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title: Mailchimp Transactional Email
slug: mailchimp-transactional-email
description: How to integrate Mailchimp Transactional Email with Make.com
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createdAt: 2025-02-03T13:28:18.713Z
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# Requirements

To use the Mailchimp Transactional Email app in Make, you must have a Mailchimp Transactional account with a Standard plan or higher and an API Key, [create your account on Mailchimp Transactional Email](https://mailchimp.com/features/transactional-email/). For subscription, refer to the [Mailchimp Transactional Email pricing page](https://mailchimp.com/features/transactional-email/).

# Connect Mailchimp Transactional Email and Make&#x20;

To get started, you must first create a connection between Mailchimp Transactional Email and Make, allowing the two services to communicate.&#x20;

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**Obtain your API Key in your Mailchimp Transactional Email account**
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**Create the connection in Make.**
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## Obtain your API Key in your Mailchimp Transactional Email account

Before you create the connection in Make, you should first obtain your **API Key** in your Mailchimp Transactional Email account.

To obtain your **API Key&#x20;**:

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Navigate t&#x6F;**&#x20;Settings** of your Mailchimp Transactional account.
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Clic&#x6B;**&#x20;API Keys** in th&#x65;**&#x20;Settings** section.
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Clic&#x6B;**&#x20;Create New Key**.

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Copy th&#x65;**&#x20;API key** displayed on screen.
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You will use this value while creating a connection in Make.&#x20;

Because the UI might have changed, the steps you see on your screen might be different, [check the vendor documentation for updates.](https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/guides/quick-start/)

## Create the connection in Make&#x20;

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[[Log in in your Make](https://www.make.com/en/register) account](https://www.make.com/en/register), add the Mailchimp Transactional Email module to your scenario, and click **Create a connection.&#x20;**

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*Optional:&#x20;*&#x49;n the **Connection name** field, enter a name for the connection.
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Enter the **authentication credentials** you copied from your Mailchimp Transactional Email account or follow the on-screen instructions to create the connection.&#x20;
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For detailed information on connecting an application, see **[Connect an application](docId\:SO88FM6pkT0G-adKDDfzZ)** page.

# Mailchimp Transactional Email modules

After connecting to the Mailchimp Transactional Email app, you can choose from a list of available modules to build your scenarios.&#x20;

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### Add an Email to Allowlist

Manually adds an email address to your rejection denylist, ensuring that emails from this address are always blocked and never expire, without affecting your sender reputation if removed later; note that addresses already on your allowlist cannot be denylisted.
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### Add an Email to Denylist

Manually adds a specific email address to your rejection denylist, ensuring that emails from this address are always blocked and never expire, without affecting your sender reputation if you later remove them; note that addresses already on your allowlist cannot be added to the denylist.
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### Create a Metadata Field

Creates and indexes a new custom metadata field for your account.
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### Create a Subaccount

Creates a new subaccount within your main account.
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### Delete a Metadata Field

Removes a specified custom metadata field from your account. Please note that the field may still appear in the \`/metadata/list\` results until the asynchronous deletion process finishes.
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### Delete a Subaccount

Permanently removes a specified subaccount, preserving its email history but deleting all associated statistics and disabling any future email sending through this subaccount.
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### Delete a Tag

Permanently deletes a specified tag, removing it from all associated messages and erasing its statistics; this action cannot be undone, so proceed with caution.
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### Delete an Email from Allowlist

Deletes a specified email address from the list of approved senders.
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### Delete an Email from Denylist

Removes a specific email address from your rejection list, allowing future emails to be delivered to that address, but note that each removal may impact your sender reputation.
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### Get a Message Content

Retrieves the complete details of a message that was recently sent.
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### Get a Message Info

Retrieves detailed information about a specific message that was sent recently.
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### Get a Subaccount Info

Retrieves detailed information about a specific subaccount using its unique ID.
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### Get a Tag Info

Retrieves comprehensive details about a specific tag, including summarized recent statistics.
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### Get a Template Info

Retrieves detailed information about a specific existing template.
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### List Domains

Retrieves a list of all sender domains that have been added to your account.
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### List Metadata Fields

Retrieves a list of all custom metadata fields that have been indexed for your account.
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### List Senders

Retrieves a list of senders who have attempted to send messages using this account.
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### List Tags

Retrieves detailed information about all tags that have been created by the user.
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### Make an API Call

Executes a custom API request to the connected service using your authorized credentials.
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### Search Allowlisted Emails

Fetches a list of email addresses that are allowed to bypass rejection filters, with the option to narrow results by specifying an email address or search prefix, and returns up to 1000 entries.
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### Search Denylisted Emails

Fetches a list of email addresses that have been blocked from receiving your emails, with the option to filter by a specific email address and include up to 1000 results. Expired entries are excluded unless you set include\_expired to true.
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### Search Messages

Searches for recently sent messages and allows you to filter the results by date range, tags, senders, or API keys.
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### Search Subaccounts

Retrieves all subaccounts associated with your account, with the option to filter results by a specified prefix.
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### Search Templates

Retrieves a list of all templates accessible to the current user.
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### Send a Message

Sends a new transactional email using the Transactional API.
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### Update a Metadata Field

Modifies the details of a specific custom metadata field that already exists.
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### Update a Subaccount

Modifies the details of a specified subaccount.
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### Watch Message Events

Triggers when a particular type of message event occurs in your connected application.
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### Watch Sync Events

Triggers when a designated synchronization event occurs in your connected application.
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# Templates

You can look for more templates in [Make's template gallery](https://www.make.com/en/templates), where you'll find thousands of pre-created scenarios.

# Mailchimp Transactional Email resources&#x20;

You can have access to more resources related to this app on the following links

- [Mailchimp Transactional Email topics on Make community](https://community.make.com/search?q=Mailchimp%20Transactional%20Email)
- [Mailchimp Transactional Email website](https://mailchimp.com/features/transactional-email/)
- [Mailchimp Transactional Email API documentation](https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/guides/quick-start/)
- [Mailchimp Transactional Email page on make](https://www.make.com/en/integrations/mailchimp-transactional-email)

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