Unsubscribe Methods
People in Drip can be unsubscribed through the following methods:
- Clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in an email
- Updating their marketing preference in Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, or another integration that tracks marketing preference
- API
- Pruning your list with bulk operations
Unsubscribe Links
Unsubscribe links in Drip are uniquely generated for each person on your list via Liquid code. You are required to provide an unsubscribe link in every Drip email. There are two options for unsubscribe link behavior in Drip.
- Display the subscription management page. Sends people to the default subscription management page, where they can unsubscribe from all mailings, individual EMail Series or Subscription Topics.
- Unsubscribe from all mailings immediately. Unsubscribes them from all Single Email Campaigns, Email Series Campaigns, and Automation emails.
Manage this preference under Settings > Email Setup > Unsubscribe Links.
By default, people who unsubscribe from all mailings are Active in your account and available to collect data points on. They will not be able to receive marketing emails from you, they will only be able to receive transactional emails. Install this pre-built Workflow to automatically deactivate people who unsubscribe from all mailings.
If someone unsubscribes from an individual Email Series Campaign they will receive emails from other Single Email Campaigns, Email Series Campaigns, and Automations.
Recipients who have emails already queued up to send at the time they've Unsubscribed will see a warning message on the confirmation page notifying them that the unsubscribe action is not instantaneous.
If you’d like to use a custom subscription management page, read our Create a Subscription Management Form Guide.
Email Preference
Email preference in Drip indicates if someone opted into receiving your marketing emails. This preference is sent over from Shopify via the “accepts marketing” option on the checkout page. It’s set from Magento via their contact information during checkout or by their Newsletter group. In either case, if their email preference is “Unsubscribed” you are not able to send them commercial emails. By default, you are still able to send them transactional emails. If their email preference is “Subscribed,” you’re able to send them commercial and transactional emails.
API
There are two ways to unsubscribe people from all mailings via API:
- Unsubscribe from all mailings endpoint
- Create or update a subscriber endpoint by setting the status flag to unsubscribed
Pruning Operations
Pruning operations allow you to keep your list clean by unsubscribing people who haven’t engaged with your brand in a while. Perform or find a previous operation under People > Pruning Operations.
Resubscribe Methods
The following methods are available for people to be resubscribed:
- Submitting an Onsite Campaign or Drip form
- Submitting a third-party form
- API
- Bulk Operation
- The default subscription management page
- Contacting our Support Team
Third-Party forms that update people via API must pass the key-value pair status: "active" in order to resubscribe upon form submission. More information on this process is available in our Developer Docs.
You are required to respect customers' marketing preferences and should not resubscribe anyone who hasn't given you their explicit consent to do so.
Resubscribing someone to an Email Series
When a person is unsubscribed from an Email Series, their consent is also removed. In order for them to be added to the series again, consent must be collected which can be done by:
- Reactivating their consent via the Subscription Management Page from previously sent emails:
- Reaching out to the Support Team! Keep in mind that in order for the Support team to resubscribe them, you must provide explicit proof of consent.
Looking to temporarily remove someone from an Email Series while not removing their opt-in consent? Use the action to Remove from an email series in a bulk operation. Doing so does not alter their Subscription permissions and they can be added back to the Email Series in the future.
Submit an Onsite Campaign
People can be resubscribed upon submission for any active Onsite Campaign. If they’re not resubscribed right away, check your double opt-in settings within the Field Mapping tab:
With double opt-in turned on, they will first need to confirm their subscription before being resubscribed.
Submit a Drip Form
People can submit an active Drip form on your website, or you can send them a direct link to a hosted form. If they’re not resubscribed right away, double-check that double opt-in is turned off for that form. If double opt-in is turned on, that will prevent them from being resubscribed until they confirm interest via the double opt-in email.
Bulk Operation
Resubscribe someone via Bulk Operation with the Subscribe a person action.
- Go to People > Bulk Operations > + New Bulk Operation
- Choose people for the operation
- Select Subscribe a person to email marketing
- Click Next > Perform Operation
- Click Done to exit the page and view the progress of the operation
The email address(es) that you selected will be subscribed to marketing emails.
You can only subscribe people who opt-in to receive your marketing content.
API
Resubscribe someone via API with the Create or update a subscriber endpoint by setting the status flag to active.
Contact our Support Team
We’re happy to reactivate an individual person on your behalf. Please write support@drip.com with a screenshot of the person stating they want to opt back into your list, and one of our Specialists will assist you.
A purchase receipt is not considered proof of opt-in. Someone must expressly state that they want to opt-in to receive your marketing emails again.