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The automation module allows you to create scheduled tasks that run automatically to boost your listings, respond to favourites, and much more.

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Overview

FlowDino automation lets you delegate repetitive actions to scheduled tasks. These tasks are executed by the Chrome extension when the browser is open on the relevant site.

🧩 One automation = one action type across several sites

You configure each action type only once and tick every site it should run on. A single setup is enough where you previously had to create one task per site. Each site still runs separately: if one site hits an error, the others keep going. When you sign up, one automation of each type is created, paused, on all your sites (every 30 minutes): check its settings, then start it.

How it works

Choose an action type, tick the relevant sites and set the frequency

Save: the automation is active by default and starts immediately

Open the relevant site in your browser with the Chrome extension active

The task runs automatically on each site according to the defined schedule

⚠️ Requirements

FlowDino Chrome extension installed and connected
Browser open on the target site during executions
Sales site configured in your FlowDino account
A browser open and signed in to each automated selling account (see "Several accounts and computers")

My automations

📍 My automations

The main automation page shows your automations with their statistics and a configuration report, and lets you manage them.

📊 Global statistics

Summary block at the top of the page. Each site of an automation counts as one task: an automation on 5 sites represents 5 tasks.

Total number of tasks
Active tasks
Paused tasks
Inactive tasks
Tasks in error
Indicators: total runs, average runs per task and activation rate

📋 Configuration report

The report compares your automations with your active sites and points out what is missing:

Automations not configured: the action types you have not set up yet. The "Configure" button opens the creation form with this type already chosen and all your active sites ticked.
Missing sites: for each automation, the active sites it does not run on yet. The "Add sites" button opens the edit form with these sites already ticked.
When everything is configured on all your sites, the report simply shows a confirmation message.

🔍 Filters and search

Filter your automations by:

Status (all, active, inactive, paused, error): an automation is shown as soon as one of its sites has this status
Search by name

🗂️ Automations table

Each row is one automation and shows:

The name, taken from the action type
The action type being run
The sites: one badge per site, coloured by its status (green: active, orange: paused, grey: inactive, red: error)
The rhythm: 🕐 fixed times or ⏱️ interval
The number of actions per run
The overall status of the automation
The next run, across all sites
The action buttons: activate/pause, edit, delete

Actions available on each automation

Each action applies to all the sites of the automation.

✏️ Edit — opens the edit page to change the configuration or add/remove sites
▶️ Activate — sets the automation to active on all its sites
⏸️ Pause — suspends runs on all sites without deleting the configuration
🗑️ Delete — permanently deletes the automation on all its sites (confirmation required)

Create an automation

📍 Create an automation

Form for creating a new automation. All fields marked * are required.

📝 General information

Action type *
Select the action the automation should perform. Each type can only be configured once: types already in use are no longer offered. To add sites to an existing type, edit its automation.

Status
Active by default: the automation starts as soon as it is saved. Choose "Inactive" or "Paused" to prepare it without starting it.

Target sites *
Tick one or more sites, or use "Select all". Under the sites, tick the selling accounts concerned: all are ticked by default, and a task is created for each ticked account, with the same settings. A site with no known account gets a single task, which takes the username of the first account detected. The list only shows your active sites.

⏱️ Scheduling

Repeat every (minutes) *
Sets how often the task runs.
Minimum: 5 minutes — Maximum: 360 minutes (6 hours)

💡 Recommended: 60 to 120 minutes to appear natural on platforms

Fixed times (renewal)
For listing renewal, you can also choose fixed times: the automation runs every day at each of the times you add.

Number of actions *
For views and favourites only: number of actions run per cycle.
Value between 1 and 50

💡 Start with a small quantity (5-10) and increase gradually

❤️ Favourites response configuration

This section only appears if the chosen action type involves a favourites response.

Make an offer when responding
If enabled, the task automatically offers a discount when replying to favourites. Only available for Vinted and Vestiaire Collective: other ticked sites will only send the message.

Discount rate (%)
Percentage discount offered automatically. Value between 0 and 100.

Respond to offers
When enabled, the task also handles received offers: those whose discount does not exceed « Accept offers up to » are accepted, the others are declined with a counter-offer at the « For declined offers, counter-offer at » rate. An item's rates, when set on its form, take precedence over the task's.

Response message *
Message sent automatically when replying to favourites, on all ticked sites.

💡 Write a personalised and friendly message to maximise your conversions

🔄 Renewal settings

This section only appears for listing renewal. The settings are also saved on each ticked site.

Renew in-stock products only — only renews products with a quantity above 0
Age — renews listings not republished for at least X days (1 to 365)
Listings per run — between 1 and 50

Editing an automation

📍 Editing an automation

Editing uses the same form as creation, with the automation's sites already ticked. The saved settings apply to all sites and all their selling accounts.

➕ Ticking a site adds it to the automation: a task is created for each of its selling accounts.
➖ Unticking a site removes the automation from that site: the tasks of all its accounts are deleted when you save. A warning lists the sites concerned before you confirm.
📊 The information block at the bottom of the page adds up the runs of all sites and shows the next run across all sites.

Available action types

Each action type is an automatic operation run by the extension on your sales sites. Each type is configured only once, for all ticked sites.

🔄 Renew

Republishes your listings to bring them back up in search results. You choose the minimum age of listings, the number of listings per run and whether only in-stock products are included. Can be scheduled by interval or at fixed times.

👁️ Views

View exchange between FlowDino members: the extension views other members' listings, fairly distributed, and your listings receive views in return. The volume depends on your plan's quotas.

⭐ Favourites

Favourites exchange between FlowDino members, on the same principle as views. The volume depends on your plan's quotas.

❤️ Reply to favourites

Automatically replies to users who added your listings to their favourites, with a personalised message. On Vinted and Vestiaire Collective, a discount offer can be added. It can also reply automatically to received offers (acceptance or counter-offer).

🗑️ Deletion

Removes from your platforms the listings of deactivated items previously published with FlowDino, so you never sell an item you no longer have.

📦 Sales retrieval

Retrieves your sales from the sales sites so you can find them in FlowDino, on the "My Sales" page.

Several accounts and computers

You can install the FlowDino extension on as many computers and Chrome profiles as you like. There is no computer to designate: each task is run by a browser signed in to the task's selling account.

An automation creates one task per selling account of the site: each account has its own.
An account's task runs in a browser where that account is signed in to the site, with the extension signed in.
If the same account is signed in on several computers, the first available one runs the task: never twice.
If a computer is switched off, another browser signed in to the same account takes over.
Manual publishing, catalogue import, messaging and manual actions work on all your computers.

👥 To automate several accounts of the same site, sign in to each account in a different Chrome profile, with the FlowDino extension.

✏️ Renaming a PC

"Connection" tab, "Name of this PC" field.

Enter a meaningful name, for example "Office" or "Laptop" (50 characters maximum).

Click "Save".

This name appears in "My selling accounts", "Last run" column. If you clear the field and save, the default name without a number comes back.

💡 Tips for effective automation

⏱️ Reasonable frequency

Avoid intervals that are too short (less than 30 min) which could appear suspicious to platforms.

🌐 Browser open

The Chrome extension must be active and the browser open on the target site for tasks to run.

🌍 All your sites at once

Use "Select all" when creating: a single configuration covers all your active sites.

📋 Check the configuration report

Activating a new selling site automatically adds it to all your automations, with one task per account; deactivating it deletes its tasks. The report flags automations still missing an active site (for example if you unticked it) and lets you add it in one click.

📊 Monitor executions

Keep an eye on the colour of the site badges: a red badge flags a site in error that needs checking.