MailChimp

Summary

Customers can manage their subscription to your MailChimp mailing lists from their personal profile using this integration. A customer is shown as subscribed based on whether the email address they used to log on to OpenStudio is found in the MailChimp mailing list. Please be aware that it’s not possible to manually subscribe customers to mailing lists, as in many parts of the world it’s now required that customers opt-in for mailing lists themselves.

In case there is a demand for this feature, please let us know by creating an issue on our github page or commenting on it when an issue has already been created.

Prerequisites

Before setting up MailChimp integration in OpenStudion, make sure you have the following things ready. In case you can’t find them, refer to the MailChimp knowledgebase or contact MailChimp support.

  1. Your MailChimp username
  2. Your MailChimp API key
  3. The MailChimp list_id of any lists you would like your customers to be able to sign up for from OpenStudion

Setup

Entering the username and API key

  1. Log in with an user account having admin privileges in OpenStudio
  2. Go to settings - Integration - MailChimp
  3. Enter your username and API key and Save

Linking OpenStudio lists to your MailChimp mailing lists

  1. Go to Settings - Mail - Mailing lists
  2. Add a mailing list (the name doesn’t have to match the MailChimp name) and link the list to MailChimp by setting the desired MailChimp list_id. The list_id is what determines which name in OpenStudio is matched with which list in MailChimp.
  3. When based in the EU, make sure you have set a clear description of your mailing list and defined the frequency (eg. once a month).
  4. Save

Enable Mailing lists in customer profiles

  1. Go to settings - Shop - Customer profiles
  2. Check the Mailing lists checkbox
  3. Save