Running an online store means sending a growing list of customer messages: sudden notices like shipping delays, scheduled ones like order cutoffs, and event-driven ones like order and fulfillment updates. Each has a different audience, timing and channel, and preparing them one by one quickly becomes repetitive. The fix is to group messages by purpose and assign each group a sending method.
Korea’s national statistics agency reports that online shopping transactions reached 24.2118 trillion won in August 2026, up 7.3% year over year. Business messaging is growing too: Kakao’s business message revenue rose 27% year over year in Q1 2026. More orders mean more notices, and manual sending becomes a bottleneck fast.
| Message type | Example | Sending method |
|---|---|---|
| Unexpected news | Shipping or restock delays | Manual send to a chosen audience |
| Scheduled notices | Order cutoff reminders for B2B accounts | Recurring send + templates |
| Event-driven notices | Order received, shipped, unpaid-order cancellation | Automated alerts |
A delay affecting only some orders needs a human to confirm who gets what. For important notices, set up an SMS fallback so the message goes out by text if the messaging-app notification fails, saving you from hunting down failures and resending.
When a notice targets only certain customers or wholesale accounts, prepare the list separately and upload it in one go. For promotional messages such as new-product launches, always check marketing consent.
Set the cadence once, save frequently used copy as templates and use merge fields for customer-specific details like names. If the audience can change, re-pull the audience right before each send.
Automation isn’t set-and-forget. Adjust send times for alerts like unpaid-order cancellations, add app push if you have an app, and write fallback text that reads well as an SMS. Some channels restrict nighttime sends, so check before scheduling evening messages.
Use manual sends for unexpected news, recurring sends with templates for scheduled notices, and automated alerts for event-driven updates like orders and shipments.
With SMS fallback enabled, the message is delivered by text instead. Write fallback copy that reads well as a plain SMS.
It counts as promotional, so confirm the recipient’s marketing consent — and consent may need to be collected per channel.
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