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Push Notifications

Nick Clark
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Shopfront can use push notifications to update you when certain events occur.

{note}Due to restrictions placed by Apple, push notifications are not currently available for iPhones or iPads.{/note}

Each event has different settings allowing you to customise when you’ll receive the notification. Once you’ve set up a device for push notifications, you can modify the settings on any other device.

Setting up Push Notifications

On the device you wish to receive push notifications on, open Shopfront and then navigate to the push notifications page:

  1. Open the Menu
  2. Expand Setup
  3. Select Push Notifications

If your device isn’t already listed, you’ll now want to press the Add Current Device button and follow the prompts.

{note}If this button isn’t available, it’s because your device has already been set up, doesn’t support push notifications or they’re disabled.{/note}

If you’re presented with the screen looking like this:

Then you’ll need to enable push notifications by pressing the notification button next to the URL and then pressing Allow for this site.

If you’ve missed the notification bell from appearing (or you receive an error message saying the browser has denied us access to send you push notifications), you can click on the settings next to the URL and enable it:

You may need to refresh the page and press the Add Current Device button again after enabling push notifications.

Push Notification Events

After you’ve set up a device for push notifications, you can then modify it to customise the events it will receive and when it will receive them.

Currently, we support the following events:

Notify about sales which are greater than

This triggers when a sale is completed.

You can specify the value of sales, if you specify $0, it’ll send you any sale which is $0.01 or higher.

The message will appear similar to:
New sale worth $19.99
4 singles and 1 case

Register Closure Money Received

This triggers when a register is closed.

There are no settings for this event.

The message will appear similar to:
Register Closed (Register Left)
Total money received for this closure: $19.99, total transactions: 1

All Login Events

This triggers on every login event.

There are no settings for this event.

The message will appear similar to:
Login Event
Nick has logged into Shopfront

Main Login

This triggers only on a “main” login (typically the first time of the day).

There are no settings for this event.

The message will appear similar to:
Login Event
Nick has logged into Shopfront

New Promotions Downloaded

This triggers when external promotions have been inserted into your store.

There are no settings for this event.

The message will appear similar to:
New IBA Promotions
Have been downloaded and are now available.