How do I set up a delayed subscription renewal reminder using Zapier's free plan?

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I'm pitching for a web design job that might use Zapier for some automation. As a test and demo is it possible to use the Free Subscription and set up a Zap that will:

1. Trigger - New Subscriber in Mailchimp
2. Send Email in Gmail
3.Delay for in Delay by Zapier (does this count as a ‘2nd Action?)
Delay for this might be 358 days, 51 weeks or 11 months as an example in a live situation (shorter for the demo obviously).

This demo would be used to demonstrate how we could use Zapier to send out a reminder that a User's subscription will renew in one day/week/month from the delayed ‘subscription’ date(?)

Can you suggest a better method perhaps - one that might be able to be used ongoing for each year the User is subscribed perhaps? Thanks for your help.

They have a number of other automations to address and I thought this one might be a good example to sell them on. But I don't want to get too far into this if it's not suitable - and sorry, I'm a total newb to Zapier. Regards Craig

Troy Tessalone · Answer

Hi @ArticonikGood question.Help articles about Delay: https://zapier.com/apps/delay/helpZaps with 3+ steps require a Zapier paid plan.https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496196837261You may want to use Airtable to track and trigger.Airtable has Views, which are segments of data in a Table. (e.g. sort, filter, etc.)Views can be used to trigger Airtable Automations/Zaps.Airtable Automations have a native integration with Gmail to send email.Airtable has Formula fields that can be used to calculate diffs between dates.

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