Omnisend is a powerful Email and SMS marketing tool that processes your store data to personalize customer communication and boost sales. By integrating Omnisend with your BigCommerce store, you allow us to track your store performance and your customer's behavior and to send relevant messages at each step of their journey.

Integrate Omnisend with BigCommerce
​Add Omnisend from the marketplace
​Connect your store through Omnisend settings
​Data synchronization
​Automation workflows

FAQ

The integration process for the BigCommerce account consists of two stages:

There are two ways to complete the first stage of integration. You can add Omnisend from the marketplace or create an account in Omnisend and connect your store through Omnisend settings. If you are creating your first account in Omnisend, it is better to go with the first option, but if you already have one store connected, you should register another store through the Account Management page.

1. In your BigCommerce admin, go to Apps → BigCommerce marketplace → locate Omnisend.

2. Click the GET THIS APP button and log in to the Existing BigCommerce store.

3. Choose to Install Omnisend → provide all necessary permissions → set up Omnisend account.

That's it! Your store is connected.

And you don't need to add Omnisend snippets, as those are added automatically. Find them in Storefront → Script Manager:

1. First, you must have an active BigCommerce store. To check this, you need to go to Channel Manager → Storefronts.

2. In your Omnisend account, click on the Connect your online store with Omnisend option in the Dashboard or go to the top right menu → Connect your store.

3. Pick BigCommerce from the list of available platforms.

4. Click the Connect Store button to connect your BigCommerce store.

After you add Omnisend app to your store, you will get access to all the following features for free:

If you click on How to add a code snippet to your store, you will see the instructions and snippets that need to be added to your store. We also have two guides for both Stencil and Blueprint theme frameworks. Check this article to find out what theme framework your theme is based on. 

Check this article to find out why and what you need to do to add a custom domain and SSL to your store.

By fixing these two issues, you will get access to the following features:

After you complete the integration with BigCommerce, Omnisend starts syncing all historical data from your store. The information passed to Omnisend includes your contacts, products, and orders. The initial synchronization may take up to a few hours, but we recommend waiting for 24 hours.

Later on, time-sensitive data is passed instantly or within 3 minutes.

* if you are not using any automation with a certain event in the trigger, customers' info and order data are passed to Omnisend within 3 hours of sync.

The contacts synced to Omnisend can have different subscription statuses: subscribed and non-subscribed. Only those contacts that provided explicit consent to receive your marketing materials are added to Omnisend with subscribed to email channel status. You may check that list in your BigCommerce account. To collect email subscribers on the checkout, you can enable this option in your BigCommerce admin by going to the Marketing tab → Email marketing → General settings → tick the 'Allow Newsletter Subscriptions' box:

Omnisend doesn't replace any of the automatic responses you have in your store. If ySubscriptions'lace them, you need to disable automations sent by BigCommerce and enable them in Omnisend.

Please take a look at the order statuses mapping in the table below.

When it comes to Abandoned Cart automation, Omnisend provides two benefits:

Find a more detailed description of the Automation workflow setup in the relevant article.

Note! Our BigCommerce integration does not currently support multi-currency redemption.

The most straightforward way to test your automation workflow performance is to trigger them in your store. While testing, make sure to:

Tip: if you add +something to your email address, it will be treated by the system as a new email address, but the email message will be sent to your inbox still. Example: [email protected] -> [email protected] or [email protected], etc.

Now, let's check how placing the test order would look in your BigCommerce admin:

1. In your BigCommerce admin, proceed to the Orderslet'sions -> click on the Add button.

2. To place an order in BigCommerce, you need to proceed with 4 different steps. They are pretty straight and forward, so you don't need to worry about getting lost.

3. At the last stage, you will get the option to use Manual payment.

If you need to change the status of the order to test automation workflowsThat'sdifferent payment statuses, you may use this option:

Find more information on the Automation workflow triggers settings here. If you faced any issues while testing the automation, make sure to check our troubleshooting guide.

Why can't I access the Omnisend app in the BigCommerce apps section?

Only the owner of a BigCommerce store has access to the Omnisend app. Other roles, such as Sales, Custom, Admin, etc., will not be able to see, edit, or uninstall it. Omnisend has a Single-Sign-On (SSO) integration with BigCommerce. This means that it can only be accessed, edited, or uninstalled by the owner of the BigCommerce store to ensure secure access and data protection.