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The LoudHippo Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger, 0 actions and 0 searches: each answer to a post-purchase attribution survey can start a Zap and travel to your other tools. That single trigger is instant, and LoudHippo works on the free plan.

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Overview

What the LoudHippo Zapier integration does for you

LoudHippo asks buyers a question on the order status page of your online store, right after a successful checkout, to learn which channel brought them. The LoudHippo Zapier integration sends each of those answers out of LoudHippo, into whatever tool your marketing work already happens in.

Three results are within reach. A running attribution log: New Attribution Survey Response writes each answer as a row in a spreadsheet, so anyone on the team can sort and count channels without opening LoudHippo. A team heads-up on selected answers: a filter lets only the answers that match a rule through, and the next step posts them where the team reads its messages. A single place for answers: the response goes into the tool that already holds your marketing figures, next to the rest.

What Zapier does not do here matters as much. The integration only goes one way, out of LoudHippo: there is no action to create a survey or change a question, and no search to look up past answers. Everything built on Zapier starts from a fresh response. Answers given before the Zap was switched on stay where they are.

Choosing a platform first? The Zapier review and the list of Zapier alternatives lay out the options.

Vocabulary

Zapier words, in one minute

Six words come back all through this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for that event to happen.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in another app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task is one action your Zap completes successfully; your plan counts those and nothing else.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Cost

What a LoudHippo Zap really costs

LoudHippo is not a premium app, so Zapier does not keep it for paid plans. The trigger never costs a task, and waiting for new survey answers is free however many come in.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
  • Zap size on FreeTwo steps: one trigger, one action
  • Premium appNo, LoudHippo works on every plan
  • LoudHippo triggers1 instant, 0 polling

What you pay for is the work done after the trigger: each action that goes through counts as one task, and one that fails is not counted. A three-action Zap eats three times more than a one-action Zap. The free plan stops at two steps, so adding a filter or a second action makes a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. The interval grid below is Zapier's general rule for polling triggers: it does not apply to the instant trigger of LoudHippo.

Connect

Connect your LoudHippo account to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, open Apps and click + Add connection. A connection is your LoudHippo account linked once, then reused by every Zap that starts from your survey.

  2. 02

    Pick LoudHippo

    Type LoudHippo in the search box of the dialog, select it, then click Add connection. You need an existing LoudHippo account, plus access to anything you do not own and want the Zap to read.

  3. 03

    Sign in and allow access

    A new tab opens on LoudHippo. Sign in, then grant Zapier access to the account. Back in Zapier, the connection shows up in your list, ready for the trigger to use.

First Zap

Your first Zap: an attribution log in a spreadsheet

GoalEach time a buyer answers your post-purchase survey, add a row to a spreadsheet with that answer, so the channels that bring sales can be counted in one place.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Create a new Zap, pick LoudHippo as the app that starts it, choose New Attribution Survey Response, then select your LoudHippo connection.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test: Zapier brings back the three most recent answers of the connected account. Pick one, so the next step is mapped on a real response rather than an empty one.

  3. 03

    Add the spreadsheet step

    Add your spreadsheet as the action that adds a row. Map each column to a value brought back by the trigger, one column per piece of the answer you want to keep.

  4. 04

    Test the row

    Run the action once and open the spreadsheet: the test answer should sit in a new row, every value in the right column. If not, fix the mapping now.

  5. 05

    Publish

    Click Publish to switch the Zap on. With one trigger and one action, it fits the free plan; each row added counts as one task.

Triggers

The LoudHippo trigger: what starts a Zap

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in LoudHippo, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Attribution Survey Response

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an attribution survey is responded to.”

A buyer finishes checkout, sees your question on the order status page and answers it. That answer is what this trigger hands to Zapier, and it is the only event LoudHippo exposes, so every LoudHippo Zap starts here.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
you want each answer to leave LoudHippo and reach the tool where your team reads marketing results, one answer at a time.
Watch out
it only sees answers given after the Zap is switched on; the responses LoudHippo already holds are not sent.
When it breaks

When a LoudHippo Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to LoudHippo, so the traps below come from how Zapier itself behaves, applied to survey answers.

None of them shows while you build the Zap. They show up once real buyers start answering. If one already stops you, see Zapier troubleshooting.

  • Old answers never arrive

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Responses collected before that stay in LoudHippo; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A burst of answers held back

    When a large batch of responses arrives at once, after an import for example, Zapier's flood protection can hold the trigger back instead of running everything.

  • A filter that never passes

    Filter rules are typed: a text rule works on text, a number rule on numbers. Pick the wrong kind for a survey answer and the filter stops every run.
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FAQ

LoudHippo Zapier integration: frequent questions

01Is the LoudHippo Zapier integration free?
Yes, within the free plan's limits. LoudHippo is not a premium app, so Zapier does not reserve it for paid plans. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, each limited to two steps: one trigger and one action. A Zap that writes each survey answer to a spreadsheet fits that frame exactly. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does a LoudHippo Zap use?
One task per action that completes, nothing for the trigger. So the count follows your survey answers: each response that starts a two-step Zap costs one task, and a Zap with three actions costs three per response. On the free plan's 100 tasks a month, that sets how many answers you can send on. An action that fails is not counted, and waiting for new responses never costs anything. Every task counts the same whatever the answer says.
03Does the LoudHippo trigger run in real time?
Yes. New Attribution Survey Response is an instant trigger: LoudHippo tells Zapier the moment a buyer answers, and the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan. The interval grid that slows polling triggers, 15 minutes on the free plan, does not apply to it. A lightning bolt in the Zap editor marks a Zap built on an instant trigger, so you can check it at a glance. Nothing to set up for that: the type is decided by LoudHippo and cannot be changed from the editor.
04What does it take to connect LoudHippo to Zapier?
A LoudHippo account and a Zapier account. From the Apps page in Zapier, click + Add connection, search for LoudHippo, sign in on the tab that opens and grant access. The connection is saved once and reused by every LoudHippo Zap. If the Zap needs to read anything you do not own yourself, your account needs access to it first. Nothing else is asked, since the trigger has no field to fill.
05Why are older LoudHippo survey answers missing from the Zap?
Because a Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. The answers collected before you published it are not sent through, and the trigger does not go back to fetch them. Testing the trigger does bring back the three most recent responses, but only so you can map fields on a real one. Moving older answers is a separate job, outside this Zap. Plan that backlog before you publish, so nobody wonders why the first rows start on launch day.
06What if the LoudHippo operation you need is not offered?
Then Zapier cannot do it directly. LoudHippo exposes one trigger and no action or search, so a Zap can react to a new answer but cannot write anything back into LoudHippo, such as a survey or a question. That kind of change stays inside LoudHippo. What the trigger hands over can still feed any action of another app in your Zap. In other words, the Zap reads from LoudHippo and writes elsewhere, never the reverse.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for LoudHippo?
Decide on criteria, not on a winner. First, operations: here LoudHippo offers one instant trigger, so compare what each platform exposes for it. Second, volume: on Zapier each successful action is a task, so your number of answers sets the bill. Third, who maintains it: a two-step Zap from survey to spreadsheet is easy to hand over to someone new to automation. None of the three is a verdict; weigh them against your own volume of answers.
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