MailChimp - Quick License Manager Integration with MailChimp
QLM's integration with MailChimp enables you to create a list / form in MailChimp and automatically generate trial license keys that are emailed to the end-user upon registration.
The first version of QLM's integration with MailChimp uses WebHooks to interface with the QLM License Server. Note that this is available as of QLM 8.0.15263.2.
MailChimp Webhook Configuration
To configure MailChimp to integrate with QLM, you must create a webhook in MailChimp.
Login to MailChimp
Click Audience
Click Manage Audience then select Settings
Click Webhooks
Click Create New Webhook
Set the Webhook URL to (update the URL as well as the arguments to match your site and product)
http://quicklicensemanager.com/qlmdemo/QlmCustomerSite/qlmregistration.asmx/Register?is_productid=1&is_majorversion=1&is_minorversion=0&is_expduration=10
In the type of updates, select: Subscribes
Select the following optionn as needed:
by a subscriber
by an account admin
via the API
Click Save
Configure QLM to receive MailChimp requests
In the web.config file of the QlmCustomerSite project, set the folllowing:
useThirdPartyRegistrationFields: true
htmlFormat: true (assuming your email will be formatted as html)
To configure QLM to send an email with the license key, configure the SMTP server as follows:
From the QLM Management Console, go to the Manage Keys tab
Click Sites and select your profile
Go to the Server Properties tab
Expand the smtp section and set the all fields
Click Ok
Create a MailChimp Campaign
With the configuration above completed, you can create your MailChimp campaign.
Click Create Campaign
Select Signup form
Select the audience and click Begin
Configure your form as required and save it.
Every time a user subscribes, the webhook created above will be invoked and trigger the creation of a license key.
For details about the qlmregistration.asmx web service, check this article.
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