Client onboarding after payment
When a client pays, create their Drive folder and send a welcome email with the link.
How it works
Trigger: Stripe — checkout session completed
- Receive the completed checkout from Stripe.
- Create a Google Drive folder named after the client.
- Email the client a welcome message with the folder link and next steps.
Diagram
Trigger App
Build it
Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.
Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder.
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"driveId": {
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"mode": "list"
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"value": "YOUR_CLIENTS_FOLDER_ID",
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"sendTo": "={{ $('Checkout completed').item.json.data.object.customer_details.email }}",
"subject": "Welcome! Here's how we get started",
"emailType": "text",
"message": "=Hi {{ $('Checkout completed').item.json.data.object.customer_details.name }},\n\nThank you for your payment — we're excited to work with you!\n\nYour shared folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/{{ $json.id }}\n\nNext steps:\n1. Upload your brief and assets to the folder.\n2. Book your kickoff call: YOUR_BOOKING_LINK\n\nYOUR_NAME",
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}In Make, create a new scenario and add these modules in order:
- Stripe › Watch Events (checkout completed)
- Google Drive › Create a Folder
- Gmail › Send an Email
- Every module run uses Make operations — the free plan includes a monthly quota.
- Module and step names can differ slightly as Make and Zapier update their apps.
In Zapier, create a new Zap and add these steps in order:
- Stripe — New Event (checkout completed)
- Google Drive — Create Folder
- Gmail — Send Email
- Zaps with more than two steps need a paid Zapier plan.
- Module and step names can differ slightly as Make and Zapier update their apps.
Tips
- Share the folder with the client's email using the Drive node's Share operation.
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