The Message List Integration with MailChimp feature allows you to sync your website's user database with MailChimp for better list and campaign management.


How to get your MailChimp API Key and Integrate with your Website:

  • Log in to your MailChimp Account
  • Click your profile name to expand the Account Panel, and choose Account
  • Click the Extras drop-down menu and choose API Keys
  • Copy an existing API Key or click the Create A Key button
  • Go to your Website; Select Settings in the Admin menu, then Select Integrations
  • Enter your API Key


How to obtain a MailChimp List ID:


  • Click on the top-level "Audience" on your MailChimp account
  • Select View audiences (the last option of the "Current Audience" box); this brings you to a list of all your audiences (fka lists)
  • Click "Settings" under the down-arrow on the very right of the audience that you would like to connect
  • Your unique ID for that audience can be found at the very bottom of the page, it is an alphanumerical 10 digit code


How to Incorporate a MailChimp List ID with your Message List:

  1. Find the List ID for a MailChimp List 
  2. Create a New Message List by selecting '+ Add' in Message Lists under Community in the Admin menu or Edit an existing Message List by clicking on the pencil next to the list name
  3. Add the MailChimp List ID to the Message List
  4. Click Sync when back on the "Message" page for a list  

Please note that we sync the following fields: EMAIL, FNAME, LNAME.