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4 reasons why your Webflow Zaps fail (& How to fix them)

In this video, I go over the most common reason your Zapier workflows fail when sending data to Webflow. I also share my strategy for solving the dreaded "Validation Error: Validation Failure" error message.

February 26, 2021

In this video, I go over the most common reason your Zapier workflows fail when sending data to Webflow. I also share my strategy for solving the dreaded "Validation Error: Validation Failure" error message.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:28 You changed your CMS structure in Webflow

02:12 Your referenced CMS Item ID doesn't exist

04:37 You are sending an incorrect field type to Webflow

05:54 You only published your .webflow.io domain

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