Mailchimp Transactional and Zapier connect to automate email workflows. You can trigger actions when webhooks are received and send emails or templates.
Prerequisites
To use the Mailchimp Transactional app on Zapier, you must have:
- A Mailchimp account with Standard plan or higher.
- Transactional Email add-on enabled in your Mailchimp account (purchased separately in blocks of 25,000 emails).
- Owner or Admin user level permissions in your Mailchimp account to access and manage Transactional Email settings.
Connect Mailchimp Transactional to Zapier
To create an app connection to MailChimp Transactional on Zapier:
- Go to the Apps page.
- Click + Add connection.
- A new dialog box will appear. Search for and select Mandrill.
- Click Add connection.
- A Connect an Account page will open in a browser tab or window.
- In the API Key field, enter your Mandrill API Key.
- Click Yes, Continue to Mandrill.
Your MailChimp Transactional account is now successfully connected to Zapier.
Create a Mandrill API key
To create your API Key in your Mailchimp Transactional account:
- Log into your Mailchimp Transactional account.
- Go to: https://us5.admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/.
- Click Create A Mandrill API Key.
- In the new window, click + add API key.
- Copy your API key.
About Mailchimp Transactional's app
Triggers, searches, and actions
Triggers
- New Catch Hook - Catch and trigger off of any webhook that Mandrill sends. (Instant)
Searches
- No search actions available for this app.
Actions
- Send Template - Send an email via a template.
- Send Email - Send an email through Mandrill's system!
- API Request (Beta) - This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.
Limitations
- Total message size cannot exceed 25MB when including attachments.
- Messages can only be scheduled up to one year from the scheduling date - source
Templates
View all of Mailchimp Transactional's templates.
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