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Zapier: Auction Sales Filtering

Filter specific types of sales when using the New Event Sales Trigger

How to Filter Event Sale Types in Your Zap

When using the New Event Sale Trigger, you may want your Zap to only process certain types of sales. This guide will show you how to filter results based on the Item Type field.

Understanding Item Types

The New Event Sale Trigger returns an Item Type field with these possible values:

  • Donation - Donation items
  • Live - Live auction items
  • Quantity - Quantity-based items
  • Silent - Silent auction items
  • Ticket [ticket keyword] - Ticket sales (where [ticket keyword] is the specific ticket name)
  • Blind - Blind bid item types (rare)
  • Credit - Items that credit an amount to a bidder (rare)
  • Info - Non purchase type (rare)

Adding a Filter Step

To filter your Zap to only continue for specific Item Types:

  1. Add a Filter step after your New Event Sale Trigger

    • Click the + button between your trigger and the next action
    • Search for and select Filter by Zapier

  2. Set up your filter condition

    • In the filter setup, choose the Item Type field from your trigger data
    • Select your condition (see examples below)
    • Enter the value(s) you want to filter for

Common Filter Examples

Filter for a Single Item Type

To only continue for donations:

  • Field: Item Type
  • Condition: (Text) Exactly matches
  • Value: Donation

Filter for Multiple Item Types

To continue for either Live or Silent auction items:

  • Set up your first condition: Item Type > (Text) Exactly matches > Live
  • Click Add OR condition
  • Add second condition: Item Type > (Text) Exactly matches > Silent

Filter for All Ticket Sales

To continue for any ticket type:

  • Field: Item Type
  • Condition: (Text) Starts with
  • Value: Ticket

This will match any ticket regardless of the keyword (e.g., "Ticket VIP", "Ticket General Admission").

Exclude Specific Item Types

To continue for everything except donations:

  • Field: Item Type
  • Condition: (Text) Does not exactly match
  • Value: Donation

Testing Your Filter

After setting up your filter:

  1. Click Test step to see if your filter would allow or stop the current sample data
  2. If the filter allows the data through, you'll see "Step would have continued"
  3. If blocked, you'll see "Step would have been stopped by filter"
  4. Turn on your Zap to have it actively filter incoming sales

Need Help?

If you're having trouble with your filter, check that:

  • The Item Type value matches exactly (including capitalization)
  • For ticket types, you're using "Starts with" if filtering for all tickets, or exact match for specific ticket keywords
  • Your OR/AND logic matches your intended filtering behavior