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How to Connect OptinMonster with EmailOctopus

How to Connect OptinMonster with EmailOctopus

OptinMonster offers seamless integration with EmailOctopus email marketing service. Connecting OptinMonster to your EmailOctopus email list is very easy.

In this article, you’ll learn how to connect EmailOctopus with OptinMonster.

Before you start, this integration is available with a Plus and higher subscription.
All subscription plans can add custom forms using the Form Embed block.

As a best practice, we recommend you also connect your campaigns to Monster Leads as a backup.

Connect EmailOctopus

When you create a campaign in OptinMonster that you intend to collect leads with, you’ll want to integrate with one or more services to send those leads to.

To send leads to EmailOctopus, follow these steps:

  1. Before you start, you’ll need an EmailOctopus API Key. You can generate and copy an API Key from your EmailOctopus account following this guide.
  2. Navigate to the Integrations view in the campaign builder, search for and select EmailOctopus.
    Select EmailOctopus to integrate with OptinMonster.
  3. Enter an EmailOctopus Account Name (*internal use only) and your EmailOctopus API Key in the appropriate fields, then select the Connect to EmailOctopus button.
    Connect EmailOctopus with OptinMonster.
    *The EmailOctopus Account Name can be anything that helps you identify the specific integration within OptinMonster. It’s possible to add more than one EmailOctopus integration to your account and this is an easy way to differentiate between them when assigning integrations to individual campaigns.
  4. Required: Once the EmailOctopus integration has been connected select the EmailOctopus Campaign you wish to send leads to from the Email Provider Lists field.
    Select a List to add leads to in EmailOctopus.
  5. Optional: You can also configure the Subscribe Automatically? option.
    EmailOctopus optional settings.
  6. When you’re finished, Save your campaign.

Add Extra Fields

Our native EmailOctopus integration supports the following fields:

To add more fields to your campaign you’ll want to build the form as you wish it to appear using the EmailOctopus form builder, and add it to your campaign using our Form Embed block.

Email Automations

To send emails automatically to new leads you’ll want to configure email automations within your EmailOctopus account.

The following guides from EmailOctopus may be helpful to get started:

Testing

We strongly recommend you test the optin form before publishing your campaign to ensure it is working as you expect.

Before you begin, please be aware of the following details when testing EmailOctopus integrations:

  • Previously submitted or already subscribed leads may be treated differently by EmailOctopus than new leads. For this reason, we recommend using a completely unique email address each time you test submit your campaign’s form. You can use a free tool like TempMail.io or learn how to create unlimited unique email addresses from a single Gmail account.
  • If the lead is captured in EmailOctopus but you do not receive any automated emails it indicates the integration from OptinMonster to EmailOctopus is correct, and the issue is with the automated email configuration. EmailOctopus controls email automation exclusively. If you require assistance in troubleshooting email automations we recommend reaching out to EmailOctopus support directly.

Get started testing with the Live Site Inspector tool explained in our guide on how to test an OptinMonster campaign.

Spin-a-Wheel Support

If you are configuring a Gamified spin-to-win campaign, spin-a-wheel support is not available at this time to send the coupon data to EmailOctopus.

FAQs

Can I send leads to more than one List?

Yes! See our Lead Sharing guide to accomplish this.

How do I configure single or double opt-in?

See our guide on single vs. double opt-in.

Is it possible for me to add a phone field to my campaign?

Yes! You can add a phone field. Learn how to capture phone numbers with OptinMonster.


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Troubleshooting

The campaign is capturing leads but shows 0 conversions in analytics.

Confirm that conversion tracking is turned on for the submit button in your campaign. See our guide on How to Enable Conversion Tracking.

I’m not seeing new contacts in my EmailOctopus list. Where are they?

New contacts may not be showing in your EmailOctopus list as subscribed. Visit the list that you expect to see the new contact subscribed to, and select “Unsubscribed” from the contact filter, to see if they are there.


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