Online Shopping -Mark a transaction as Delivered/Not Delivered

If you created a “online order” category, you could then make a Google sheet that lists these and how many days it’s been.

You might even be able to make it so that it gives a notification if something isn’t marked as delivered with x days.

That sounds super whizzy :heart_eyes: but as I’ve looked at my Google export a grand total of twice it seems unlikely that I would implement it/use it.

I was just dreaming of something really accessible and “in line” in the app. If it’s not a good idea that’s ok :relieved: I just like to imagine ways Monzo can be fancier than an old school bank.

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Bring back the Inbox by Google email service. Please. This took care of all of this automatically.
Such a shame it was sunsetted, with no real straightforward replacement to this day either.

Yep precisely that. For anyone who does want to know how it’s done:

  1. Go to http://sheets.new
  2. Put this formula in cell A1 replacing YOURURL with the URL of your Monzo Google Sheet.

=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE(“YOURURL”,“‘Monzo Transactions’!A:P”),“SELECT Col2, Col5, Col8, Col9, Col10, Col12 WHERE Col12 LIKE ‘#OnlineOrder%’”)

  1. Highlight column G, go to Insert > Tick Box
  2. Include #OnlineOrder at the start of the notes of anything you want in your list.
  3. Jazz up the sheet with conditional formatting, set automatic reminders via IFTTT, etc.

I keep pondering the discussion on this thread today. It’s interesting that so many people suggested work arounds rather than consider the possible application of something like this in the Monzo app. :blush:

I have a little system that works for me currently, and it’s the same system I used when I was with HSBC, but I wanted to suggest something that Monzo could implement to differentiate themselves and to continue the aim of “making banking accessible”.

Similar to the “left to spend” wheel. I could easily just look at my balance each day and use a calculator to do the maths but the wheel is a wonderful simple visual prompt that requires no intervention.

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As a short term fix you could use this new Labs feature that John build (the house that John build…),
which once you use them once, would suggest #undelivered and #delivered every time in notes so a lot less typing or copy pasting would be needed.
However, I love the idea of a radio button toggle for undelivered things.

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Ooh that’s a fab I hadn’t spotted that in labs! It will make it loads quicker to tag the “undelivered” items and it will protect me from typos :blush:

Thank you for sharing this!

I think you are right about the typos thing, it makes it much easier to see the # tags you want to see together.

I think it’s probably because (at least from me) the chances of this idea making into the app is so so so tiny.

Not saying it’s a bad idea, it’s not at all. In fact it’s something I’d quite like as I order things for other people and then there’s the scenario of, have they received it yet? but them not asking about it as they think it’ll be there soon, I don’t hear anything so I presume they’ve got it, they haven’t got it yet etc etc.

They can only do so much and the things they do, are likely to be things that are more requested/revenue generating.

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The thing is, my ‘workaround’ works no matter what card or payment method I use. It would just be easier to clear out you inbox instead of asking a bank to build a niche feature for you. You are not unique in getting lots of emails.

I think some of this is the perspective people have on life in general.

For me personally, I’d love for Monzo to build this and so many other things, but why would I wait around for their business priorities to finally put this high enough on the list to be built when I can just build a robust solution myself using the tools currently available to me - and also help people along the way by using the Community Forum to share what I’ve made.

This is not just limited to Monzo, if I want something, then I’ll go out and create a solution that works. If a company comes along and does it better, great my life is made easier. But life is too short to wait around.

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I agree that the chances of implementation are tiny, and I have a system that currently works for me (including the Shop app which is fabulous) but the Feedback/Ideas channel should still include some weird and wacky things just in case they happen :blush:

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I think it’s a good idea but better suited to an email application. This has the potential to auto-detect emails related to deliveries, and therefore automatically create an ‘awaiting delivery’ list for you to monitor and check off.

I doubt Monzo would be able to reliably auto-detect transactions related to deliveries (not all transactions with online retailers are related to physical goods) so would rely on you manually flagging transactions. I think most people wouldn’t bother, and for those who would the general purpose tagging system feels close enough.

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This is literally a forum for suggesting ideas you would like. Most of those ideas are probably going to be niche at this point as all of the “popular” ones have already been suggested. You’re coming across as very confrontational which seems unfair to OP.

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It is a forum for ideas, but I could counter that by saying lots of people, not just myself, have offered solutions to the problem the OP is having which in my opinion are better solutions than a bank building a feature which will only work with that banks card.

Just to note, I didn’t ask for alternative solutions and didn’t intend this thread to have that focus. I deliberately popped it in the ideas/feedback channel as that is meant for suggesting things that Monzo could do. I have acknowledged it might be a niche suggestion and it might not attract any votes and that’s ok :blush:

If I needed advice on managing deliveries I might have popped it in another channel :blush:

Probably should have emailed Monzo directly if you were not interested in discussions taking place :+1:

I’m totally interested in discussions and I learnt about some new Monzo functionality from this thread.

But your comment came across as a little adversarial so I was just trying to explain my intentions. I hope you have a lovely day :blush:

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Agreed. Although I use the Shop app, which scans e-mails for orders and delivery notifications. Very useful.

Yup I use that too. Got it linked to my email and Amazon :blush: