Setting up an Unsubscribe Link
Allow the customers to unsubscribe from your email communications by creating an unsubscribe link and embedding it in the emails or hosting on the webpages. You can use the system defined default link or create a custom link. The default unsubscribe link will be available for all users and that cannot be customized.
Creating an Unsubscribe Link
Location URL
Alternately, you can host the unsubscribe link on your company's web page. If you select this option, you must generate a code and paste it on your web page to display the unsubscribe link.
Action on unsubscribe
Redirect the visitor to a web page. In this case, you must copy the generated code and paste it in that web page.
Show a success message as shown in the image below.
To create an unsubscribe link
- Go to Setup > Channels > Emails > Unsubscribe Link.
- Click New Unsubscribe Link.
- Enter the Link Name.
- In the Location URL, choose Standard page or Custom page.
- Specify the URL, if you choose Custom page.
You can click the Preview button next to standard page to see the unsubscribe form. - In Action on unsubscribe, choose one of the following:
- Display Message - Click the preview icon to view the standard message.
- Redirect to another URL - Specify the web page's URL where the person needs to be redirected.
- Click Save and Get Code > Done and paste it in your webpage (the page from where the customer can unsubscribe). Read more Location URL
Generate code option will be displayed only if you choose the custom page option in Location URL. - To check the Unsubscribe link in the webpage, you need to send the link via email or email template and click on the link from within the email. Upon clicking the link you will be redirected to the webpage where the Unsubscribe link is hosted.
To customize an unsubscribe link message
- On the Unsubscribe Link tab under Emails, hover over an unsubscribe link that you wish to edit from the List Name and click Edit from the drop-down menu.
- In the displayed Edit Unsubscribe Link pop-up, click the Preview and edit button next to Standard Page to view the unsubscribe form.
- In Unsubscribe Link Landing page, click inside the form to view the form editor.
- You can use the text editor options to make changes, such as font style, font size, bold, italic, underlined, strike though, alignment, font color, background color, bullets, numbering, insert link and remove formatting to text content inside the form.
- To add the recipient's and organization name in the message, you can click in the place where you want to enter the merge fields and type #.
The recipients name and organization name are the only two merge fields which you can include in the message. - After you type #, choose the required merge field from the drop-down menu, as shown in the image below.
Remember to type # when you want to use the merge fields within the text content in the message. In case you forget what to type, the info regarding the same is available at the bottom of the editor window. - You can click the Reset to Default button at the left-bottom corner to ignore the changes you have made and to restore to the original message content.Customize success display message
Similar to the standard landing page message, you can also edit the display message for the unsubscribe link. The editor for the display message is shown in the image below.
Using unsubscribe link in emails
- Go to any module, select a record and click Send Email.
- In the Email compose window, click the add Link icon and choose the unsubscribe link icon.
- In the popup, choose the unsubscribe link from the drop-down list.
- Click Save.
1. Go to Setup > Customization > Templates > Email template.
2. Create a template and click the link icon.
3. In Add Link page, select the link type as Unsubscribe Link.
4. Select the Unsubscribe Link and Save.
Viewing unsubscribed users
Different modes of unsubscribing
- Through Unsubscribe Link - The customer can click on the unsubscribe link in an email that is sent to him.
- Manual Unsubscribe - When the customer requests for unsubscribe in person then the email optout field will be manually checked. This mode of unsubscribe is called as manual.
- Through Consent form - If the customer does not choose Email as one of the modes for communication, the email opt-out field will be selected for his record. This mode of unsubscribe is called as consent link.
- Through Zoho campaigns - If the customer unsubscribes through an email sent via Zoho Campaigns, then the mode of unsubscribe is called as Zoho Campaign.
View unsubscribe mode
Once the customer unsubscribes, the following will happen:
The system will check whether the unsubscribed email address is used in other records as well. All the records that have the same email address will automatically be unsubscribed.
Unsubscribing through primary or secondary email addresses will unsubscribe the record.
If the customer unsubscribes through a custom email address (an email address that is not a primary or secondary email like the CEO's or org's email address), then the email opt out field in the record will not be marked as unsubscribed. The unsubscribed mode and time will be displayed under the custom email address (same as the above screen). Also, the system will check if this email address is used in other records and mark the unsubscribe mode and time. In case, the custom email is used as a primary or secondary email address in a record, then the email opt out will be checked and the record will be considered as unsubscribed.
If the check on the email opt-out field is removed, then the email address will be resubscribed across the records.
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