❖ Automations

The follow-ups your bakery forgets, handled.

Review requests, pickup reminders, deposit and balance nudges — drafted by Buddy off your real orders, approved by you. Or let them send hands-free within your own daytime window.

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Review request → Emma R.✦ Buddy

Hi Emma! So glad the birthday cake was a hit 🎂 If you have a moment, a quick review means the world to a small studio like ours…

Approve & sendEdit
EDIT THE DRAFT, THEN APPROVE — OR GO HANDS-FREE
❖ What it does

The busywork, off your plate

Review requests & reminders

Buddy watches your orders and drafts the right message at the right moment — a review ask after pickup, a nudge when a deposit is due.

An approval inbox

Every draft lands in one place. Tweak the wording and approve, so nothing goes out in a voice that isn't yours.

Build one in plain English

Describe the follow-up you want and Buddy sets up the automation. No rules engine, no if-this-then-that to wire up.

Never at 3am

Auto-sends are gated to a 9am–7pm window in your bakery's own timezone, so customers only ever hear from you at a human hour.

❖ How it works

Two are already on. All of it is pay-as-you-go.

Review Requests and Pickup Reminders come switched on out of the box. Birthday rebooking and deposit/balance follow-ups are there when you want them. There's no monthly add-on — automation emails are pay-as-you-go at 2¢ each, so a quiet month costs you nothing.

1

An order hits a trigger

It's fulfilled, a pickup is tomorrow, or a deposit just came due — Buddy notices.

2

Buddy drafts the email

Written from the order's real details in your bakery's voice, ready to read.

3

You approve — or don't touch it

Send it yourself from the inbox, or set the automation hands-free and let it go out on time.

❖ Early access

Stop remembering to follow up.

Let Buddy draft the review requests and reminders that keep customers coming back — while you stay in the kitchen. Join the waitlist for early access.

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❖ FAQ

Common Questions

Which automations are on by default?

Review Requests and Pickup Reminders are enabled out of the box on every plan. Birthday Rebooking and Deposit/Balance reminders are there when you switch them on. Every automation email costs 2¢, drawn from your Buddy Balance — the same wallet that covers AI — and you can top it up any time.

Can I edit an email before it sends?

Yes. Every automation can run in review mode, where Buddy's draft lands in an approval inbox for you to edit and approve before anything reaches a customer. You can also set an automation fully hands-free.

Will customers get emails at odd hours?

No. Hands-free sends are gated to a 9am–7pm window in your bakery's own timezone, so a reminder never lands overnight — even though the engine runs on a fixed daily schedule.

How is this different from a mass email tool?

Automations are triggered by what's actually happening in your bakery — a fulfilled order, an upcoming pickup, a due deposit — and personalized from that order. For one-off blasts to a segment, that's Email Campaigns.