Integrate BigCommerce with Drip Using Pabbly Connect: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to instantly create Drip subscribers from new BigCommerce customers using Pabbly Connect. Follow this detailed guide for seamless integration. Follow this definitive guide to creating powerful automated workflows with straightforward, efficiency-focused solutions that save valuable time.

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1. Introduction to Pabbly Connect for BigCommerce and Drip Integration

Pabbly Connect is an automation tool that facilitates seamless integration between applications like BigCommerce and Drip. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to instantly create Drip subscribers from new BigCommerce customers using Pabbly Connect.

To start, visit the Pabbly Connect website and sign up for a free account to access automation tasks every month. After signing up, log in to your account and navigate to the Pabbly Connect dashboard to begin creating your workflow.

2. Creating the Workflow in Pabbly Connect

To create an automation workflow, click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button in Pabbly Connect. Name your workflow, for example, ‘BigCommerce to Drip Integration,’ and click on the ‘Create’ button to load your workflow page. using Pabbly Connect

On this page, you will see two modules: Trigger and Action. The Trigger module will detect when a new customer is added in BigCommerce, while the Action module will send this customer information to Drip as a subscriber. Follow these steps to set up your trigger:

• Search for BigCommerce in the Trigger app field.
• Select ‘New Customer’ as the trigger event.
• Click on the ‘Connect’ button and choose ‘Add New Connection.’

After setting up the trigger, you will need to connect your BigCommerce store by entering the Client ID, Access Token, and Store Hash Key, which you can obtain from your BigCommerce account settings.

3. Connecting BigCommerce to Pabbly Connect

To connect BigCommerce to Pabbly Connect, first, create a Store API account in your BigCommerce settings. Navigate to the Advanced Settings and select the API Accounts option. Create a new API account by clicking on the plus icon and selecting the V3 API token version.

Fill in the required details such as the name for the token and select the necessary scopes, including content, customers, marketing, orders, and products. After saving, copy the Client ID and Access Token. You will also need to extract the Store Hash Key from the API path and paste it into Pabbly Connect to complete the connection.

4. Testing the Connection and Fetching Customer Data

Once your BigCommerce account is connected, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ in Pabbly Connect. This action will prepare your workflow to capture new customer data. To test this, manually create a new customer in your BigCommerce store. using Pabbly Connect

After adding a dummy customer, return to Pabbly Connect to see if the customer data appears. If it does, you will see the store ID, scopes, and other relevant details. To fetch complete customer information, set up another action step by selecting BigCommerce again and choosing ‘Get Customer by ID’ as the action event.

• Choose your existing connection to BigCommerce.
• Map the Customer ID from the previous step.
• Click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to fetch customer details.

Once the customer details are fetched successfully, you are ready to send this information to Drip.

5. Sending Customer Data to Drip as Subscribers

To add the new customer as a subscriber in Drip, select the Drip application in Pabbly Connect and choose ‘Create or Update Subscriber’ as the action event. Click on the ‘Connect’ button and enter your Drip API token to establish the connection. using Pabbly Connect

Map the necessary fields such as first name, last name, and email address from the previous step to the fields required by Drip. Ensure that the subscriber status is set to active. Finally, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to add the subscriber to Drip.

Upon successful execution, you will see that the new subscriber has been added to Drip. This automation will now work in real-time, automatically adding new BigCommerce customers as subscribers in Drip without any manual effort.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to use Pabbly Connect to automate the creation of Drip subscribers from new BigCommerce customers. By following the outlined steps, you can streamline your email marketing efforts and grow your subscriber list effortlessly.