Mailchimp: Add Mailchimp to your store

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Mailchimp is a program for sending out newsletters. You tailor your newsletters and reach out to your customers while building opportunities for a long-term relationships.

The integration with Mailchimp is included at no extra cost in the Abicart Plus and Pro subscriptions.

What does Mailchimp cost?

Mailchimp is free of charge for up to 500 subscribers and if you send less than 1000 emails per month.

If you have more subscribers, you can read more about the costs here.

How do I get Mailchimp?

First, create an account with Mailchimp.

Then you need to create a "list" in Mailchimp. The list is needed for the link to be activated, but it does not need to contain any subscribers at this stage.

Activate Mailchimp

Enter your company details

Settings -> Store information -> Store information / Company information.

To ensure that the mailings come from a secure source and are not classified as spam, certain store details are mandatory, in accordance with Mailchimp's rules.

The following information is mandatory:

E-mail address
Address line 1
Location
Postal code
Country

Connect your store to Mailchimp

Go to Settings -> External Connections -> Mailchimp.

Click on "Connect to Mailchimp" and fill in your Mailchimp login.

If the login is correct, you will now see "Connected to Mailchimp account, [Store name].

Underneath, a box with "Store settings" will appear. Select language and currency.

Event settings

You then need to make some settings for what to export to Mailchimp. The settings you can choose are "Activation" and "Run".

Activation - If you do not want to export this property, select "Inactive". Otherwise, select "xxx modified".

Execution - This is controlled by the setting above and should always be set to "Update immediately".

Export customer list

New customers and customer card updates in the store's customer register are exported to Mailchimp.

Export product list

New products and item updates are exported to Mailchimp.

Export order

New orders and changes to orders are exported to Mailchimp.

Start the initial export by editing an active product and waiting for a hit. The products and/or customers are exported according to the event settings from Abicart >> Mailchimp.
How does the export work?

If something changes on a product, order, or on a customer card in the store, the export will be activated and sent directly to Mailchimp.

Note that orders are transferred as soon as you have a new (completed) order or when an order changes by being marked as shipped, paid, or if it is canceled. Previously placed orders will therefore not be transferred unless one of the above changes is made.

Once the export is complete, you can get started with Mailchimp and start sending newsletters!

See the "Create a Campaign" section of Mailchimp's Getting Started Guide for more details on how to do this.

Start the initial export by editing an active product and waiting for a beat. The products and/or customers will be exported according to the event settings from Abicart >> Mailchimp

If the integration is active when adding new lists in Mailchimp, you will need to contact customer service to restart the integration. After restarting, the new lists will be available in admin.

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