MailChimp Integration: add new user without completing registration

[stevland]

I am setting up a site for a client and we are using the Simple Registration Plugin in a unique way.

She isn’t selling a membership. In fact, she is only selling registration to a one-time event.

The plugin works perfectly for her simple needs, except for 4)

1) Customer pays through PayPal
2) Customer is added to database
3) Customer receives “Thank You” email
4) Customer is added to MailChimp list

She is very determined that she does NOT want the customer to have to complete the registration process. There is no benefit for the customer to log into the website at all.

I assumed that the customer was added to the MailChimp list when the PayPal payment is completed. Now I realize is that the MailChimp function isn’t triggered until the customer completes the registration.

I am hoping there is some way to circumvent this and have the MailChimp list function initiated when the PayPal IPN is received.

I realize that this is a “membership” plugin and I am using it in an unusual way. I didn’t realize that I would run into this limitation. I am a repeat customer though! Yesterday I bought the bbPress Integration addon for my own website (Transaction ID: 198342747A9040829) and today I bought the FormBuilder add on for this site (Transaction ID: 43F74420DX951704B). I love SMP.

I hope a workaround can be provided so that I don’t have to dump all of my work and build a whole new solution. Thank you!

[mbrsolution]

Hi, please read the following documentation. This explain how this plugin handles the registration process.

In regards to your 4 steps below.

1) Customer pays through PayPal
2) Customer is added to database
3) Customer receives “Thank You” email
4) Customer is added to MailChimp list

Are you trying to achieve step 4 above without finalizing the payment via PayPal as per the following comment?

I am hoping there is some way to circumvent this and have the MailChimp list function initiated when the PayPal IPN is received.

Regards

[stevland]

No, I would like the customer to be added to the MailChimp list upon completion of the PayPal transaction but before Step 8 of your documentation:

When the member clicks on that special link in the email it will bring them to the registration page and let them choose a “username” and “password” for their account.

Thank you.

[mbrsolution]

Thank you for providing more information. I have submitted a message to the developers to investigate further your request.

Thank yhou

[stevland]

Thank you, mbrsolution.

[admin]

The current mailchimp addon won’t be able to handle the process that you need. A new addon will need to be custom coded so it can listen to the paypal IPN notification and then signup the user using that hook.

If you are not using the plugin to create member profiles then I feel that you can use a simple e-commerce/cart plugin to take care of the transaction. Something like the following:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/

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