
ApproveThis manages your CustomerHub Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: It Operations Education
When Approval Processes Meet Customer Management
Let’s be real: nothing kills momentum faster than chasing down approvals across six different tools. Especially when you're managing customers, courses, or memberships in CustomerHub. That’s where ApproveThis comes in – like a traffic cop for your decision-making processes. Connect them through Zapier, and suddenly those "Hey, did you approve this?" Slack messages start disappearing.
Why This Combo Works (Beyond Just Saving Time)
CustomerHub helps you sell knowledge products smoothly. ApproveThis makes sure the right people actually see the decisions needing their attention. Together, they solve two big problems for teams scaling past 50 employees:
- No more approval black holes: Requests don’t die in inboxes between systems
- Fewer compliance headaches: Audit trails automatically connect approvals to customer actions
Take a training company launching a new course. Without this integration: course leads get uploaded to CustomerHub, someone forgets to email the legal team for review, and suddenly you’ve got a compliance mess. With the integration? Legal gets auto-prompted in ApproveThis the second the lead list hits CustomerHub.
Real Uses for Real Businesses
1. Keeping New Customer Accounts in Check
When: Every time a new user pops up in CustomerHub
Why it matters: B2B companies vetting enterprise clients, membership sites screening applicants
How it plays out:
A consulting firm uses CustomerHub for client portals. Their sales team adds a new Fortune 500 client. Instead of manually notifying the security team to review access levels, ApproveThis automatically:
- Routes NDAs to legal
- Pings IT to set up restricted data folders
- Only activates the client portal after all approvals check out
2. Closing the Loop on Customer Updates
When: Approvals directly update customer records
Why it matters: Agencies changing project scopes, SaaS companies adjusting contract terms
Actual example:
A marketing agency uses CustomerHub to manage client dashboards. When a project manager requests a scope change:
1. Request hits ApproveThis
2. Account lead approves budget increase
3. CustomerHub auto-updates the client’s portal with new deliverables
No more "Wait, did we tell the client about this change?"
3. Guarding Sensitive Files Like a Nightclub Bouncer
When: Someone downloads a file from CustomerHub
Why it matters: Law firms sharing case docs, coaches handling proprietary content
Here’s the flow for a certification body:
- Trainee downloads exam materials from CustomerHub
- ApproveThis instantly checks if they’ve completed prerequisites
- If not? Download blocked until training manager approves
Bonus: All download attempts get logged with approval status for audits
The Nuts and Bolts of Setting This Up
Translation: This isn’t some 3-week IT project. If you can order a pizza online, you can connect these tools.
Steps:
1. Grab a Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Pick your trigger in CustomerHub (new user, file download, etc.)
3. Choose ApproveThis as the action app
4. Map CustomerHub data to approval fields
Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’s calculated fields to auto-flag high-risk requests. Like if a new CustomerHub user’s deal size exceeds $50K, route to execs automatically.
Who Benefits Most (Besides Your Sanity)
Operations Teams: Stop playing phone tag between departments. Approval rules ensure CustomerHub data changes only happen after proper sign-off.
Finance Teams: Connect CustomerHub purchase data to approval thresholds. Example: Auto-approve customer refunds under $500, but require CFO review for larger amounts.
Compliance Officers: Every approval ties directly to CustomerHub activity logs. Makes auditing a search instead of a scavenger hunt.
External Partners: Client needs to approve a contract update in CustomerHub? They can approve via email without getting a CustomerHub login. (Your CS team will send you thank-you cookies.)
Features You’ll Actually Use
Beyond basic approvals, this combo lets you:
- Delegate approvals when team members are OOO (no more “Sorry, I was on PTO” delays)
- Set auto-approvals for routine CustomerHub updates under certain conditions
- Use conditional routing (e.g., route high-tier customers to senior approvers)
Example: A SaaS company uses approval thresholds to fast-track feature requests from their CustomerHub enterprise plan users. Requests under $10k in dev costs auto-approve; bigger asks go to the product board.
Common Questions (Before You Ask)
“Do approvers need CustomerHub access?”
Nope. They approve via email or ApproveThis dashboard. Saves you from buying 50 extra CustomerHub seats.
“What if we change approval rules later?”
Update the workflow in ApproveThis once. It applies to all future CustomerHub triggers automatically.
“Can clients approve things themselves?”
Yes, and they’ll only see what you specify. No accidental access to your whole CustomerHub backend.
Why This Isn’t Just Another Integration
Most app connections just shuffle data. This one actually controls what happens in CustomerHub based on human decisions. It’s like adding a layer of “Are we sure?” before critical changes go live.
For companies between 200-5,000 employees, that’s golden. You keep the agility of a small team while adding the checks bigger orgs need.
Getting Started Without the Overwhelm
Pick one process that currently causes the most approval pain. Maybe it’s new client onboarding in CustomerHub or content download approvals. Connect that single workflow first. You’ll see time savings within a week – then expand to other processes.
Ready to stop being a human router between CustomerHub and your team? Get ApproveThis, connect your CustomerHub account via Zapier, and watch 20% of your meeting agenda items vanish.
Or, if you’re the “show me first” type: book a 15-minute demo. We’ll walk through real examples from companies like yours.
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Best Approval Workflows for CustomerHub
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for CustomerHub
Create approval requests for new customer users
When new users are created in CustomerHub, the automation creates approval requests in ApproveThis to review account details. This integration ensures that new user records are verified before they become active. *Note: Verify that user details are correctly mapped between the systems.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
User Created
Triggers when a new user has been created.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Update customer for new approval requests
When an approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, the automation updates customer records in CustomerHub. This integration ensures that only approved requests lead to customer record modifications. *Note: Confirm that approval criteria align with customer update conditions.*
Zapier Components
Trigger
New Request
Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

Action
Create or Update User
Creates or Updates User in CustomerHub. If Email exists, will update.
Create approval requests for file downloads
When a user downloads a file in CustomerHub, the automation initiates an approval request in ApproveThis to review the file access. This integration offers an additional layer of oversight for sensitive file downloads. *Note: Adjust file sensitivity filters as needed.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
User File Downloaded
Triggers when a user downloads a file.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
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