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Create a Buttondown account here if you do not already have one!

Importing your subscribers (contacts)

  • Mailchimp contacts are like Buttondown subscribers. Export your Mailchimp contacts here.
  • Go to https://buttondown.email/subscribers. You may need to log in first.
  • Click the Import button at the top of the page, then choose the .csv file you just downloaded from Mailchimp.

Importing your archives (campaigns)

  • Mailchimp campaigns are like Buttondown archives. Export your Mailchimp campaigns here.
  • Go to https://buttondown.email/emails. You may need to log in first.
  • Click the Import button at the top of the page, then choose "Mailchimp", then choose the ZIP file you just downloaded from Mailchimp.

You did it!

Once you finish all of the above steps, Buttondown will kick off an audit and migration process to make sure everything is in order. Then you should be safe to disable or deactivate your Mailchimp account.

FAQs

Do subscribers need to re-enter their credit card?

Mailchimp and Buttondown use the same payments processor — Stripe.

Stripe has your subscribers' information:

  • credit cards
  • purchases
  • subscriptions

You bring your subscribers' history to Buttondown when you connect your Stripe account to Buttondown. You will have their payment histories, too.

Your paying subscribers do not need to do anything extra when you switch to Buttondown. Just email me when you've connected your Stripe account. I'll take care of the rest, for free!

P.S. Over time, I'd like to make this process a little more automatic but at the moment it requires a bit of manual labor on my part to make sure everything is wired up correctly (free of charge, of course.)