iPaaS.com Quick Start Guide
Integrate Mailchimp and BigCommerce into iPaaS.com and see BigCommerce Customers in Mailchimp.
Judah Ferst
103 steps
9 minutes
Mailchimp
Ipaas
Bigcommerce
Create a free Mailchimp account
1
Navigate to <https://mailchimp.com/>
2
Click "Start Free Trial"
3
Click "Free"
4
Click "Sign Up Free"
5
Fill in the fields with an email address, username and password.
6
Click "Sign up"
7
Navigate to your email, find the email to activate your account and click on the button in the email to do so.
8
Click "Activate Account"
9
Fill out the registration steps in MailChimp
10
Click the "Business name" field.
11
Click "Next"
12
Add your business address.
13
Click "Next"
14
Click "We're not currently selling"
15
Click "Skip"
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Click "Skip"
17
Click "Skip"
18
Click "None of these apply"
19
Click "Skip"
20
Click "Continue Free"
Generate a Mailchimp API Key
21
Click on your initials in the upper right
22
Click "Profile"
23
Click "Extras"
24
Click "API keys"
25
Click "Create A Key"
26
Click the "API Key Name" field and give your key a name. We called ours "iPaaS.com Store" but you can call it whatever you would like.
27
Click "Generate Key"
28
Click "Copy To Clipboard"
29
Save this key for later.
You will not be able to access it again after this point. If you loose it you will need to generate another one.
Locate your Mailchimp Audience ID
30
Click "Audience"
31
Click "All contacts"
32
Click on settings.
33
Click "Audience name & defaults"
34
Copy the Audience ID for use later in this process.
Configuring the Mailchimp Subscription in iPaaS.com
35
Switch to <https://portal.iPaaS.com>. Login if needed.
36
Expand the sidebar
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Click "Subscriptions Management"
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Click "Marketplace"
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Select the MailChimp subscription
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Click "SUBSCRIBE"
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Click the "Name" field.
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Type "Mailchimp" (or another name if you would like).
43
Ensure the checkbox to create default mappings is checked.
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Click the "API Key" field.
45
Enter in the API Key you copied from MailChimp
46
Click the "API Url" field.
47
Copy in the root URL from any page in your MailChimp account and change "admin" to "api". The field should then have data that looks like this, but the number may be different: [[https://us13.api.mailchimp.com]]
Ensure it is [[https://us13.api.mailchimp.com]] and NOT [[https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com]]
48
Click "APPLY"
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Click "OK"
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Navigate to the Outbound Data Flows screen.
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Toggle on webhooks for: - [[customer/created]] - [[customer/updated]]
The Mailchimp integration requires a list ID be added to the mappings. Follow these steps to add it.
52
Click on manage mappings.
53
Click on the edit button to edit these mappings.
54
Click on the edit button for the ListId mapping.
55
Double-click the "Source Value" field.
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Replace the default value with the Audience ID you copied from MailChimp.
57
Click "SAVE"
58
Click "APPLY"
Configuring the Mailchimp Subscription in iPaaS.com
While we guided you through creating a new account on Mailchimp, for BigCommerce, we have a test store for you to connect to.
59
Click "Marketplace"
60
Click on the BigCommerce icon.
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Click "SUBSCRIBE"
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Click the "Name" field.
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Type "BigCommerce" (or another name if you would like).
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Click this dropdown.
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Select Version 1.3
Newer versions of the subscription have more steps required to set it up, so we are going with a simpler version here.
66
Check "Create Default Mappings"
67
Click the "BC Api Url" field.
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Enter in <https://api.bigcommerce.com>
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Click the "BC Api Store Hash" field.
70
Enter in [[4xjlaeojry]]
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Click the "BC Api Client Id" field.
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Enter [[od0s03bwgegjs5xs6xpd3x7nf1vla46]]
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Click the "BC Api Token" field.
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Press [[sz6ek6fzs1zo89g714f6ifmb99eoirg]]
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Click "APPLY"
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Click "YES" on the warning screen.
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Click "OK"
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Next to the Big Commerce Subscription click on the "Inbound Data Flows" icon
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Toggle on the following Webhooks: - [[create/customer/created]] - [[store/customer/address/created]] - [[store/order/created]]
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Navigate to <https://store.ipaas.com>
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Click the "Preview Code" field.
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Enter [[joj14fhjj2]] in the Preview Code box
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Click the CAPTCHA checkbox.
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Click Submit.
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Select a product and click "Add to Cart"
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Click "CART"
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Click "Check out now"
Please use test/fake data here as this data may be added to other test accounts setup after yours. Use an email address different from the email address you used to setup the Mailchimp account so you can see a new address in Mailchimp in the end.
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Click the "Email" field and enter an email address.
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Click "CONTINUE"
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Add in a name and address.
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Click "CONTINUE"
92
Click "Cash on Delivery"
93
Click "PLACE ORDER"
[iPaaS.com](http://iPaaS.com) only pulls in customers that are registered, so you need to register in order for the customer to show in iPaaS.com.
94
Click the "Password" field and put in a test password.
95
Click "CREATE ACCOUNT"
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Switch back to <https://portal.ipaas.com>
97
Click "Data Management"
98
Click "Customers"
99
Click the edit link for the customer you just created in BigCommerce. If you do not see one there refresh the page.
100
Scroll down to see the External IDs in both BigCommerce and Mailchimp.
101
Switch to Mailchimp
102
Click "All contacts"
103
Click on the customer you just created to see all of the data in MailChimp.
iPaaS.com Quick Start Guide
Integrate Mailchimp and BigCommerce into iPaaS.com and see BigCommerce Customers in Mailchimp.
