Email Signup Integrations

Mailchimp

Setting up your Mailchimp API key

This integration also requires a Mailchimp account.

1. Login to your MailChimp Account
2. Navigate to the API keys screen, by clicking on your username in the top right corner and select 'account'. Next click 'Extras' and select 'API Keys'. (or click this shortcut)
3. Select all and copy the API Key field.
4. Paste in the API Key on your settings page under "Integrations"
   
5. You're all set!

Merge Fields

We support having up to five merge fields on an email signup link. Think of a merge field as just another input on your link to collect information, like a first and last name.

Note: Make sure to test your email signup link. If you receive an error about merge tags, make sure that required fields in Mailchimp and Campsite match each other. If the "First Name" field is required on your Mailchimp signup form, it has to be required on your Campsite email link.

Creating an Email Signup link

Once your API key has been added to Campsite, you can add an email signup link.

1. Go to your admin page
2. Click the arrow on the "Add New Link" button and select "Email Signup".
   
3. Add a label and select a Mailchimp list from the dropdown.
   
4. Add merge tags if you'd like to capture more information from your subscriber.
   - Merge tags have to match what's in Mailchimp to work correctly. Make sure to test after updating them.
5. All done! Visitors can now signup for your mailchimp list.

Google Sheets

Authorizing your Google Account

To use Google Sheets for email signups, we need access to your Google account. If you signed up with Google, then you can go to the next section.

1. Go to your account page
2. Click the 'Authorize' button in the Social Accounts section
   
3. All done! You can now choose Google as your storage option for email signups.

Creating an Email Signup link

Once your acount has been authorized with Google, you can add an email signup link.

1. Go to your admin page
2. Click the arrow on the Add New Link button.
   
3. Add a label and select the Google Sheets storage option.
   
4. If we don't have full access to your Google account, you may see the below. Sign in with Google to grant us access to your Google Sheets.
   
5. Add merge tags if you'd like to capture more information from your subscribers.
6. You can either create a new sheet (recommended) or select an existing one.
7. If you're selecting an existing spreadsheet. Make sure it is formatted like the example below with the Date and Email header row.
   
8. All done! Visitors to your Campsite that sign up with this link will be added to the selected Google Sheet.