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Problem Solver II
June 25, 2023
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How to you search a sent campaign for a profile?

  • June 25, 2023
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Hi There, 

Since migrating from CM we’ve had people complaining on a fairly consistent basis that they’re receiving emails despite unsubscribing.

The latest person has ‘Accepts Marketing’ set to false and Klaviyo states ‘never subscribed’ - can we search a sent campaign for a specific recipient and if so, how?

Also, this aspect to the Shopify integration is frankly baffling for something so important. We HATE finding out that we’re disrespecting our customer’s wishes like this.

If an account in Shopify has marketing turned-off, why doesn’t Klaviyo honour this?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Ben

P.S. Sorry, I tried to change the title to make it more relevant but it’s locked.

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    Best answer by bluesnapper

    Hi @Ben 

    If you navigate to a profile, just select "view messages" (top right of the profile page) and you can see all messages sent to that contact via campaigns and flows during a specific time period.

    Regarding opt-outs receiving Klaviyo emails, did you import the opt-outs from CM into Klaviyo's suppression list? This is necessary to ensure Klaviyo won't allow you to send emails to those opt-outs. 

    During migration from CM to Klaviyo, did you import your opt-in contacts and select "Yes, update subscription status for all imported contacts to 'subscribed'" during the import process?

    Even if a contact has Shopify ‘Accepts Marketing’ set to false or their Klaviyo profile states "never subscribed", they will still receive emails if they are in a list or segment you're sending to. The Klaviyo email status just shows that Klaviyo has no record of a contact having opted-in via a Klaviyo form or via an import. 

    It actually makes sense that Klaviyo doesn't use Shopify ‘Accepts Marketing’ as the "truth". Customers buy on Shopify and choose not to opt-in during checkout. Later on they opt-in to marketing via a Klaviyo form into a list. Then ‘Accepts Marketing’ = false and Email = "Subscribed"

    However, once a contact unsubscribes via a Klaviyo flow or campaign (or you import an unsubscribe list), they will be supressed from all future emails.

    You should also check under Settings >> Other, and ensure "When someone unsubscribes from a list, unsubscribe that person from all lists" is enabled which is recommended.

    Being more specific about the differences between Shopify ‘Accepts Marketing’ and Klaviyo Email opt-in status and how to ensure they sync, I've just written about that here: https://community.klaviyo.com/lists-segments-and-profiles-35/email-never-subscribed-but-accept-marketing-true-8582

    Hope that helps!

    Andy
     

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    David To
    Klaviyo Employee
    Klaviyo Employee
    June 30, 2023

    Hey @Ben,

    If you review my response closer, my point on not requiring any manual intervention are for profiles that have unsubscribed and are suppressed. 

    If someone unsubscribes from Klaviyo, they’ll be automatically suppressed and excluded from all emails going forward. There’s no manual intervention necessary.

     

    Still, this wouldn’t contradict the fact that managing the consent of profiles/contacts are the responsibility of the account owners. While Klaviyo handles the technical aspect of suppressing individuals that have unsubscribed, you still need to ensure that you have the necessary consent from your contacts to send them emails in the first place. It's about differentiating between Klaviyo's automated handling of unsubscribes and your own responsibility for managing consent.

     

    And each time we’ve checked their profiles in Shopify, Accepts Marketing is set to false.

    You had mentioned you aren’t sending emails out via Shopify anymore. If you were solely sending marketing emails out from Klaviyo, I would recommend reviewing these profiles in Klaviyo. From all the above points mentioned - including many of @bluesnapper’s - it’s established that the accepts marketing property wouldn’t be a reliable to dictate consent. Especially since migrating and using Klaviyo as your email service provider.

    Instead, reviewing these profiles in Klaviyo would offer you a better picture. If these customers successfully unsubscribed, an unsubscribe metric will be recorded and their consent status would be updated. On the small chance they may have subscribed again but forgot, you’ll notice a subscribed metric too. Lastly, for all profiles that unsubscribed, you’ll notice their profile as being suppressed. 

    You can even dive further by reviewing the source of where these contacts have unsubscribed or subscribed from too. 

     

    Regarding opt-outs receiving Klaviyo emails, did you import the opt-outs from CM into Klaviyo's suppression list? This is necessary to ensure Klaviyo won't allow you to send emails to those opt-outs. 

    You also never confirmed if you did export those unsubscribed users and imported them to your suppression list in Klaviyo. I would also keep in mind that this is different than creating a standard list or segment and importing your contacts to it as you suggested prior:

    we created a segment in Klaviyo called ‘All suppressed’ that captured CM unsubs and we manually add it to each campaign (it was added to the campaign in question).

    The suppression list is a unique list and can be found by navigating to Profiles > Suppressed People link in the upper right of that page as mentioned in both the Understanding suppressed email profiles and How to bulk suppress or delete email contacts in Klaviyo Help Center articles. 

     

    If you haven’t already, I would also advise taking a look at some of the help center articles I included below that I think you’ll find helpful:

    David

    BenAuthor
    Problem Solver II
    June 30, 2023

    @David To We’re just going round in circles which is pointless.

    David To
    Klaviyo Employee
    Klaviyo Employee
    July 7, 2023

    Hey @Ben,

    I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been having a frustrating experience. 

    If you still need further support on understanding this, I would suggest reaching out to our wonderful support colleagues who could point you in the right direction by providing more account specific details. 

    We also have a large network of Klaviyo Partners you can reach out to that are experts in helping users in a more hands on capacity. 

    Thanks for being a part of the Klaviyo Community!

    David