Judah Ferst
103 steps
9 minutes
Mailchimp
Ipaas
Bigcommerce
Create a free Mailchimp account
1
Navigate to <https://mailchimp.com/>
2
Click "Start Free Trial"
3
Click "Free"
4
Click "Sign Up Free"
5
Fill in the fields with an email address, username and password.
6
Click "Sign up"
7
Navigate to your email, find the email to activate your account and click on the button in the email to do so.
8
Click "Activate Account"
9
Fill out the registration steps in MailChimp
10
Click the "Business name" field.
11
Click "Next"
12
Add your business address.
13
Click "Next"
14
Click "We're not currently selling"
15
Click "Skip"
16
Click "Skip"
17
Click "Skip"
18
Click "None of these apply"
19
Click "Skip"
20
Click "Continue Free"
Generate a Mailchimp API Key
21
Click on your initials in the upper right
22
Click "Profile"
23
Click "Extras"
24
Click "API keys"
25
Click "Create A Key"
26
Click the "API Key Name" field and give your key a name. We called ours "iPaaS.com Store" but you can call it whatever you would like.
27
Click "Generate Key"
28
Click "Copy To Clipboard"
29
Save this key for later.
You will not be able to access it again after this point. If you loose it you will need to generate another one.
Locate your Mailchimp Audience ID
30
Click "Audience"
31
Click "All contacts"
32
Click on settings.
33
Click "Audience name & defaults"
34
Copy the Audience ID for use later in this process.
Configuring the Mailchimp Subscription in iPaaS.com
35
Switch to <https://portal.iPaaS.com>. Login if needed.
36
Expand the sidebar
37
Click "Subscriptions Management"
38
Click "Marketplace"
39
Select the MailChimp subscription
40
Click "SUBSCRIBE"
41
Click the "Name" field.
42
Type "Mailchimp" (or another name if you would like).
43
Ensure the checkbox to create default mappings is checked.
44
Click the "API Key" field.
45
Enter in the API Key you copied from MailChimp
46
Click the "API Url" field.
47
Copy in the root URL from any page in your MailChimp account and change "admin" to "api". The field should then have data that looks like this, but the number may be different: [[https://us13.api.mailchimp.com]]
Ensure it is [[https://us13.api.mailchimp.com]] and NOT [[https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com]]
48
Click "APPLY"
49
Click "OK"
50
Navigate to the Outbound Data Flows screen.
51
Toggle on webhooks for: - [[customer/created]] - [[customer/updated]]
The Mailchimp integration requires a list ID be added to the mappings. Follow these steps to add it.
52
Click on manage mappings.
53
Click on the edit button to edit these mappings.
54
Click on the edit button for the ListId mapping.
55
Double-click the "Source Value" field.
56
Replace the default value with the Audience ID you copied from MailChimp.
57
Click "SAVE"
58
Click "APPLY"
Configuring the Mailchimp Subscription in iPaaS.com
While we guided you through creating a new account on Mailchimp, for BigCommerce, we have a test store for you to connect to.
59
Click "Marketplace"
60
Click on the BigCommerce icon.
61
Click "SUBSCRIBE"
62
Click the "Name" field.
63
Type "BigCommerce" (or another name if you would like).
64
Click this dropdown.
65
Select Version 1.3
Newer versions of the subscription have more steps required to set it up, so we are going with a simpler version here.
66
Check "Create Default Mappings"
67
Click the "BC Api Url" field.
68
Enter in <https://api.bigcommerce.com>
69
Click the "BC Api Store Hash" field.
70
Enter in [[4xjlaeojry]]
71
Click the "BC Api Client Id" field.
72
Enter [[od0s03bwgegjs5xs6xpd3x7nf1vla46]]
73
Click the "BC Api Token" field.
74
Press [[sz6ek6fzs1zo89g714f6ifmb99eoirg]]
75
Click "APPLY"
76
Click "YES" on the warning screen.
77
Click "OK"
78
Next to the Big Commerce Subscription click on the "Inbound Data Flows" icon
79
Toggle on the following Webhooks: - [[create/customer/created]] - [[store/customer/address/created]] - [[store/order/created]]
80
Navigate to <https://store.ipaas.com>
81
Click the "Preview Code" field.
82
Enter [[joj14fhjj2]] in the Preview Code box
83
Click the CAPTCHA checkbox.
84
Click Submit.
85
Select a product and click "Add to Cart"
86
Click "CART"
87
Click "Check out now"
Please use test/fake data here as this data may be added to other test accounts setup after yours. Use an email address different from the email address you used to setup the Mailchimp account so you can see a new address in Mailchimp in the end.
88
Click the "Email" field and enter an email address.
89
Click "CONTINUE"
90
Add in a name and address.
91
Click "CONTINUE"
92
Click "Cash on Delivery"
93
Click "PLACE ORDER"
[iPaaS.com](http://iPaaS.com) only pulls in customers that are registered, so you need to register in order for the customer to show in iPaaS.com.
94
Click the "Password" field and put in a test password.
95
Click "CREATE ACCOUNT"
96
Switch back to <https://portal.ipaas.com>
97
Click "Data Management"
98
Click "Customers"
99
Click the edit link for the customer you just created in BigCommerce. If you do not see one there refresh the page.
100
Scroll down to see the External IDs in both BigCommerce and Mailchimp.
101
Switch to Mailchimp
102
Click "All contacts"
103
Click on the customer you just created to see all of the data in MailChimp.
