MailChimp provides marketing automation for e-commerce businesses. The MailChimp connector can be set up at customer level or venue level and pushes users’ data into MailChimp to create a contact once they have authenticated onto your WiFi.
Set Up the MailChimp Connector
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Within Management > Connectors on the MailChimp connector click Add.
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Enter the Connector name.
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Within Enter your API key for MailChimp you need to add your API key from Mailchimp, to obtain the API key:
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Log in to MailChimp, click the account name and then Profile.
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Click Extras > API keys.
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Click Create A Key and copy and paste this key into the portal.
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Within Enter your List id for MailChimp you need to add your List ID from Mailchimp, to obtain the list ID:
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Log in to MailChimp, click Lists and select the list you want to push data to.
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On the list click the drop-down and select Settings .
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Scroll down to the Unique ID for list and copy and paste this ID into the portal.
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Within Scope, the login level determines what scope is available. The scope determines at what level the palette displays for this connector, choose from the following:
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Customer level – Displays the customer, groups and all venues. With the ability to select each level.
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Group level – Displays the selected group and the venues within that group.
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Venue level – This specific venue.
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Click Save.
Data Sent to MailChimp
The following data is sent to MailChimp:
Data Type |
Data |
Description |
(string) |
firstName |
The user's forename |
(string) |
lastName |
The user's surname |
(string) |
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The user's email address |
(string) |
status |
If the user has opted in as a subscriber |