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ApproveThis manages your ZyraTalk Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Customer Support

Let’s cut to the chase: approvals suck. They’re the speed bumps of business progress – especially when your team’s juggling customer conversations in ZyraTalk while chasing down sign-offs across five different departments. But what if you could automate the “Hey, did you see my email?” follow-ups and focus on actual work?

That’s where connecting ApproveThis and ZyraTalk via Zapier comes in. We’re not talking about another “collaboration solution.” This is about turning your approval processes into silent background tasks while keeping customer interactions front and center.

Why This Combo Doesn’t Just Work – It Actually Solves Problems

ZyraTalk handles the messy reality of customer conversations. ApproveThis handles the bureaucratic reality of getting five people to sign off on things. Together, they make sure those two realities don’t tank your team’s productivity.

Here’s the breakdown:

ZyraTalk’s Play: Real-time chat, customer context, support escalations, lead qualification. Basically, where the actual business conversations happen.

ApproveThis’s Angle: Automates the “We need 3 people to approve this discount/refund/feature request” chain that inevitably follows those conversations.

The magic happens in the handoff. When ZyraTalk flags a conversation that needs sign-off (say, a 20% discount request from a high-value client), ApproveThis automatically routes it to the right people – without anyone copying/pasting Slack messages.

Three Ways This Integration Actually Gets Used (No Fluff)

1. Customer Support Teams: Stop Playing Approval Telephone

Scenario: A support agent in ZyraTalk gets a request that’s outside standard policy – maybe a warranty exception or custom contract terms. Instead of the agent having to:

  • Ping their manager on Slack
  • Forward the chat history
  • Follow up three times

The Zapier integration automatically creates an approval request with the chat transcript, customer history, and any internal notes. Approvers get everything in one email (which they can approve/reject without logging into ZyraTalk). Once resolved, the decision auto-populates back into the ZyraTalk chat thread.

Real Impact: Support teams at SaaS companies using this combo have cut resolution time on escalated tickets by 40%. Because nobody’s waiting for someone to check their inbox.

2. Marketing Teams: Kill Campaign Gridlock

ZyraTalk isn’t just for support – it’s where sales teams capture lead requests that need marketing input. Imagine a prospect in a sales chat asking for a custom demo scenario. The AE needs marketing to approve resources for a one-off webinar.

Instead of the AE emailing three people and CC’ing the sales director, the integration:

  • Creates an approval request with the chat context
  • Routes it based on budget thresholds (under $5k? Auto-approve. Over? Escalate.)
  • Updates the ZyraTalk chat with the decision so the AE can respond instantly

Bonus: ApproveThis’s calculated fields let you auto-approve common requests (like swag send-outs under $200) while flagging exceptions.

3. Operations Teams: Audit Trails That Don’t Require a PhD to Track

Every compliance officer’s nightmare: critical approvals buried in chat logs and email threads. The integration creates a clean thread between ZyraTalk interactions and their approval outcomes.

Example: A procurement team uses ZyraTalk to discuss vendor contracts with stakeholders. The integration triggers approval workflows for any vendor commitment over $10k, with:

- Full chat history attached
- Sequential approvals (legal → finance → VP)
- Automatic delegation if someone’s OOO

Post-approval, the contract details get added back to ZyraTalk as a timestamped comment. No more “Who approved this?” retro meetings.

Setup That Doesn’t Require IT (We Promise)

If you can set up a Slack channel, you can connect these two. Here’s the 30-second version:

1. In Zapier, choose ZyraTalk as your trigger app (e.g., “New Chat Flagged for Approval”)
2. Pick ApproveThis as your action app (“Create Approval Request”)
3. Map the key ZyraTalk data (chat transcript, user ID, tags) to ApproveThis fields
4. Test with a $0 threshold approval to see it flow through

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’s conditional logic to route based on ZyraTalk tags. Support tickets tagged “refund” go to finance, “feature request” go to product, etc.

The Silent Benefits Your Team Will Actually Notice

Beyond the obvious time saves, there’s some under-the-hood stuff that makes this work:

Approvers Don’t Need ZyraTalk Logins: External clients or execs can approve/reject via email without getting access to your chat platform. Fewer SaaS seats = fewer budget convos.

Vacation Coverage That Works: ApproveThis auto-reassigns approvals if someone’s OOO. No more “Sorry, I was on PTO” delays in ZyraTalk threads.

Audit Trails That Make Sense: Every approval decision in ApproveThis links back to the original ZyraTalk chat. Compliance teams can actually smile for once.

When to Steal This Setup (And When to Skip It)

This integration makes sense if:

- Your team uses ZyraTalk for customer-facing or internal decision chats
- You have 3+ approval steps for common requests (discounts, contracts, content)
- Different departments need to sign off on the same conversation

It’s overkill if you’re approving 1-2 simple things per week. But if ZyraTalk’s where your business conversations live, and those conversations keep getting stuck in approval limbo – this cuts the bottleneck.

TL;DR – What You’re Actually Here For

Connecting ZyraTalk and ApproveThis via Zapier:

- Automates approval routing from customer chats
- Embeds decisions back into conversations
- Lets approvers work from email (no new logins)
- Creates audit trails without the manual work

Translation: Fewer meetings about approvals, faster responses in ZyraTalk, and way less herding people via Slack.

Ready to Stop Being a Approval Middleman?

If your team’s spending more than 5 hours a week chasing sign-offs for ZyraTalk conversations, it’s time to automate the bureaucracy. ApproveThis integrates with ZyraTalk in about 15 minutes via Zapier – no code needed.

Book a live demo to see how it works, or just start a free trial and connect the dots yourself. Your ZyraTalk chats (and your sanity) will thank you.

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Best Approval Workflows for ZyraTalk

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for ZyraTalk

Create approval requests for new ZyraTalk interactions

When new chat data is detected in ZyraTalk, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis to streamline decision making. It ensures that important chat interactions are reviewed for quality or compliance. *Note: Customize required fields as needed.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

Fetch Interaction Data

Triggers when new chat data insert.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Append approval data for new requests to ZyraTalk chats

When a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this integration appends approval details to a ZyraTalk chat conversation. It enables teams to quickly incorporate decision insights into ongoing chats for better collaboration. *Note: Adjust chat formatting for clarity.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Append Data to the Chat Conversation

Pass Data From Third Party To Zyratalk Chat

Create new engage contacts for approved requests

When an approval request is completed in ApproveThis, this automation creates a new engage contact in ZyraTalk to enhance marketing outreach. The integration ensures that post-approval decisions drive timely customer engagement. *Note: Verify contact information fields match your marketing database.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Create New Engage Contact

New contacts can receive marketing material