Migrate from Mailchimp to Brevo opt-in requirements.
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:51 am
How to migrate from Mailchimp to Brevo step by step
To make the migration happen, you’ll be using your Mailchimp account, a Brevo account, and a Mailchimp integration from within Brevo.
1. Create your Brevo account
To begin, create an account on Brevo’s Marketing Platform. You can choose from the free plan, or start right away with a paid plan for advanced marketing features.
Create my free Brevo account now
2. Clean Mailchimp contacts
Before moving your contacts over from Mailchimp’s email marketing platform, we recommend cleaning your email list. This will ensure you import contacts that want to keep engaging with your brand. It’ll also help set your campaigns up for success in Brevo.
Important: To send SMS and email campaigns to your contacts list of qatar cell phone numbers from Mailchimp, you’ll need to make sure they satisfy the opt-in requirements. Brevo will prompt you for this when you migrate your contacts, but it’s helpful to do beforehand.
Migration to Brevo opt-in requirements
Further reading:
5 Effective Email List Cleaning Tactics for Better Engagement
What is Double Opt-In? Why You Need It & How to Set It Up
3. Prepare your contact attributes in Brevo
Now that your contact list is cleaned up, it’s time to tell Brevo what contact details you want to import from Mailchimp.
To do this, go to your “Contacts” tab on the left navigation dashboard. From there, you can navigate to your contact settings and view all attributes you currently use in Brevo.
Migrate from Mailchimp to Brevo contact attributes.
How to navigate to contact attributes in Brevo
You’ll already see some essential attributes there, such as FIRSTNAME and EMAIL. If you use other attributes in Mailchimp that you want to map over, make sure to create an attribute for it in Brevo.
Contact attributes in Brevo
Contact attributes in Brevo
4. Migrate contacts from Mailchimp to Brevo via the plugin from Brevo
Once your Brevo contact attributes are ready to capture information from Mailchimp, it’s time to do the actual transfer.
To make the migration happen, you’ll be using your Mailchimp account, a Brevo account, and a Mailchimp integration from within Brevo.
1. Create your Brevo account
To begin, create an account on Brevo’s Marketing Platform. You can choose from the free plan, or start right away with a paid plan for advanced marketing features.
Create my free Brevo account now
2. Clean Mailchimp contacts
Before moving your contacts over from Mailchimp’s email marketing platform, we recommend cleaning your email list. This will ensure you import contacts that want to keep engaging with your brand. It’ll also help set your campaigns up for success in Brevo.
Important: To send SMS and email campaigns to your contacts list of qatar cell phone numbers from Mailchimp, you’ll need to make sure they satisfy the opt-in requirements. Brevo will prompt you for this when you migrate your contacts, but it’s helpful to do beforehand.
Migration to Brevo opt-in requirements
Further reading:
5 Effective Email List Cleaning Tactics for Better Engagement
What is Double Opt-In? Why You Need It & How to Set It Up
3. Prepare your contact attributes in Brevo
Now that your contact list is cleaned up, it’s time to tell Brevo what contact details you want to import from Mailchimp.
To do this, go to your “Contacts” tab on the left navigation dashboard. From there, you can navigate to your contact settings and view all attributes you currently use in Brevo.
Migrate from Mailchimp to Brevo contact attributes.
How to navigate to contact attributes in Brevo
You’ll already see some essential attributes there, such as FIRSTNAME and EMAIL. If you use other attributes in Mailchimp that you want to map over, make sure to create an attribute for it in Brevo.
Contact attributes in Brevo
Contact attributes in Brevo
4. Migrate contacts from Mailchimp to Brevo via the plugin from Brevo
Once your Brevo contact attributes are ready to capture information from Mailchimp, it’s time to do the actual transfer.