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Mailchimp receives Zippendo shipping and order events so you can trigger audience automations. The catalog card copy is: Send shipping events to Mailchimp to trigger email automations. This page is the Mailchimp connect form. Shared chrome: Connect an integration. Inventory: Connect a carrier or integration. Conditional logic: Automations. Provider essay: Mailchimp. Creating a connection uses the same plan gate as outbound webhooks (Growth and above). Nordlys on this page is Pro, so Connect is unlocked.

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Prerequisites

  • A Mailchimp API Key.
  • The Audience/List ID for the list that should receive events (the ID, not the list display name).

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Where to get the API Key and Audience ID

Generate the key in your Mailchimp account (Manager or Admin). That screen requires signing in. The public help article below is the step we can show.
Mailchimp About API Keys help article with a Generate an API key section

Mailchimp help: generate an API key in your own account (the live key screen requires login)

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Connect from Catalog

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Open Catalog

Sidebar Integrations. Page title Integrations. Description: Connect downstream tools to receive shipping and order events from Zippendo. Tabs: Connected (?tab=connected) and Catalog (?tab=catalog).
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Find Mailchimp

Card title Mailchimp. Links: Use in automations and Read more (https://zippendo.com/docs/integrations/mailchimp). Button Connect, or Add connection after the first Mailchimp connection.
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Click Connect

Modal id connect-integration-modal. Title Connect Mailchimp. Subtitle: Send shipping events to Mailchimp to trigger email automations.
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Fill required fields

Connection Name *, API Key *, and Audience/List ID *. Tick Auto-send events if you want Zippendo to push without an automation.
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Connect

Connect stays disabled until name, API Key, and Audience/List ID are filled. Success toast: Integration connected successfully. Failure: Failed to create connection (or This feature is not available on your current plan.).
Integrations Catalog with the Mailchimp card, Use in automations, Read more, and ConnectIntegrations Catalog with the Mailchimp card, Use in automations, Read more, and Connect

Mailchimp on Catalog — Use in automations, Read more, Connect

Connect Mailchimp dialog with Connection Name, API Key, Audience/List ID, and event checkboxesConnect Mailchimp dialog with Connection Name, API Key, Audience/List ID, and event checkboxes

Connect Mailchimp — Connection Name, API Key, Audience/List ID, Auto-send events

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Shared fields

These appear on every integration connect dialog, including Mailchimp.

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Mailchimp credentials

Footer: Cancel / Connect. Event Name Override exists on the API (eventConfig) only. It is not a field on Connect or Edit. Override the name from an automation inspector instead — Automations.

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Auto-send events Mailchimp supports

Groups shown: Shipments, Orders, Tracking. Not on this modal: Shipment Updated, Shipment Error, Order Cancelled.
Connect Mailchimp dialog scrolled to Order and Tracking event checkboxesConnect Mailchimp dialog scrolled to Order and Tracking event checkboxes

Mailchimp Auto-send events — Orders and Tracking Updated

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After you connect

Connected shows a green Connected pill and {{count}} connection(s). Each row: name, {{count}} event(s) (and Paused if inactive — there is no pause toggle), Send test event, View delivery log, Edit connection, Delete connection.
Integrations Connected tab with a Mailchimp connection and action iconsIntegrations Connected tab with a Mailchimp connection and action icons

Connected — Mailchimp row with test, log, edit, and disconnect

There is no Sandbox Mode checkbox. Use Send test event (toast Test event sent / Failed to send test event). Live events need a customer email on the payload so Mailchimp can attach the event to a list member.

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Edit Mailchimp Connection

Modal id edit-integration-connection-modal. Title Edit Mailchimp Connection. Subtitle Update the configuration for {{connection}}. Save Changes disabled while Connection Name * is empty.
Edit Mailchimp Connection dialog with Connection Name, API Key, Audience/List ID, and Auto-send eventsEdit Mailchimp Connection dialog with Connection Name, API Key, Audience/List ID, and Auto-send events

Edit Mailchimp Connection — API Key, Audience/List ID, Auto-send events

Toasts: Integration updated successfully / Failed to update connection.
Leave every credential blank to keep the stored values. Filling any credential field replaces the whole credential set — fill API Key and Audience/List ID together if you are rotating secrets.

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Delivery log and test

View delivery log — modal id integration-delivery-log-modal. Title Delivery Log. Subtitle Recent deliveries for {{connection}}. Close. Empty: No deliveries yet. Rows show event name, HTTP status, duration in ms, relative time, and error text.
Delivery Log modal showing No deliveries yet for a Mailchimp connectionDelivery Log modal showing No deliveries yet for a Mailchimp connection

Delivery Log — empty until the first auto-send or Send test event

Send test event enqueues integration.test. It does not require any auto-send checkbox.

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Disconnect

Trash opens Disconnect Integration. Description: Are you sure you want to disconnect this integration? This will stop all event deliveries and delete the delivery history. Type DELETE to enable Disconnect. Label: Type DELETE to confirm. Toasts: Integration disconnected / Failed to delete connection. Missing row: Integration not found. (ORG_INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND).
Disconnect Integration confirmation requiring DELETEDisconnect Integration confirmation requiring DELETE

Disconnect Integration — type DELETE to confirm

You are done when Connected lists Mailchimp with a Connected pill and Send test event toasts Test event sent.

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Automations

Palette: Send Mailchimp Event — Sends an event to Mailchimp via a connected integration (action.integration.mailchimp). Full node list: Automations.