ApproveThis manages your Duda Integration approvals.

When Website Building Meets Sane Approval Processes

Let's be real – building client websites is messy enough without chasing down 17 email threads for that "final-final-v3-approved" signoff. Duda's great at making sites, ApproveThis is great at wrangling decisions. Together? You get to actually ship work instead of playing approval whack-a-mole.

Here's the deal: Your web team's stuck between clients who change their minds and internal stakeholders who need to greenlight everything. Without a system, you're either bottlenecked or risking public-facing oopsies. This integration fixes that by making approvals part of the workflow, not the thing that derails it.

Why This Combo Works (Besides Saving Your Sanity)

Duda handles the pixels. ApproveThis handles the politics. Connect them through Zapier, and you get:

Actual Deadlines, Not "When You Get To It"

Clients don't care that your designer's on PTO. ApproveThis auto-reassigns approvals so a vacation doesn't turn into a project delay. Plus, every Duda change request gets logged where everyone can see it – no more "I never saw that email" excuses.

Client Proofing That Doesn't Suck

Your Duda site's ready for review? ApproveThis sends a branded email with one-click approve/reject – no logins, no passwords. Clients can't claim the interface confused them (again). And if they ghost? Automatic reminders on your schedule, not theirs.

Scale Without the Headaches

Adding 10 new clients doesn't mean 10 new approval messes. Set rules like "Design changes under $500 auto-approve" or "Legal must review all blog posts". Now your team's not babysitting minor requests.

Real Uses for Actual Humans (Not Just "Businesses")

1. Blog Posts That Don't Embarrass You

The Problem: Marketing wrote a spicy hot take. Legal hasn't seen it. It's already live because someone clicked publish early.

The Fix: Connect Duda's "Blog Post Published" trigger to ApproveThis. Now every post automatically pings compliance for review before it goes live. If denied, it's pulled automatically – no manual cleanup.

Who Cares: Healthcare agencies, financial services, anyone with compliance teams who enjoy not being sued.

2. Client Onboarding That Doesn't Take 47 Steps

The Problem: New client signed? Great. Now manually add them to Duda, your project mgmt tool, accounting...

The Fix: When ApproveThis gets a "New Client Approval", auto-create their Duda client profile. Include their approved site specs so your team's not guessing which "John Smith" this is.

Who Cares: Agencies onboarding 20+ clients/month. Freelancers who hate admin work.

3. Form Submissions That Don't Get Lost

The Problem: Client submits a Duda form asking for urgent changes. It sits in someone's inbox for days.

The Fix: Pipe every form response into ApproveThis as a task. Route it to the right team based on keywords (e.g., "refund" → finance, "SEO" → marketing). Approvers get it in their queue, not buried under 200 other emails.

Who Cares: E-commerce teams handling support requests. Service businesses with intake forms.

4. Post-Approval Cleanup on Autopilot

The Problem: After approval, someone has to manually update Duda collections with the new data. They forget. Data gets messy.

The Fix: When ApproveThis marks a request approved, auto-add that data to Duda collections. Keeps client sites updated without human error.

Who Cares: Teams managing product catalogs, event listings, any data-heavy sites.

Setting This Up Without Losing a Day

If you can make a sandwich, you can connect these tools:

1. Go to Zapier, make an account (free tier works)
2. Pick a trigger from Duda (like "New Form Response")
3. Choose ApproveThis as the action ("Create Request")
4. Map the fields – e.g., form response → approval notes
5. Test it with a real request. Tweak if needed. Done.

Pro Tip: Start with one workflow (like blog approvals). Once that's smooth, add others. No need to boil the ocean.

Who Actually Benefits (Besides Your CEO)

Marketing Teams:

Stop playing editor-for-hire. Set rules like "All blog posts need legal + CMO approval" in ApproveThis. Duda holds the draft until both sign off. No more last-minute takedowns because someone skipped steps.

Ops Managers:

Track approval bottlenecks in real dashboards. See if legal's always the holdup? Maybe they need more staff. Or set higher auto-approve thresholds. Data > guessing.

Client Services:

Clients see you as ultra-responsive because approvals happen in hours, not weeks. Plus, they only interact with clean ApproveThis emails – not your internal Duda backend.

The Part Where We Tell You to Try It

Look, you could keep herding approvals via email. Or you could set this up in an afternoon and actually hit deadlines for once. ApproveThis works because:

• Approvers don't need Duda logins (huge for clients)
• It's flexible – simple or complex workflows
• You're already using Zapier for other stuff

Get started free, or if you're the "talk to a human" type, book a demo. Either way, stop letting approvals be the reason projects stall.

Wait, What About [Thing You're Worried About]?

Security: ApproveThis is SOC 2 compliant. Duda's no slouch either. Your client data's safer here than in email.

Cost: ApproveThis doesn't charge for external approvers. So clients/contractors don't eat up licenses.

Learning Curve: If your team can use Duda, they'll get ApproveThis. It's literally buttons that say "Approve" or "Deny."