Add or Remove Mandrill

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This feature requires Admin user level or higher and is part of paid features.

Mandrill is a powerful delivery service that allows you to send one-to-one e-commerce emails and automated transactional emails. The Mandrill add-on will start with a free trial of 2,000 email credits. After you use these credits, you'll need to upgrade to the paid version to continue using it.

In this article, you'll learn how to add Mandrill to your account, or remove Mandrill if you decide you no longer need it.

Before You Start

Add a Trial Account

Try out Mandrill with 2,000 free email credits that don't expire. Your trial account includes access to most features of the paid version of Mandrill, but there are some limitations.

To add a Mandrill trial to your MailChimp account, follow these steps.

  1. Click your profile name, and choose Account.
    Cursor clicks Account from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click Transactional.
    Cursor clicks Transactional from the navigation bar.
  3. Click Add Mandrill.
    Cursor clicks the Get Started link for Mandrill.
  4. In the Add Mandrill pop-up modal, click Start Trial. 
    Cursor clicks Start Trial in the modal.

After you start your trial, you can access Mandrill from the Transactional page.

Upgrade to the Paid Version

You can upgrade to the paid version of Mandrill at any time. If you aren't currently on a MailChimp Monthly Plan, you'll first need to upgrade or switch to a Monthly Plan. You'll be charged immediately when you upgrade, but we'll send your emails with the remaining trial credits before we use any purchased email blocks.

To upgrade to the paid version of Mandrill, follow these steps.

  1. Click your profile name, and choose Account.
    Cursor clicks Account from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click Transactional.
    Cursor clicks Transactional from the navigation bar.
  3. Click Upgrade.
    Cursor clicks Upgrade.
  4. Click Purchase Monthly Transactional Email Plan.
    Cursor clicks Purchase Monthly button.
  5. Type the number of transactional email blocks you want in the blocks field. Blocks expire at the end of each monthly billing cycle.
    Example with 2 typed into the number of blocks field.
  6. Set your preferences for when you run low on credits, and click Add.
    Example with Send alert choosen and cursor clicks add.
  7. In the sidebar, click Complete Purchase.
    Example of bill showing cost of adding Mandrill.

Remove Mandrill

If you decide you no longer need to use Mandrill, you can remove it from your billing plan at any time.

To remove Mandrill from your plan, follow these steps.

  1. Click your profile name, and choose Account.
    Cursor clicks Account from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click Transactional.
    Cursor clicks Transactional from the navigation bar.
  3. Click Edit Plan.
    Cursor clicks Edit Plan.
  4. Next to Mandrill, click Disable.
    Cursor clicks Disable in Mandrill section.
  5. In the Disable Mandrill pop-up modal, click Disable Mandrill.
    Cursor clicks Disable Mandrill in modal.

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