ApproveThis manages your Default Integration approvals.

Why Your Approval Process Needs This Integration

Let's cut to the chase: approvals suck when they involve chasing people through Slack, digging through email chains, or playing phone tag with executives. Default already handles your form submissions and data collection like a champ. ApproveThis? It's the missing piece that turns those submissions into actual decisions.

When you connect Default and ApproveThis through Zapier, you're essentially building a highway between data collection and decision-making. Marketing needs content approved? HR processing new hires? Finance handling invoices? This integration slaps expiration dates on bottlenecks.

Here's what nobody tells you about approvals: The real cost isn't the time spent clicking "approve." It's the hidden downtime while requests gather dust in inboxes. Combine Default's form-building muscle with ApproveThis' routing intelligence, and suddenly every team gets a system that matches their actual workflow – not some HR consultant's fantasy.

How This Combo Beats Manual Processes

Default's great at capturing data. ApproveThis is great at forcing decisions. Together? They handle the messy middle that usually requires interns playing detective.

Example: Your sales team uses Default forms for discount requests. Without automation, these either blast everyone's email or get stuck waiting for the one VP who's always on vacation. Connect the two platforms, and suddenly:

• Form submissions become approval tasks with deadlines
• Approvers get nudged automatically (no awkward follow-up calls)
• Everyone sees the request history – no more "I never got that email"

The kicker? Approvers don't need a Default login. Client needs to approve a contract? Vendor waiting on PO approval? Send them an ApproveThis link and call it a day.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. Marketing Teams: Kill Content Gridlock

Your agency uses Default forms for client content submissions. Problem? Every blog post needs three stakeholders' approval, and clients take days to respond. Connect the form to ApproveThis and:

• Submissions auto-create approval tasks
• Clients get email approvals (they can literally reply "YES")
• Miss the deadline? Escalate automatically to their boss

Actual result: That "final review" phase stops adding weeks to your timeline.

2. Finance Departments: Expense Reports That Don't Inspire Mutiny

Employees submit expenses via Default. Your team needs receipts, manager approvals, and maybe even tax sign-off. With ApproveThis:

– Expenses over $500 auto-route to senior managers
– Receipt missing? Flag it before the request even hits finance
– Approvers get a clean summary – no digging through attachments

Bonus: Set up calculated fields to auto-approve recurring expenses under threshold.

3. Operations: Procurement Without the Papercuts

Field teams submit equipment requests through Default. Normally requires facilities, IT, and department head sign-offs. With the integration:

– Requests route sequentially (facilities first, IT second)
– Auto-reassign if someone's OOO
– Denied? Send a pre-built response through Default automatically

Translation: Less "Where's that purchase order?" More actual work getting done.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can make toast, you can set this up:

1. Connect the Apps: Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Trigger: Choose Default's "New Form Submission"
3. Action: Select ApproveThis' "Create Request"
4. Map Fields: Drag-and-drop form data into approval tasks
5. Test: Submit a form. If your phone dings with an approval request, you win.

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' conditional logic to handle edge cases:
– Auto-approve requests under $1k
– Route high-risk items to legal automatically
– Add comment requirements for denials

Why This Isn't Just Another Integration

Most app integrations just move data. This one actually changes how decisions happen:

For Leadership

Get visibility without micromanaging. The dashboard shows bottlenecks in real time – is marketing approvals taking 3 days? Now you know why Q1 campaigns launched late.

For Admins

Set up once and forget. Vacation delegation means no more emergency access requests. Approval groups handle team turnover smoothly.

For Approvers

Approve via email. Reply with comments if needed. No new logins. No hunting for context.

The Nuts and Bolts You Care About

Security: ApproveThis uses role-based access. Janitorial staff won't see CFO-level approvals accidentally.

Scale: Handles 50 requests/month or 50,000. Same workflow.

Audits: Every decision timestamped and logged. Compliance teams love this.

Mobile: Approvers can review PDFs, contracts, or specs right in the approval interface.

When to Consider Alternatives

This integration isn't magic fairy dust. Don't bother if:

– Your approval process changes daily (fix that first)
– You need real-time document collaboration (this handles approval, not editing)
– All approvers live in Default already (but seriously – they don't)

Bottom Line

Default collects data. ApproveThis forces decisions. Together? They turn "Where are we on this?" into "Here's the decision, next steps are already moving."

The setup takes 20 minutes. The time saved? For a 100-person company, that's about 78 hours/month not spent chasing approvals. Your CFO can do the math on what that's worth.

Next step: Create a free ApproveThis account, connect it to Default, and automate your first approval flow. Or book a demo to see how other teams killed their approval bottlenecks.