diff --git a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
index 98a9b5f1018..d4063747da4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Import::GitlabProjectsController < Import::BaseController
       return redirect_back_or_default(options: { alert: "You need to upload a GitLab project export archive." })
     end
 
-    @project = Gitlab::GitlabImport::ProjectCreator.new(Namespace.find(project_params[:namespace_id]),
+    @project = Gitlab::ImportExport::ProjectCreator.new(Namespace.find(project_params[:namespace_id]),
                                                         current_user,
                                                         File.expand_path(params[:file].path),
                                                         project_params[:path]).execute
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index a1d58144399..9a6d4be2fc8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
     redirect_to(
       edit_project_path(@project),
-      notice: "Project export successfully started."
+      notice: "Project export started."
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/app/mailers/emails/projects.rb b/app/mailers/emails/projects.rb
index fdf1e9f5afc..0d9558db68c 100644
--- a/app/mailers/emails/projects.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/emails/projects.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ module Emails
            subject: subject("Invitation declined"))
     end
 
+    def project_was_exported_email(current_user, project)
+      @project = project
+      mail(to: current_user.notification_email,
+           subject: subject("Project was exported"))
+    end
+
+    def project_was_not_exported_email(current_user, project, errors)
+      @project = project
+      @errors = errors
+      mail(to: current_user.notification_email,
+           subject: subject("Project export error"))
+    end
+
     def project_was_moved_email(project_id, user_id, old_path_with_namespace)
       @current_user = @user = User.find user_id
       @project = Project.find project_id
diff --git a/app/services/notification_service.rb b/app/services/notification_service.rb
index 91ca82ed3b7..79534a06a1d 100644
--- a/app/services/notification_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/notification_service.rb
@@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ class NotificationService
     end
   end
 
+  def project_exported(project, current_user)
+    mailer.project_was_exported_email(current_user, project).deliver_later
+  end
+
+  def project_not_exported(project, current_user, errors)
+    mailer.project_was_not_exported_email(current_user, project, errors).deliver_later
+  end
+
   protected
 
   # Get project users with WATCH notification level
diff --git a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
index 7e467541539..ffac357e91d 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ module Projects
 
       save_project_and_import_data(import_data)
 
-      @project.import_url = download_export_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project) if @project.gitlab_project_import?
-
       @project.import_start if @project.import?
 
       after_create_actions if @project.persisted? && !@project.gitlab_project_import?
diff --git a/app/services/projects/import_export/export_service.rb b/app/services/projects/import_export/export_service.rb
index 25524c1c060..d6752377ce5 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/import_export/export_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/import_export/export_service.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ module Projects
       def save_all
         if [version_saver, project_tree_saver, uploads_saver, repo_saver, wiki_repo_saver].all?(&:save)
           Gitlab::ImportExport::Saver.save(shared: @shared)
+          notify_success
         else
-          cleanup_and_notify_worker
+          cleanup_and_notify
         end
       end
 
@@ -37,10 +38,20 @@ module Projects
         Gitlab::ImportExport::WikiRepoSaver.new(project: project, shared: @shared)
       end
 
-      def cleanup_and_notify_worker
+      def cleanup_and_notify
         FileUtils.rm_rf(@shared.export_path)
+
+        notify_error
         raise Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new(@shared.errors.join(', '))
       end
+
+      def notify_success
+        notification_service.project_exported(@project, @current_user)
+      end
+
+      def notify_error
+        notification_service.project_not_exported(@project, @current_user, @shared.errors.join(', '))
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb6f4ac3efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+%p
+  Project #{@project.name} was exported succesfully
+%p
+  The project export can be downloaded from:
+  = link_to download_export_namespace_project_url(@project.namespace, @project) do
+    = @project.name_with_namespace + " export"
+%p
+  The download link will expire in 24 hours.
diff --git a/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.text.erb b/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.text.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcd801c237c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notify/project_was_exported_email.text.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Project <%= @project.name %> was exported succesfully
+
+The project export can be downloaded from:
+<%= download_export_namespace_project_url(@project.namespace, @project) %>
+
+The download link will expire in 24 hours.
diff --git a/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78d4751b64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+%p
+  Project #{@project.name} couldn't be exported.
+%p
+  The errors we encountered were:
+
+  %h3{style: "background: black; color: red;"}
+    #{@errors}
diff --git a/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.text.erb b/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.text.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad730d2162b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notify/project_was_not_exported_email.text.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Project <%= @project.name %> couldn't be exported.
+
+The errors we encountered were:
+
+<%= @errors %>
diff --git a/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb b/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
index 3616b37d2ad..d2dcdb46219 100644
--- a/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/project_export_worker.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class ProjectExportWorker
   def perform(current_user_id, project_id)
     current_user = User.find(current_user_id)
     project = Project.find(project_id)
+
     ::Projects::ImportExport::ExportService.new(project, current_user).execute
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/project_creator.rb
index 72b10f536ec..3d0418261bb 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/project_creator.rb
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@ module Gitlab
     class ProjectCreator
       attr_reader :repo, :namespace, :current_user, :session_data
 
-      def initialize(namespace_id, current_user, file, project_path)
-        @namespace_id = namespace_id
+      def initialize(repo, namespace, current_user, session_data)
+        @repo = repo
+        @namespace = namespace
         @current_user = current_user
-        @file = file
-        @project_path = project_path
+        @session_data = session_data
       end
 
       def execute
         ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
-          name: @project_path,
-          path: @project_path,
-          namespace_id: namespace_id,
-          import_type: "gitlab_project",
-          import_source: @file
+          name: repo["name"],
+          path: repo["path"],
+          description: repo["description"],
+          namespace_id: namespace.id,
+          visibility_level: repo["visibility_level"],
+          import_type: "gitlab",
+          import_source: repo["path_with_namespace"],
+          import_url: repo["http_url_to_repo"].sub("://", "://oauth2:#{@session_data[:gitlab_access_token]}@")
         ).execute
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_creator.rb
index 801d4b4f43a..6f1e3867efb 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_creator.rb
@@ -2,26 +2,21 @@ module Gitlab
   module ImportExport
     class ProjectCreator
 
-      def initialize(namespace_id, current_user)
-        @repo = repo
-        @namespace = Namespace.find_by_id(namespace_id)
+      def initialize(namespace_id, current_user, file, project_path)
+        @namespace_id = namespace_id
         @current_user = current_user
-        @user_map = user_map
+        @file = file
+        @project_path = project_path
       end
 
       def execute
         ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
-          name: repo.name,
-          path: repo.name,
-          description: repo.summary,
-          namespace: namespace,
-          creator: current_user,
-          visibility_level: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC,
-          import_type: "google_code",
-          import_source: repo.name,
-          import_url: repo.import_url,
-          import_data: { data: { 'repo' => repo.raw_data, 'user_map' => user_map } }
+          name: @project_path,
+          path: @project_path,
+          namespace_id: namespace_id,
+          import_type: "gitlab_project",
+          import_source: @file
         ).execute
       end
     end