• Resolved Rico

    (@nascas)


    Hi,

    I created an account on Mailchimp and I installed this plugin into my WC shop.
    I did a test order and I see the new buyer in the Mailchimp database but it’s not marked as subscribed. How do I make all the buyers (and their emails) to be automatically a part of a subscription?

    Thanks,
    Rico

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  • You cannot, you cannot automatically subscribe someone without their consent in particular if you are within the EU as it is against GDPR.

    If you want people to subscribe whilst placing an order you can enable this under WooCommerce > Mailchimp > Audience > Opt In Settings where a checkbox will be shown on your checkout form allowing people to opt in if they want to.

    Thread Starter Rico

    (@nascas)

    No, I’m not talking about that. At least I think there is a misunderstanding.

    I have a checkmark on my site and if customers check it, they go to the mailchimp audience database (thanks to this plugin). The problem is they agreed to receive newsletters but they’re not marked as subscribers. So I have to manually subscribed every new customers.

    Are you saying this is normal?

    Plugin Support khungate

    (@khungate)

    Hi @nascas, Thanks for reaching out. Adding subscribers to your audience is essential, and I am happy to help out here. If the customers have subscribed at checkout, there are a couple of things that you will want to double-check and ensure were completed.

    To see your customers and subscribers on your MailChimp list as well as your store’s customer list, all of the following must be done:

    – First, verify that the customer has accepted marketing at checkout, you can see this by viewing the customer on the order. If mailchimp_woocommerce_is_subscribed is equal to 1 they opted in at checkout. You can see this in the Custom Fields (usually below the order details).
    – If your list has required fields like FNAME and LNAME, please check to make sure there are values being submitted from your store to the Mailchimp audience. It may be necessary to uncheck these required fields in Mailchimp or to follow instructions from our custom merge tag wiki which can be found here: https://github.com/mailchimp/mc-woocommerce/wiki/Custom-Merge-Tags
    – Verify that the email address has never been deleted from that list in MailChimp (deleted emails cannot be added back).

    A few other possible reasons that could cause an email not to be added to MailChimp:

    – Bots or fake addresses.
    – A brand new email address that has not been populated across the internet as yet.
    – A fail in communication between the site or the plugin at that time.

    If you have ensured all those actions took place, but still not added to MailChimp, we recommend executing a force resync from the plugin’s syncing page.

    Let us know if you have any additional questions, or need any further information.

    Plugin Support khungate

    (@khungate)

    Hi @nascas, we’re going to close out this ticket for now since it’s been a few weeks since we’ve been in touch.

    Please let us know if you still need any help and we’ll be glad to reopen and troubleshoot further. Please note, the best way to reach us is over at the GitHub plugin page: https://github.com/mailchimp/mc-woocommerce/. From there, you can receive direct responses from the development team, log new issues, download the latest version, and track existing support tickets.

    Thread Starter Rico

    (@nascas)

    Hi,

    Sorry, I have been busy and did not find the time to solve this.
    Everything should work as intended. Buyers have to check in order to get to the database.
    Once they’re there they’re not subscribed.

    I will re-test everything with new and unused emails. I’m sure I did that already but I can do it again …

    Cheers!

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