ApproveThis manages your Sendoso Integration approvals.

When Boring Approvals Meet Actually Cool Gifts

Let’s be real: nobody wakes up excited to chase down approvals. But sending gifts? That’s the fun part of business. Here’s the problem – most companies treat these like separate universes. Your team wastes days getting sign-offs for client swag boxes or employee rewards, then scrambles to actually send them through tools like Sendoso. What if you could automate the whole cycle?

ApproveThis and Sendoso integration via Zapier turns compliance into autopilot. Approval workflows handle the red tape, Sendoso executes the memorable part. We’re talking about sales teams automatically shipping closing gifts the second a deal gets approved, or HR sending welcome kits without manually tracking 17 signatures.

Why This Combo Works for Mid-Sized Companies

Companies between 50-5,000 employees hit a sweet spot: enough complexity to need real process, but small enough that “this is how we’ve always done it” isn’t an excuse anymore. Here’s what changes when you connect these tools:

• No more gift card regret: Set approval thresholds so a $25 Starbucks eGift auto-approves, but anything over $500 requires CFO review
• External approvers don’t cost you: Clients or vendors can approve Sendoso shipments without needing a seat in your systems

Example: A 200-person SaaS company used to lose 3 days/month getting legal to review conference swag shipments. Now, their ApproveThis workflow pings legal only if the gift includes branded hardware. Sendoso auto-ships approved items same day.

Real Uses for Teams That Hate Wasting Time

Sales Teams: Close Deals, Not Shipping Tickets

Your AE closes a $150K deal. Instead of:

1. Email manager for gift approval
2. Wait 2 days
3. Manually fill Sendoso form
4. Hope accounting doesn’t flag it

They get this:

- Deal closes in CRM > ApproveThis auto-creates request with deal size
- VP auto-approves gifts under $1K
- Sendoso ships $500 bottle of whiskey same day

Key feature: Approval thresholds in ApproveThis mean 80% of gifts never need human review. Sales keeps momentum, finance keeps control.

HR: Onboarding That Doesn’t Suck

New hire’s first day. Instead of:

- IT approves laptop
- Facilities approves desk setup
- HR forgets to send welcome kit

Make it:

- Once all onboarding tasks are approved in ApproveThis
- Sendoso automatically mails branded hoodie + note from CEO
- New hire posts unboxing video on LinkedIn (#BestPlaceToWork)

Why it works: Approval groups in ApproveThis ensure IT, facilities, and HR all sign off before the gift triggers. No single point of failure.

Procurement: Vendor Gifts That Don’t Get You Fired

Sending holiday gifts to suppliers? Without approvals:

- Someone sends $100 gift to a vendor with anti-bribery policies
- Your legal team has a very bad December

Fixed version:

- Procurement submits Sendoso gift list to ApproveThis
- Workflow checks vendor’s compliance status in your CRM
- Auto-denies any gifts to flagged vendors
- Approved ones ship with compliance team CC’d

Secret weapon: ApproveThis’s calculated fields can cross-reference gift value against vendor spend to auto-approve/deny based on your rules.

How to Set This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Zapier’s the glue here. You’ll need:

1. An ApproveThis account (obviously)
2. A Sendoso subscription
3. 15 minutes for the heavy lifting

Basic wiring:

1. In Zapier, create new Zap
2. Trigger: Choose ApproveThis “Request Approved”
3. Action: Select Sendoso “Send Physical Gift”
4. Map fields (approval details > gift recipient)
5. Test with a $5 Starbucks eGift approval (trust us)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’s vacation delegation so summer Fridays don’t bottleneck gift shipments when approvers are OOO.

Why This Isn’t Just Another Integration

Most approval tools stop at “Yes/No.” ApproveThis adds logic that actually understands business rules:

- Conditional routing: Send $10K+ client gifts to CRO, others to sales ops
- Real-time calculations: Auto-approve gifts under 0.1% of deal value
- Audit trails: Every Sendoso shipment ties back to an approval record

Example: A 1,200-employee retail company uses calculated fields to auto-approve vendor gifts up to 2% of annual spend. Sendoso handles the rest, with ApproveThis blocking anything over limit.

The Quiet Part Out Loud

This isn’t about sending more gifts. It’s about sending the right gifts without:

- Finance team interrogating every Sendoso order
- Sales making pinky promises about “I’ll get the approval later”
- HR forgetting to send 30% of new hire packages

For companies scaling past 100 employees, that control is the difference between “we’re professional” and “we’re a $20M company that ships gifts from someone’s Gmail.”

Getting Started (Without the BS)

Pick one process that currently sucks:

- Client gift approvals
- Employee milestone rewards
- Vendor holiday gifts

Map it in ApproveThis (templates help), connect to Sendoso via Zapier, and run one test. You’ll know within 2 hours if this sticks.

Or just book a 15-minute demo to see how other teams killed their approval bottlenecks. No “platform tour” nonsense – just real use cases from companies your size.