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Messages and the sale-email list

This is one topic of ShopPilot's help for AI assistants. The whole help, with every topic: https://shoppilot.dev/docs. Each message is shown in English, with the Latvian (LV) and Russian (RU) text the app shows.

Instructions for AI assistants

You are helping a seller who uses ShopPilot, a web app for Etsy print-on-demand sellers. This page is ShopPilot's own reference for every message sellers can see in the app and every question sellers ask. Use it as your source of truth for anything about ShopPilot.

Find out what happened. Ask for the exact message (copied text or a screenshot), the page or tab they were on, what they pressed just before, Windows or Mac, which browser, and which shop if they run several. A trial or a paid plan matters for limits.
Find the entry. Search this page for the exact message. Parts in {…} or {1} are filled in at run time (a shop name, a number, a file name), so match on the fixed words around them. The app also runs in Latvian and Russian: the message index pages give every message in all three languages with the entry it belongs to. If you cannot open them, translate the message and match it by meaning.
Answer with the entry. Follow its "Fix" steps in order and use the on-screen names exactly. If the seller uses the app in Latvian or Russian, give the names in their language too (see the glossary). Answer in the seller's language.
Safety. Never ask for or accept a password, the full ShopPilot key (it starts with SP-), Etsy login details, or a supplier (Alerio, Gelato) login or API key. If the seller already pasted one into the chat, tell them to treat it as exposed: change a password right away, and for a ShopPilot key email support@shoppilot.dev with the subject SECURITY. You cannot look into a seller's account. Take the retry warnings seriously: some actions can make a duplicate Etsy listing or a duplicate supplier order.
Hand over to a person when an entry says "Contact ShopPilot support", for payments and billing questions about a specific charge, a lost key or account access, anything that looks like a security problem, or when nothing on this page matches. Tell the seller what to send (see "Contact ShopPilot support").
Do not guess. If this page does not cover it, say so and point the seller to support. Do not invent buttons, settings, limits or prices. For prices and plans, link https://shoppilot.dev/pricing. Every page, tab and button a seller can use is named in this page's "How it works" lists and "Fix" steps. Only send the seller to places named there. Do not build a step from the words of an error message: if a message names a place that this page does not describe, do not send the seller there.
Etsy decides Etsy things. ShopPilot cannot change Etsy's decisions (shop suspensions, removed listings, fees, payouts, Etsy account settings). Send those to Etsy's own help.

Contact ShopPilot support

Email: support@shoppilot.dev
Phone: +371 20307020 (call or text)
Discord: bnb.vilna or metinatajs1
WhatsApp community: the "WhatsApp community" link in the app and on https://shoppilot.dev/support. Other sellers answer quick questions there too.
Send: your account email, the exact message (or a screenshot), what you did just before, which shop, Windows or Mac, and which browser.
Never send: your password, your full ShopPilot key, or the login details for Etsy or your supplier.
Security problems: email support@shoppilot.dev with the subject SECURITY. Say when it happened, which account, and what you saw. If a password or key got out, change it right away.
Privacy requests (export your data, disconnect Etsy, delete your account): "Account & Privacy" in the app.

How it works

ShopPilot does not show your Etsy buyer conversations, and the left menu has no "Messages" item. Etsy's inbox can only be opened in your Etsy seller dashboard: read and answer buyer messages in Etsy (Shop Manager, Messages). ShopPilot does not write or send replies to buyers.
What you may mean by "messages" in ShopPilot is usually the list of Etsy sale emails in Auto Orders: on the Auto Orders page open "Filters" and choose the tab "Emails". It lists every email that reached the mailboxes linked to your shops (Gmail, Outlook or inbox.lv), from all your shops, and the saved .eml files you added. Each row says when it arrived, what it was, for which shop, and for an email that was not used, why and what to do.
Row labels: "Order" (a sale ShopPilot used; the title reads "Order #..." or "A sale"), "Check" with the title "Test email" (an old connection test email; nothing to do), "Already had it" (the same sale email arrived twice), "Not used" (for any other email, with the reason). The small grey text says where it was read: "read from Gmail", "read from Outlook", "read from inbox.lv" or "added by you".
Buttons on the Emails tab: "Check for new email", "Add saved emails" (for a sale from before: open Etsy's email, click the three dots, then Download message, and add the file here) and "Show all ..." when the list is long. A new sale email shows within a minute of arriving.
inbox.lv: on a shop's page under Auto Orders "Settings", "Sale emails", the card "Connect this shop's inbox.lv" takes the shop's inbox.lv address and an app password created in inbox.lv (not your normal password). "Connect inbox.lv" connects it ("Connecting…", then "inbox.lv connected."); "Check now" reads it at once. When inbox.lv stops accepting the saved app password the card becomes "Connect this shop's inbox.lv again" and asks you to paste a new one. The password is not kept on the page.
Linking Gmail or Outlook and other sale-email problems are in the Auto Orders section.

Problems and errors

Where are my Etsy buyer messages?

ID: messages-retired

Seen as:

You look for a "Messages" page or a buyer inbox in ShopPilot and cannot find one.

