Exporting a design to Mailchimp

Exporting a design to Mailchimp

If you’ve created a newsletter design that you want to email to large number of users, you might want to send it out with Mailchimp – a professional email marketing service.

While you can send your newsletter directly to your readers via your own email address, most email providers won’t allow you to send emails to hundreds or thousands of readers at a time. That’s where Mailchimp comes in. This service can send emails to large numbers of newsletter subscribers at a time.

Mailchimp Logo

Mailchimp offers free accounts to get you started, with paid accounts available for users with larger numbers of subscribers.

To start using Mailchimp

First you’ll need a free Mailchimp account, so head over to their website to sign up:

https://www.maildesigner365.com/goto/maildesigner-mailchimp-signup

Once you have a Mailchimp account, open one of your templates in Mail Designer 365 and choose “Mailchimp” from the send menu:

Exporting a design to Mailchimp

You’ll be asked to enter your Mailchimp API key:

To add your API key:

‣ Go to the Mailchimp website and sign in to your Mailchimp account

‣ Choose “Account" > "API keys & authorized apps” from the menu

‣ Copy your API key

‣ Paste it into Mail Designer 365 

Mail Designer 365 can store your API key in your keychain, so you only need to set this up once.

Why an API Key?

In order to add new templates to your Mailchimp account, Mail Designer 365 needs your MailChimp account API key. The API key will allow Mail Designer 365 to upload templates on your behalf.

After this, you will be able to directly export emails to Mailchimp. Find out more in our integration guide.

Disclaimer: This article contains affiliate links.

Search through the manual

A Quick Tour of Mail Designer 365

Advanced Design Techniques

Appendix: Compatibility

Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts

Approval

Background

Blend Modes

Creative Tools

Exporting a Design to Campaign Monitor

Exporting a Design to Mailchimp

Graphics and Other Objects

HTML Export

Image Areas

Images

Layout Blocks

Optimizing your Template for Mobile

Plain Text

Preparing your Design for Sending

Preview your Design

Send via Mail Designer 365

Sharing your Designs

Tables

Teamwork

Text Styles

The Inbox View

Using Retina Images with your Design

Working with Links and Buttons

Working with Text

Privacy Settings / Datenschutz-Einstellungen