Comments on: How to set up an automated welcome email with Mailchimp

By: Chuck B

Chuck B — Tue, 30 May 2023 21:05:35 +0000

Sadly, this is no longer applicable. Single-Step Automation features are no longer available for newly-created accounts. According to the documentation, “The single welcome email is a Classic Automations feature. Classic Automations are only available to accounts that have previously created a classic automation.”

By: nandha gopala guhan

nandha gopala guhan — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 08:20:58 +0000

Sending the first welcome email is an important part of growing your email list. This article will walk you through how to set up a welcome email using our Automation feature.

By: Monika

Monika — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 06:21:26 +0000

Hi …thanks for this article. I need some help with mailchimp automations. I have two different websites with one mailchimp account. So I want to create two separate welcome emails for two different tags/ segments. I’m on the free plan, so just one audience with two tags. I send monthly newsletters based on the tags and it’s working well. But I need to embed two separate signup forms on my websites. How do I do that so the subscribers from those two websites gets different welcome emails?

By: Clayton Noblit

Clayton Noblit — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:19:33 +0000

In reply to Bryan Kreitz.

Hey Bryan, unfortunately I don’t have any experience with e-commerce automation. I would be very surprised if it would email all users who purchased previously (it just doesn’t sound like a great practice to have in a pre-built automation), but I can’t say for sure. Try looking for a “triggers” section to find what triggers the email to be sent, but there may not be one for the the pre-built automations.

I would recommend reaching out to MailChimp support to get clarification.

By: Bryan Kreitz

Bryan Kreitz — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:09:43 +0000

In reply to Clayton Noblit.

What about the scenarios where we set up an automation to email after a purchase, using the e-commerce pre-built automation. When we kickoff the automation, will it retroactively email everyone who purchased a product or only those who make a purchase after the automation goes live?

Can’t believe MailChimp hasn’t documented this, or at least documented somewhere easily indexable.

Thanks for your help,
Bryan

By: Clayton Noblit

Clayton Noblit — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:25:04 +0000

In reply to Jeff.

Hey Jeff, the rule example we show here would not send to existing subscribers, just those who join after you have started the automation.

Thanks!
Clayton

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:42:25 +0000

I already have subscribers I’ve welcomed manually. If I set up an automated Welcome email, will it go out to only those who sign up after I’ve started the automation? Or will it hit everyone on the list, i.e. will it work retroactively?

Thanks. Great article!

Jeff

By: Ferol

Ferol — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:57:59 +0000

In reply to Marlo. Hi Marlo, Unfortunately, the answer is no. MailChimp makes you create the email from scratch in the Automation tab, you can't link a regular campaign to automation. You should be able to copy and paste the content of the email from campaigns, and then paste it into the new email in Automation, which isn't quite as easy, but should help a bit. Thanks for reading, and let me know if you have any more questions!

By: Marlo

Marlo — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:51:45 +0000

I created an email in “campaign” and now I want to create an automation for this email. Is there any way I can just link the email to an automation? Mailchimp just keeps asking to create a new email? Is there any way around this?

By: Jonnie

Jonnie — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:34:40 +0000

87 “how to” articles later, I found this one and FINALLY have my welcome email up and running. Thank you!