People say: "where is the Messages page", "I cannot read my Etsy messages in ShopPilot", "can ShopPilot answer my buyers", "AI reply to buyers"

Why: ShopPilot has no buyer-message feature, and the left menu has no "Messages" item. Etsy's inbox can only be opened in your Etsy seller dashboard.

Fix:

Open Etsy (Shop Manager, then Messages) to read and answer buyers.
If you want help wording a reply, copy the buyer's text into any AI assistant of your choice, then paste the answer into Etsy yourself.

Notes: ShopPilot does not send messages to buyers.

The Emails list: "Nothing has arrived yet", "Already had it" or "Could not read the inbox.lv mailbox"

ID: messages-sale-emails

Seen as:

"Nothing has arrived yet. An email turns up here within a minute of being sent."
LV: "Vēl nekas nav pienācis. E-pasts šeit parādās minūtes laikā pēc nosūtīšanas."
RU: "Пока ничего не пришло. Письмо появляется здесь в течение минуты после отправки."
"Already had it"
LV: "Jau bija"
RU: "Уже был"
"Could not read the inbox.lv mailbox"
LV: "Neizdevās nolasīt inbox.lv pastkasti"
RU: "Не удалось прочитать почтовый ящик inbox.lv"
"An email"
LV: "E-pasts"
RU: "Письмо"
"A sale"
LV: "Pārdošana"
RU: "Продажа"
"Test email"
LV: "Testa e-pasts"
RU: "Тестовое письмо"
"read from Gmail"
LV: "nolasīts no Gmail"
RU: "прочитано из Gmail"
"read from Outlook"
LV: "nolasīts no Outlook"
RU: "прочитано из Outlook"
"read from inbox.lv"
LV: "nolasīts no inbox.lv"
RU: "прочитано из inbox.lv"
"Connect inbox.lv"
LV: "Pieslēgt inbox.lv"
RU: "Подключить inbox.lv"
"Connect this shop’s inbox.lv"
LV: "Pieslēdziet šī veikala inbox.lv"
RU: "Подключите inbox.lv этого магазина"
"Connect this shop’s inbox.lv again"
LV: "Pieslēdziet šī veikala inbox.lv vēlreiz"
RU: "Подключите inbox.lv этого магазина ещё раз"
"Connecting…"
LV: "Pieslēdz…"
RU: "Подключение…"
"inbox.lv connected."
LV: "inbox.lv pievienots."
RU: "inbox.lv подключён."
"Paste a new app password below to keep getting its sales."
LV: "Ielīmējiet zemāk jaunu lietotnes paroli, lai turpinātu saņemt tā pārdošanas."
RU: "Вставьте ниже новый пароль приложения, чтобы и дальше получать его продажи."

People say: "Nothing has arrived yet", "the Emails tab is empty", "Already had it", "Could not read the inbox.lv mailbox", "Connect this shop's inbox.lv again"

Why: "Nothing has arrived yet. An email turns up here within a minute of being sent." means no sale email has been read yet: no mailbox is linked for the shop, Etsy's sale email goes to a different address, or no sale has come in. "Already had it" is not a problem: ShopPilot already had that sale email and ignored the second copy. "Could not read the inbox.lv mailbox" appears when "Check now" fails: inbox.lv did not answer, or it no longer accepts the saved app password. "Connect this shop's inbox.lv again" means the saved app password was refused.

Fix:

Open Auto Orders "Settings", "Sale emails", choose the shop and check that its mailbox is linked (the shop's row shows a pill such as "Gmail linked", "Outlook linked" or "inbox.lv linked").
Make sure Etsy sends the shop's sale emails to that mailbox, then press "Check for new email".
inbox.lv: wait a few minutes and press "Check now". If the card asks you to connect again, create a new app password in your inbox.lv account settings, paste it in the card and press "Connect inbox.lv".
For a sale from before the mailbox was linked, use "Add saved emails" with the saved Etsy email (.eml file).

If still stuck: contact ShopPilot support with the shop name and what the row or pill says. Never send the mailbox password.

Notes: Reading mail does not send anything to buyers or Etsy.

Common questions

Q: Can I read or answer my Etsy buyer messages in ShopPilot?

A: No. Etsy's inbox can only be opened in your Etsy seller dashboard (Shop Manager, Messages).

Q: Is there an AI that writes replies to buyers?

A: No. ShopPilot does not write or send replies to buyers. You can paste the buyer's text into any AI assistant and copy the answer into Etsy yourself.

Q: What is the "Emails" tab on Auto Orders?

A: A list of the Etsy sale emails ShopPilot read from your linked mailboxes, with what each one was and, for the ones it did not use, why. Open it with "Filters" on the Auto Orders page, tab "Emails".

Q: What does "Already had it" mean?

A: ShopPilot already had that sale email, so it ignored the repeat. Nothing to fix.

Q: How long does a sale email take to show?

A: Usually within a minute of arriving in the linked mailbox. Press "Check for new email" to look at once.

Q: How do I add an older sale?

A: Open the sale email in your mailbox, download it as a file (.eml), then press "Add saved emails" on the Emails tab and choose the file.

Q: Which mailboxes can ShopPilot read?

A: Gmail, Outlook and inbox.lv, linked for each shop under Auto Orders "Settings", "Sale emails". You can also add saved .eml files by hand.