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Mailchimp

Mailchimp is a marketing automation platform and an email marketing service. It allows users to create and manage mailing lists, newsletters, and campaigns.

The following video distribution integrations are available for Mailchimp:

  • Update a Mailchimp subscriber - update a Mailchimp merge field of a subscriber once a rendering is done successfully.

Setup

In order to use this integration, you should create a new merge field where the Video URL will be stored. This can be done by clicking on ⚙️ Columns button in the Mailchimp list and then click on the audience fields link in order to setup a new field. The field should be of type Text and can be named as you wish.

Once you have the field created, you can set up the integration in Plainly.

  1. Mailchimp account - link the Mailchimp account you want to use.
  2. List/Audience - define the list you want to use.
  3. Email - define the email of the subscriber you want to update. Usually this should come from the integration passthrough value.
  4. Merge fields - define merge fields you want to update. Usually this should be a field where you store the Video URL.

Clicking on the + button will show all available variables which you can use to select merge fields content.

Read the Video distribution section to learn more about available variables.

Video retention period

Please note that depending on your Plainly subscription, the video retention period may vary and thus be sure to send your campaigns within the retention period. Otherwise the new merge field could point to an expired video.