Email by Zapier + Mailchimp

New inbound emails create Mailchimp list subscribers

Rather than manually adding email addresses to your Mailchimp list, use Zapier to start automatically adding new email addresses to your list. Once you set up this Email-Mailchimp integration, new emails automatically forwarded to your custom Zapier email address from that point forward are individually added as subscribers.

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New Inbound Email
Triggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom zapiermail.com address.
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Add/Update Subscriber
Add a new subscriber to an audience of your choosing. Can be used to update an existing subscriber too.
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Supported triggers and actions

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- Email AddressRequired
  Customize the private email address associated with your mailbox. Be sure to use lowercase and numbers only. Just forward emails to this address to trigger this Zap. Want to receive to your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill, or Gmail instead.
Trigger
Instant
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- ToRequired
  Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.
- SubjectRequired
- Body (HTML or Plain)Required
  You can place HTML in here and we will send it as is. If this is plain text, we will try to convert it to some very basic HTML for greater client compatibility.
- Attachment
  A file object to be attached to the email. Plain text content will converted into a txt file and attached. Please note, if the file is over ~10mb or so, you should explore using other email sending techniques (like Gmail or SMTP).
- From Name
  This will be your "display name" when sending. Want to send from your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill or Gmail apps instead.
- Reply To
  Specify a reply address other than your own.
- Cc
  Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.
- Bcc
  Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.
- Force Linebreaks?
  Set this to "yes" if your emails are received without line breaks or spacing.
- Enable read receipts?
  Want to be notified when this email is opened? Set this to to True and set up a Zap using the New Read Receipt trigger.
Action
Write
- Audience
- Trigger on every open from a subscriber?
  If no (and by default) this trigger will only fire the first time a user opens an email.
Trigger
Scheduled
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New Audience
Triggers when a new audience is added to your MailChimp accounts.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- AudienceRequired
- Note About Samples
  When samples are pulled in the next step for this trigger, the GROUPINGS data will be static, dummy data ("Example Group Category 1"). Use the example Group values to setup your Zap, and the data should reflect appropriately when the Zap runs.
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Instant
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- AudienceRequired
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- AudienceRequired
- Note About Samples
  When samples are pulled in the next step for this trigger, the GROUPINGS data will be static, dummy data ("Example Group Category 1"). Use the example Group values to setup your Zap, and the data should reflect appropriately when the Zap runs.
Trigger
Instant
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- AudienceRequired
- Tag nameRequired
  Examples: Conference Lead, Influencer, or Donor (Tag length is limited to 100 characters).
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- Subscriber EmailRequired
  The email address of the subscriber you want to subscribe to this audience. Please don't type an email address in this field, instead this should use a value from a previous step in your Zap. Learn more here.
- Double Opt-In
  If yes, a confirmation email will be sent to the address before they appear on the chosen audience.
- Update Existing
  If no, the Zap will skip/halt this step if the subscriber exists, otherwise overwrites data sent.
- Replace Groups
  Determines what changes to make to the subscriber's groups/interests.
  Add Only The group(s) specified below will be added to the subscriber's existing groups/interests.
  Replace All All of the subscriber's existing groups will be cleared, and replaced with the groups selected below.
  Replace Matching Clears any existing group selections only for the groups specified below. Learn more here.
- Groups
- Language Code
  This should be a two letter language code (ISO639-1) See here for the list of language codes.
- Tag(s)
  The tag(s) to which the subscriber will be added. Tags will be added to any existing tags on existing subscribers.
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- TagRequired
- Email AddressRequired
  The email address of the person you want to remove from this tag. Note: the email address must already be subscribed to the audience, or this will fail.
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- Email AddressRequired
  The email address of the subscriber you want to add a note to. The email address must already be subscribed to the audience.
- NoteRequired
  The content of the note. Note length is limited to 1,000 characters.
Action
Write
- Owner
  Determines which App Extensions will appear in the dropdown below.
- App ExtensionRequired
Action
Write
- NameRequired
  The name of the Campaign to find
Action
Search
- AudienceRequired
- Tag nameRequired
Action
Search
- NameRequired
  The name of the Campaign to find
- Campaign Name
- AudienceRequired
  Select the audience you want to send the campaign to.
- Segment or Tag
  Select which segment or tag you want to send the campaign to. If no segment/tag is selected, the campaign will be sent to the entire audience selected above.
- Email SubjectRequired
- Preview Text
  This snippet will appear in the inbox after the subject line.
- From NameRequired
- From Email AddressRequired
- To Name
  Supports *|MERGETAGS|* for recipient name, such as *|FNAME|*, *|LNAME|*, *|FNAME|* *|LNAME|*, etc.
- Template
  Select either a template or provide HTML email content, you cannot provide both. If both fields are left blank, the campaign draft will have no content.
- Email Content (HTML)
  Select either a template or provide HTML email content, you cannot provide both. If both fields are left blank, the campaign draft will have no content.
Action
Search or write
- SearchRequired
  The email address of the Subscriber you want to find.
- Audience
  Limit your search to this specific Audience.
- AudienceRequired
- Subscriber EmailRequired
  The email address of the subscriber you want to subscribe to this audience. Please don't type an email address in this field, instead this should use a value from a previous step in your Zap. Learn more here.
- Double Opt-In
  If yes, a confirmation email will be sent to the address before they appear on the chosen audience.
- Update Existing
  If no, the Zap will skip/halt this step if the subscriber exists, otherwise overwrites data sent.
- Replace Groups
  Determines what changes to make to the subscriber's groups/interests.
  Add Only The group(s) specified below will be added to the subscriber's existing groups/interests.
  Replace All All of the subscriber's existing groups will be cleared, and replaced with the groups selected below.
  Replace Matching Clears any existing group selections only for the groups specified below. Learn more here.
- Groups
- Language Code
  This should be a two letter language code (ISO639-1) See here for the list of language codes.
- Tag(s)
  The tag(s) to which the subscriber will be added. Tags will be added to any existing tags on existing subscribers.
Action
Search or write

