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MaxiPublica Zapier integrationAutomate MaxiPublica with Zapier.

The MaxiPublica Zapier integration offers 1 trigger, 0 actions and 0 searches. Everything starts from New Question, which fires when MaxiPublica records a new lead; the steps that follow run in your other apps, never inside MaxiPublica itself.

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Overview

What the MaxiPublica Zapier integration is for

The MaxiPublica Zapier integration connects your MaxiPublica account to your other tools through Zapier. MaxiPublica publishes new and used car inventory on more than 35 classified sites and social networks and gathers the leads they bring. Zapier takes each new lead and hands it to the app you choose.

Three things to build on the New Question trigger. A single lead log: every new lead becomes a row in a spreadsheet, so you can sort, count and share them without logging in to MaxiPublica. A quick heads-up: the same event sends a short message to your team chat, with the lead's details, so whoever is free can pick it up. A cleaner pipeline: the lead lands as a record in the CRM where your follow-up already happens, instead of being copied by hand.

Now what Zapier does not do for MaxiPublica. It offers no action and no search, so a Zap can read leads from MaxiPublica but never write anything back: no updating a lead, no changing a listing, no looking up something that already exists. Every write happens in another app. Note also the naming: the trigger is called New Question, yet Zapier describes it as firing on a new lead, so check at the test what it brings back.

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Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary, the short version

Eight terms come up on this page. Here they are once, in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build in Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it. Here it is New Question.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in an app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task is one action your Zap completes successfully, and your plan is a count of them.
Polling vs instant trigger
A polling trigger is checked on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app as soon as the event happens. New Question is instant.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Connection
Your MaxiPublica account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every Zap and every step that needs MaxiPublica.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap that goes beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes one, and it needs a paid plan.
Cost

What a MaxiPublica Zap really costs

The MaxiPublica side costs nothing: the New Question trigger never uses a task, however many leads come in.

  • New Question trigger0 tasks
  • Each successful action1 task
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
  • Premium appNo, works on the free plan

You pay in tasks for the steps after it. Each action that completes counts once, so a Zap with two actions uses twice what a one-action Zap uses, and a failed action is not counted. MaxiPublica is not a premium app: it works on the free plan, which gives 100 tasks a month and as many Zaps as you like, each limited to one trigger and one action. A filter or a second action makes the Zap multi-step, and that takes a paid plan. The grid below is how often Zapier checks a polling trigger on each plan; it does not apply to New Question, which is instant whatever your plan.

Connect

Connect MaxiPublica to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. Before you start, you need a MaxiPublica account of your own, plus access to anything owned by someone else that the Zap should read.

  2. 02

    Pick MaxiPublica

    Type MaxiPublica in the search box of the dialog, select it in the results, then click Add connection. A new browser tab opens on the MaxiPublica side, where the sign-in happens.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log in to MaxiPublica in that tab and allow Zapier to reach your account. The connection then shows on the Apps page, and every MaxiPublica step in every Zap can reuse it.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a lead log in your spreadsheet

GoalEach new MaxiPublica lead that passes your filter becomes a row in your spreadsheet.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Start a new Zap and choose MaxiPublica as the app that starts it. Pick New Question as the event and select the connection you made earlier.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items from your account, so you can map the next steps on a real lead rather than a blank.

  3. 03

    Add the filter

    Click the plus icon, add Filter and fill its three boxes: the field to look at, the rule, the value to compare with. This step makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

  4. 04

    Add the spreadsheet step

    Add your spreadsheet app, choose the event that adds a row, and map the lead's details into the columns. Test it once and read the row it created.

  5. 05

    Publish

    Click Publish to switch the Zap on. From then on, each new lead goes through the filter and, when it passes, lands in the sheet without you touching it.

Triggers

The MaxiPublica trigger

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

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New Question

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new lead is created.”

Starts your Zap each time MaxiPublica creates a new lead, and passes that lead's details to the steps that follow.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
when leads gathered from your car listings should reach the place your team actually works, such as a sheet, a chat channel or a CRM.
Watch out
the name says question but Zapier describes a new lead, so read what the test returns before you map any field.
When it breaks

When a MaxiPublica Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to MaxiPublica, so the cases below are the general Zapier limits that apply to this trigger.

Here are the general limits to know: several are things the Zap does not do rather than errors. If something looks off, start with our Zapier troubleshooting guide.

  • Older leads never arrive

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Leads already in MaxiPublica are not picked up; moving them is a separate job.

  • The Zap keeps restarting itself

    As a general precaution: a Zap that writes into the very place its own trigger watches can set itself off again and again, and eats your tasks.

  • A big batch gets held back

    When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold it back.

  • Two steps, then the wall

    On the free plan a Zap stops at one trigger and one action. Adding a filter or a second action turns it multi-step, which needs a paid plan.
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FAQ

MaxiPublica and Zapier: the questions people ask

01Is the MaxiPublica Zapier integration free?
Yes, on Zapier's free plan. MaxiPublica is not a premium app, so you can use it without paying Zapier anything. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and an unlimited number of Zaps, with one catch: each Zap stops at two steps, the New Question trigger plus one action. As soon as you want a filter, or want each lead in a sheet and in your CRM at once, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does a MaxiPublica Zap use?
Nothing for the MaxiPublica part. The New Question trigger never costs a task, however many leads arrive. Zapier counts one task per action that completes successfully, so a Zap that adds a spreadsheet row for each lead uses one task per lead. Put two actions after it and each lead costs two. An action that fails is not counted, and a few apps and actions take more than one task, so check the apps you put after MaxiPublica.
03Does MaxiPublica send leads to Zapier in real time?
Yes. New Question is an instant trigger: MaxiPublica reports the new lead to Zapier itself, and the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan. The interval grid that Zapier applies to polling triggers, from 15 minutes on the free plan down to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, does not concern it. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt, which is a quick way to confirm it.
04What do you need to connect MaxiPublica to Zapier?
A MaxiPublica account you can sign in to, plus access to anything owned by a colleague that the Zap should read. The connection itself is three moves: open Apps in Zapier, click + Add connection, pick MaxiPublica and sign in on the tab that opens, then grant Zapier access. The New Question trigger asks for no required field, so once the connection exists you can test it straight away and map a real lead.
05Why is the MaxiPublica trigger called New Question if it sends leads?
That is simply how the app labels it on Zapier: the event is named New Question, while its official description says it fires when a new lead is created. In practice, pick New Question when you want MaxiPublica leads in another app. Before mapping anything, run the test and read what comes back: Zapier brings the three most recent items of your account, which shows exactly what each lead carries.
06What if the MaxiPublica operation you need is missing?
Then Zapier cannot do it on the MaxiPublica side. Its MaxiPublica app offers one trigger, New Question, with no action and no search, so a Zap cannot update a lead, edit a car listing or look anything up in MaxiPublica. What you can do is everything after the trigger, in any other app of your Zap. Anything that has to change inside MaxiPublica stays a manual step there, done by hand in the app.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for MaxiPublica?
Pick by criteria rather than a ranking. First, the connector: this page covers only what Zapier offers for MaxiPublica, so check that the other tool has a ready-made MaxiPublica module before you switch. Second, where your other automations already run, since one place is easier to maintain. Third, the shape of your flow: on Zapier, anything beyond one trigger and one action needs a paid plan, which matters when New Question plus a single step is all you need.
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