How do I know which notifications were sent? (Notification History)
You can see a full timeline of what notifications have been sent through EasyRoutes with our Notifications History view.
Click either link below for further details specific to the EasyRoutes product you're using:
EasyRoutes for Shopify
To view the notification timeline, open the Actions menu (three dots icon) next to the stop whose notification history you want to check and click View notification history:
A modal will pop up showing you what notifications have been sent and exactly when they were sent:
If there is a successful a notification history event listed here, it corresponds to a successful email and/or SMS notification:
- EasyRoutes email notifications: If this is marked as successfully delivered, then this was sent successfully by our email messaging service. For EasyRoutes email notifications, we strive for high email deliverability, with less than 0.0x% marked as spam on an ongoing basis.
- EasyRoutes SMS notifications: For EasyRoutes SMS notifications, a successful delivery event generally means it was successfully delivered both by our messaging provider and we received a successful delivery confirmation from directly the phone number's local carrier network partner.
- Shopify notifications: Shopify email notifications where you do see a notification event in the Order Timeline also generally indicates that the email was successfully sent. More details can be found in the order timeline directly. Shopify support can generally help validate if there are any deliverability issues related to their email service as well.
For troubleshooting tips related to customers that are mentioning that they do not see a message even though there is successful delivery events, please see the troubleshooting section below. Generally, these messages may be delivered in a way that have landed in a filtered inbox, or to an unexpected place.
For Shopify based notifications, you can also see what notifications have been sent in the Timeline section when viewing an order in Shopify:
Troubleshooting Notification History
I do not see a notification history event
See Troubleshooting Customer Notifications and Tracking Links for full details on this topic.
To troubleshoot scenarios where you do not see a notification history event, review the following:
1. Verify Notification Delivery: First, verify. Use EasyRoutes' Notification History feature to check if a notification was not sent successfully. A "successful event" generally indicates that the email or SMS was delivered.
2. Review Notification Settings: Ensure that the desired notification events (e.g., Delivered, Out for Delivery) are enabled in EasyRoutes settings. For custom stops, confirm that notifications are enabled separately, and the appropriate contact information is provided. These are in different tabs.
3. Confirm Triggering Events: Verify that the actions triggering notifications have been performed. Examples:
- Use the "Mark as Ready" function to send the "Ready for Delivery" notification.
- Ensure drivers start the delivery route to trigger the "Out for Delivery" notification.
4. Address Specific Notification Issues:
- Out for Delivery Notifications: If not received, confirm that the delivery route was started or the stop was marked as "Out for Delivery."
- SMS Notifications: If the "Send SMS to shipping contact phone number" setting is enabled, SMS notifications are sent only to shipping phone numbers. Ensure the correct number is provided.
- "X Stops Away" Notifications: These are sent when the driver is a specified number of stops away. Delivering stops out of sequence and routes that did not start may prevent this notification from triggering. The first x -1 stops also do not receive this event.
I am seeing an error in my notification history
If you notice an error in your notification history, it generally means that EasyRoutes wasn't able to send a notification on your behalf. This is usually due to the lack of a phone number or an email on the stop. For SMS, learn more about how we determine what number to use here. There are rare occasions where we may have a delivery issue related to our messaging provider or carrier and network issues that are captured this way. For additional support, contact us with order, stop, and route details, along with relevant contact information if you confirm that the stop is not missing required contact information.
I am seeing a delivered event in my notification history with no contact information even though I have contact information
It's possible for us to be pulling in notification events for Shopify local delivery orders that correspond to these events, while you have EasyRoutes notifications enabled. Ensure you have unchecked the boxes next to your Local Delivery Notifications in your Shopify Notification Settings to prevent Shopify's built-in notifications sending along with EasyRoutes' emails. And confirm that these events exist on the order's Order Timeline.
My customers are reporting they did not see a notification even though it was successfully sent
If you notice a "successful event" in your notification history, it usually means the email or SMS notification was delivered successfully, but that there are device or connection issues specific to the customer. See below for troubleshooting steps.
Troubleshooting Email Notifications that were successfully sent
For EasyRoutes email notifications, we strive for high email deliverability, with less than 0.0x% marked as spam. Our emails reach most mainstream inboxes like Gmail and Hotmail. However, individual spam filters may differ, leading to rare edge cases.
Regardless, Shopify email notifications where you do see a notification event in the Order Timeline also generally indicates that the email was successfully sent. Shopify support can generally help validate if there are any deliverability issues related to their email service as well.
If your customers or staff aren't receiving email notifications, then tell them to check their spam or junk folder. If the problem persists, ask them to supply an alternate email address using a different email provider.
An email will not be sent to a user if they have unsubscribed from a Roundtrip email in the past, and we generally try to show this error in your notification history:
However, the unsubscribe status of an email may not be known until after the stop notification event is initiated, which may in rare cases result in a successful status shown in Notification History. An end customer can send an email to easyroutes@roundtrip.ai using the unsubscribed email address to resubscribe to Roundtrip emails.
Troubleshooting SMS Notifications that were successfully sent
For EasyRoutes SMS notifications, a successful delivery event generally means it was successfully delivered both by our messaging provider and we received a successful delivery event from their local carrier network partners.
