Setting up TORO to Mailchimp Integration

Steps to create your API Key

  1. Log in to Mailchimp:
    • Go to https://mailchimp.com and sign in to your account.
  2. Navigate to API Keys:
    • Click your profile icon (top-right corner) or your account name.
    • Select Profile from the dropdown.
    • In the menu, go to Extras > API Keys.
  3. Create or Copy an API Key:
    • Click Create A Key.
    • Use ‘TORO’ as the label for the key to identify its purpose.
    • Once created, copy the API key by pressing CTRL + C (e.g., 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcde-us6).
  4. Input API key into TORO
    • Go to Toro
    • Select the Admin menu and then Dashboard
    • In the top right, click “Setup System”
    • Towards the right, click “Setup Mailchimp”
    • Paste the API key into its field by pressing CTRL + V

 

Steps to Find Your Audience ID

  1. Log in to Mailchimp:
    • Go to https://mailchimp.com and sign in to your account.
  2. Navigate to Your Audience:
    • From the left-hand menu, click Audience
    • Click Audience dashboard.
    • On the far right, click in the dropdown that says “Manage Audience”
    • Click View Audiences
  3. Access Audience Settings:
    • Click the Manage Audience dropdown (far right).
    • Select Audience Settings.
  4. Find the Audience ID:
    • In the Audience name and defaults section, look for the Audience ID. It’s typically displayed as a unique string (e.g., a1b2c3d4e5).
    • Copy this ID by pressing the double square icon or highlighting and pressing CTRL + C
  5. Input Audience Id into Toro
    • Go to Toro
    • Select the Admin menu and then Dashboard
    • In the top right, click “Setup System”
    • Towards the right, click “Setup Mailchimp”
    • Next to the Audience table, click the “+” button
    • Give the Audience a name. Recommend to match the name in Mailchimp
    • Click the Paste From Clipboard button next to the Audience Id field. If that doesn’t work, then go back and copy the Audience Id again and paste to its field by pressing CTRL + V.
    • Select MASTER for the type.
    • Click Save.

Congrats! Now as you add new emails they will automatically be imported to your Mailchimp list!