- Setup Directions
  In order to trigger when emails are opened, this must be paired with a separate Zap using the Send Outbound Email action, with the Enable Read Receipts? field set to True.
  To test with a live email, send an email to yourself using your Send Outbound Email action (with read receipts enabled) and open it, then test this trigger immediately for samples. If you don't need to test with live data, click Skip Test to use static test data.
Trigger
Instant
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- Audience
- Status
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Audience
- LinkRequired
  Select a link from your campaign to track. It's not currently possible to trigger on all link clicks for a campaign with a single Zap.
- Trigger on every click from a subscriber?
  If no (and by default) this trigger will only fire the first time a user clicks a link in your campaign.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- StoreRequired
  To prevent timeout errors, please ensure the list of customers for this store does not exceed 3000.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Store
  If specified, will only trigger on orders created in this store. Otherwise, will default to all orders in your account.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- AudienceRequired
- Segment or TagRequired
  To prevent timeouts, please ensure the list of subscribers in the segment/tag does not exceed 3000.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Campaign Name
- AudienceRequired
  Select the audience you want to send the campaign to.
- Segment or Tag
  Select which segment or tag you want to send the campaign to. If no segment/tag is selected, the campaign will be sent to the entire audience selected above.
- Email SubjectRequired
- Preview Text
  This snippet will appear in the inbox after the subject line.
- From NameRequired
- From Email AddressRequired
- To Name
  Supports *|MERGETAGS|* for recipient name, such as *|FNAME|*, *|LNAME|*, *|FNAME|* *|LNAME|*, etc.
- Template
  Select either a template or provide HTML email content, you cannot provide both. If both fields are left blank, the campaign draft will have no content.
- Email Content (HTML)
  Select either a template or provide HTML email content, you cannot provide both. If both fields are left blank, the campaign draft will have no content.
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- Email AddressRequired
  The email address of the subscriber for the custom event. The email address must already be subscribed to the audience.
- Custom Event NameRequired
  Must be 2-30 characters in length. Note: Letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and any spaces between are considered valid characters. Any invalid characters will be ignored.
- Properties
  Additional properties for this event (e.g. "User Type: Premium", "Preferred Communication: Email", etc). Note: Letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and any spaces between are considered valid characters. Any invalid characters in the first column only will be ignored.
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- Subscriber EmailRequired
  The email address of the subscriber you want to unsubscribe from this audience.
- Delete Member
  Completely delete this contact from MailChimp? (No: just unsubscribe them)
Action
Write
- CampaignRequired
  A Custom Value is typically used here to pass in the Campaign ID from a "Create Campaign" or "Find Campaign" step. Learn more
Action
Write
- AudienceRequired
- TagRequired
  The tag to which the subscriber will be added.
- Email AddressRequired
  The email address of the person you want to add to this segment. Note: the email address must already be subscribed to the audience, or this will fail.
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
  API docs for Mailchimp are located here https://mailchimp.com/developer/reference/
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
  Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
- Query String Parameters
  These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
- Headers
  Authentication headers are included automatically
- Additional Request Headers
  Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
- Body
  Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example, {"foo": "bar"} is perfectly valid.
Action
Write
- StoreRequired
- Email AddressRequired
Action
Search
- SearchRequired
  The email address of the Subscriber you want to find.
- Audience
  Limit your search to this specific Audience.
Action
Search
- AudienceRequired
- Tag nameRequired
  Examples: Conference Lead, Influencer, or Donor (Tag length is limited to 100 characters).
Action
Search or write

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Email by Zapier + Mailchimp

New inbound emails create Mailchimp list subscribers

New Inbound Email

Email AddressRequired

Send Outbound Email

ToRequired

SubjectRequired

Body (HTML or Plain)Required

Attachment

From Name

Reply To

Cc

Bcc

Force Linebreaks?

Enable read receipts?

Email Opened

Audience

Trigger on every open from a subscriber?

New Audience

New Subscriber

AudienceRequired

Note About Samples

New Unsubscriber

AudienceRequired

New or Updated Subscriber

AudienceRequired

Note About Samples

Create Tag

AudienceRequired

Tag nameRequired

Add/Update Subscriber

AudienceRequired

Subscriber EmailRequired

Double Opt-In

Update Existing

Replace Groups

Groups

Language Code

Tag(s)

Remove Subscriber from Tag

AudienceRequired

TagRequired

Email AddressRequired

Add Note to Subscriber

AudienceRequired

Email AddressRequired

NoteRequired

App Extensions (Beta)

Owner

App ExtensionRequired

Find a Campaign

NameRequired

Find Tag

AudienceRequired

Tag nameRequired

Find or Create Campaign

NameRequired

Campaign Name

AudienceRequired

Segment or Tag

Email SubjectRequired

Preview Text

From NameRequired

From Email AddressRequired

To Name

Template

Email Content (HTML)

Find or Create Subscriber

SearchRequired

Audience

AudienceRequired

Subscriber EmailRequired

Double Opt-In

Update Existing

Replace Groups

Groups

Language Code

Tag(s)

New Read Receipt

Setup Directions