Customer support · Production

IPSY doubles ticket alerts and scales customer empathy with Zapier automation

The problem

IPSY needed an immediate way to flag allergy-related support tickets to avoid delayed responses and potential harm, and lacked a method to escalate urgent weekend issues without requiring staff to be online 24/7.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Daily Zendesk keyword scan
trigger
“Zapier scans Zendesk for keywords daily”
2
Google Sheet update
integration
“updates a Google Sheet”
3
Team alert for allergy tickets
output
“alerts the team to new allergy-related tickets”
4
Weekend emergency form trigger
trigger
“A Zap triggers from a Google Form submission”
5
High-priority filter
routing
“filters for high-priority issues”
6
SMS and email alert
output
“sends SMS/email alerts”
7
AI draft response
ai_action
“uses AI to draft a response”
Reported outcome

IPSY now surfaces 20–30 allergy-related tickets per day, doubled proactive alerts, misses zero Reddit issues, and can deliver AI-drafted empathetic emergency responses over weekends without staff being continuously online.

Reported metrics
Proactive alerts increase100%
Reddit issues missed0
AI-generated drafts per emergency1
Allergy tickets surfaced per day20–30 tickets per day
Reported stack
ZapierZendeskGoogle SheetGoogle Form
Source
https://zapier.com/customer-stories/ipsy
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

IPSY now surfaces 20–30 allergy-related tickets per day, doubled proactive alerts, misses zero Reddit issues, and can deliver AI-drafted empathetic emergency responses over weekends without staff being continuously on…

What tools did this team use?

Zapier, Zendesk, Google Sheet, Google Form.

What results were reported?

Proactive alerts increase: 100%; Reddit issues missed: 0; AI-generated drafts per emergency: 1; Allergy tickets surfaced per day: 20–30 tickets per day (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this customer support AI workflow structured?

Daily Zendesk keyword scan → Google Sheet update → Team alert for allergy tickets → Weekend emergency form trigger → High-priority filter → SMS and email alert → AI draft response.