Sending opted-in subscribers to mailing list?

[mtc]

I'm trying to figure out a way to send new opted-in subscribers to a mailing list with Mailerlite. I have just tried Zapier, but it appears that the only EJunkie 'trigger' is when a sale is made, so presumably that would subscribe anyone who buys my product to the mailing list, rather than just people who opt in.

Is there a way to make a new Zapier trigger for subscriber opt-ins, or is there another way to get my new subscribers over to Mailerlite?

[E-junkie_Guru]

Hm, I'll have to ask Dev if we do (or could) send any variable to Zapier that indicates the buyer's subscription opt-in preference.

[mtc]

That would be great. It seems like it should be possible. Right now it's possible add all buyers to a mailing list, but obviously that's frowned upon if they haven't opted-in.

[E-junkie_Guru]

Dev says we do report a mailing_list_status=true parameter to Zapier that they can use to determine when the buyer chose to opt-in.

[mtc]

That option doesn't appear to be available. The only one I am seeing is:

New Sale
Triggers when a new sale is processed.

Here's a screenshot

[E-junkie_Guru]

You would use the New Sale trigger to set up a Zap, and then select the mailing_list_status parameter as the basis for an Action following that trigger. Consult Zapier support or help pages if you need clarification about how to do that.

[mtc]

By having that as a parameter rather than a trigger it makes the Zapier service cost $25/month (as opposed to free). I'm sure there are bigger users for whom this might be worth it, but to add 5 or 10 people to my mailing list, for me, it's way too expensive, and I know many of your users are also smaller businesses. Is it possible the Ejunkie dev team might include new mailing list subscribers as a trigger instead of a parameter?

I'm trying to get out of Mailchimp's grip, but it's really hard when so many other products integrate with them for free, but not with smaller companies.

[E-junkie_Guru]

I've relayed that request to Development to see if they can implement it.

[mtc]

Thanks! You guys are awesome.