iContact Configuration

Overview

iContact is a popular third-party auto responder to use with UltraCart. This tutorial will explain how to configure iContact with UltraCart. To visit the UltraCart website, click www.ultracart.com.

Navigation

Step 1 - Navigate to the IContact Configuration Page

First navigate to the iContact configuration page

Home Operations (Marketing)  3rd Party Email iContact

Step 2 - Initiate account linking within iContact and create the Application Password

Next click on the here link shown in step 2.

After you click link it will take you to a login screen for iContact.  Enter your normal login credentials in the form provided.


After logging in it will take you to the manage external applications as shown below.

In the Application ID enter the value RbiHWEjlYFgX7DhBwuGWGtESwMTRrQq9

In the create password field you will need to come up with a new password.  Think of this as the API password that UltraCart will use to communicate with your iContact account.  After you are done entering the information and clicking save the screen should look like below.

Notice the UltraCart external program is now listed. 

Step 3  - Plugging in your iContact Login and the newly created Application Password in UltraCart

Switching back to the UltraCart iContact screen we need to enter the iContact username and the new API password in the two fields in step 3.

Connecting UltraCart to iContact

Username: The username is the Login ID you use to log into the iContact website.

Application Password: The application password is the password you created when you enabled UltraCart as an external application within your iContact account.

Client Folder Name (optional):  

Step 4 - Configure the subscription Lists

The final step is to configure which lists UltraCart will subscribe the customer to when an order is placed. 

This is done in step 4.  First we need to click on My Contacts tab and then My Lists as shown below.

Click on the list that you would like to subscribe the customer to.

After you click the link you will notice that there is a numeric identifier in the URL as shown below.

Take the identifier from the URL and enter it into the List IDs field of step 4.




Congratulations! -You have now completed the basic configuration of iContact with UltraCart.

Item level configuration

Configuring item level subscription on the Buy Link URL


Configuring item level subscription via 3rd Party Marketing section of Item Editor

Navigate to Item Management to locate the item.  Once located, click on the Item ID.  Click the "Other Tab" then click on "3rd Party Marketing":

Your iContact lists will be displayed.  Select the "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe" check-box for the list(s) as appropriate for this item.

Click save when finished.