing settings and required connections before saving. Use run history to inspect the steps, timing, results and reported errors.

Before you get started

A few practical questions.

Can AI build the workflow for me?

Yes. Describe the process in plain English and the AI Flow Builder can create an editable workflow draft, including steps, connections and draft message content. You can ask it to make changes too. Review its business logic, messages, settings and connections before activation.

What can start a workflow?

Starting events include a submitted form, tag change, new contact, pipeline stage change, appointment booking, accepted quote or invoice payment. Choose the event and entry conditions that match your process.

Can I change the messages and timing?

Yes. The sequence above is one configuration. You choose the message content and waits, and can use conditions where the next action depends on customer information.

Does it send every message on all three channels?

You choose the channels for each step. A workflow can use email, SMS, WhatsApp or a combination, depending on your connected accounts and the process you agree. The channel marks above show those choices.

What happens when a customer replies?

Set the reply path for your process. Configured SMS or WhatsApp keyword branches can route matching replies, with a timeout path when no keyword matches. Timed follow-ups need explicit reply and exit rules. We agree those rules and where a person gets involved, then check the setup before activation.

Can I build workflows myself?

Yes. Use the visual builder to add triggers, actions, waits and conditions, or use AI to create a draft and refine it yourself. Guided Launch is a separately priced initial setup for mapping your process, connecting the required accounts and reviewing the agreed workflows.

Can I see what a workflow did?

Use its run history to inspect the steps taken, timing, results and reported errors. This helps you see where a particular run needs attention.

Can it connect to another business system?

Webhook and API tools are available, alongside actions such as exporting to Google Sheets. We check the specific system, available API, permissions and required data before agreeing a connection. Availability, implementation scope and usage costs are confirmed during setup.

How is this different from Follow-Up or Reactivation?

Automation Builder is where workflows are built and controlled. Follow-Up and Reactivation use workflows for particular business needs, such as keeping active enquiries moving or reopening dormant conversations.

Built around your business

Bring us one process
your team repeats.

We’ll map what starts it, what should happen next and where your team gets involved.

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