If your customers aren't receiving SMS notifications, provide the following troubleshooting steps if they are confirming that they did not receive a Delivered SMS:
- Can your customer confirm that the number that they expect to receive the message on?
- Can your customer confirm that they checked their filtered or spam SMS folder(s)?
- Devices with these features enabled may store these messages in a separate folder, and these may not trigger a notification.
- Is the customer's destination device powered on?
- Does the device have sufficient signal? If not power the device off, wait 30 seconds, and then power it back up.
- Is the device connected to the home carrier's network? We cannot guarantee message delivery on devices roaming internationally, or off-network.
- Can the device receive non-Twilio SMS at the moment?
For additional support, contact us with order, stop, and route details, along with relevant contact information if the above troubleshooting steps aren't helpful.
It is possible to have false positive delivery reports for international SMS in certain countries. Generally, the troubleshooting steps above are the likely causes for your customer's experience. But once you've confirmed that this issue still persists after reviewing the troubleshooting steps above with your customer, please contact EasyRoutes support with your specific messages where you are seeing an issue and we will work with our messaging provider to investigate further based on all the information that you provide.
EasyRoutes for Web
To view the notification timeline, open the Actions menu (three dots icon) next to the stop whose notification history you want to check and click View notification history:
A modal will pop up showing you what notifications have been sent and exactly when they were sent:
If there is a successful a notification history event listed here, it corresponds to a successful email and/or SMS notification:
- EasyRoutes email notifications: If this is marked as successfully delivered, then this was sent successfully by our email messaging service. For EasyRoutes email notifications, we strive for high email deliverability, with less than 0.0x% marked as spam on an ongoing basis.
- EasyRoutes SMS notifications: For EasyRoutes SMS notifications, a successful delivery event generally means it was successfully delivered both by our messaging provider and we received a successful delivery confirmation from directly the phone number's local carrier network partner.
For troubleshooting tips related to customers that are mentioning that they do not see a message even though there is successful delivery events, please see the troubleshooting section below. Generally, these messages may be delivered in a way that have landed in a filtered inbox, or to an unexpected place.
Troubleshooting Notification History
I do not see a notification history event
See Troubleshooting Customer Notifications and Tracking Links for more on the topic.
I am seeing an error in my notification history
If you notice an error in your notification history, it generally means that EasyRoutes wasn't able to send a notification on your behalf. This is usually due to the lack of a phone number or an email on the stop. For SMS, learn more about how we determine what number to use here. There are rare occasions where we may have a delivery issue related to our messaging provider or carrier and network issues that are captured this way. For additional support, contact us with order, stop, and route details, along with relevant contact information if you confirm that the stop is not missing required contact information.
My customers are reporting they did not see a notification even though it was successfully sent
If you notice a "successful event" in your notification history, it usually means the email or SMS notification was delivered successfully, but that there are device or connection issues specific to the customer. See below for troubleshooting steps.
Troubleshooting Email Notifications that were successfully sent
For EasyRoutes email notifications, we strive for high email deliverability, with less than 0.0x% marked as spam. Our emails reach most mainstream inboxes like Gmail and Hotmail. However, individual spam filters may differ, leading to rare edge cases.
If your customers or staff aren't receiving email notifications, ask them to check their spam or junk folder. If the problem persists, ask them to supply an alternate email address using a different email provider.
An email will not be sent to a user if they have unsubscribed from a Roundtrip email in the past, and we generally try to show this error in your notification history:
However, the unsubscribe status of an email may not be known until after the stop notification event is initiated, which may in rare cases result in a successful status shown in Notification History. An end customer can send an email to easyroutes@roundtrip.ai using the unsubscribed email address to resubscribe to Roundtrip emails.
Troubleshooting SMS Notifications that were successfully sent
For EasyRoutes SMS notifications, a successful delivery event generally means it was successfully delivered both by our messaging provider and we received a successful delivery event from their local carrier network partners.
If your customers aren't receiving SMS notifications, provide the following troubleshooting steps if they are confirming that they did not receive a Delivered SMS:
- Can your customer confirm that the number that they expect to receive the message on?
- Can your customer confirm that they checked their filtered or spam SMS folder(s)?
- Devices with these features enabled may store these messages in a separate folder, and these may not trigger a notification.
- Is the customer's destination device powered on?
- Does the device have sufficient signal? If not power the device off, wait 30 seconds, and then power it back up.
- Is the device connected to the home carrier's network? We cannot guarantee message delivery on devices roaming internationally, or off-network.
- Can the device receive non-Twilio SMS at the moment?
For additional support, contact us with order, stop, and route details, along with relevant contact information if the above troubleshooting steps aren't helpful.
It is possible to have false positive delivery reports for international SMS in certain countries, but this is exceedingly rare. Generally, the troubleshooting steps above are the likely causes for your customer's experience. In this scenario, once you've confirmed that this issue still persists after reviewing the troubleshooting steps above with your customer, please contact EasyRoutes support with your specific messages where you are seeing an issue and we will work with our messaging provider to investigate further based on all the information that you provide.