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This document describes functionality in WHMCS 7.10 and earlier. For WHMCS 8.0 and later, use the improved and full-featured [[Email Campaigns]].
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After upgrading to WHMCS 7.5, you can perform a one-time conversion to the new opt-in mailing list subscription management.
 
After upgrading to WHMCS 7.5, you can perform a one-time conversion to the new opt-in mailing list subscription management.
  

Latest revision as of 16:27, 28 August 2020

Available in WHMCS 7.10 and earlier.
This document describes functionality in WHMCS 7.10 and earlier. For WHMCS 8.0 and later, use the improved and full-featured Email Campaigns.

After upgrading to WHMCS 7.5, you can perform a one-time conversion to the new opt-in mailing list subscription management.

In doing so, you are given the choice of either assuming opt-in for all your existing customers that have not explicitly opted out, or to not assume opt-in for any existing customers and require them to explicitly re opt-in.

Performing the Conversion

To perform the conversion, begin by navigating to Clients > Mass Mail.

Until the conversion is performed, you will see a banner displayed as shown below. As this is a one-time conversion process, once the migration has been performed the banner will no longer be displayed.

Click the Click here link to initiate the conversion process.

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The conversion process wizard will ask you to make a choice of how your existing customers are treated.

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The options are as follows:

  • Do not assume opt-in for any existing customers - Selecting this option will not set any existing customers to opted-in status automatically and will require users to explicitly opt-in to receive marketing emails.
  • Assume opt-in for any existing customers that have not explicitly opted-out - Selecting this option will set any customers who have not opted-out of marketing emails to opted-in by default. This means that any non-unsubscribed users will be considered as implicitly opted-in.
Customers may opt-in to marketing emails at any time via the client area profile page, or via the opt-in links which can be included in emails.

Opt-In/Out Email Links

Two merge fields are made available for use in email messages.

  • {$email_marketing_optin_url}
  • {$email_marketing_optout_url}

You may use these merge fields along with the Mass Mail tool in order to send a bulk mailing asking users to opt-in or opt-out. These can be used in conjunction with the migration to request your users to explicitly opt-in or out.