Integrating Wishlist Plus with Postscript allows you to send personalized retargeting and engagement marketing campaigns to your customers via SMS. This guide walks you through the steps to successfully set up and use this integration.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure the following:
You’re on the Starter plan or higher on Wishlist Plus.
You have an active Postscript account
Steps to Connect Wishlist Plus with Postscript
Step 1: Open the Integrations Tab in Wishlist Plus
Navigate to the Wishlist Plus app in your Shopify admin and click on the “Integrations” tab.
Step 2: Connect to Postscript
Find the Postscript tile and click “Connect.”
Step 3: Manage Your Connection
Once connected, you will be redirected to the Postscript page where you need to enter the Postscript Private API key and Keyword (Keyword will be used to add subscribers to Postscript).
Note: The Keyword entered here should match the keyword that you created on Postscript.
Where to find the Postscript Private API key?
On the homepage of your Postscript account, use the left-hand menu to click on the “Settings” button (the gear icon). In the additional drop-down menu, click on the “API” tab.
Now, click on the Create Security Key Pair button. This will create a Public and Private key pair with the Private key pair hidden by default. Click on Show button to see the private API Key.
Note: You need to provide the Private API key (and not the public API key) to Swym.
How to create a Keyword on Postscript? Refer to this article.
Step 4: Enable Communication Channels
Since Postscript supports only SMS channel, you will notice that SMS channel is enabled by default. You do not need to make any further changes. You can proceed to click the Save button.
That is all! Your Wishlist Plus is now successfully connected to Postscript! Wishlist Plus from now on will send event triggers to Postscript which you can use to build Automations using the Postscript Flow Builder.
Step 5: Send Test Events to Postscript
You can test the integration by sending triggers to Postscript. To send test triggers, follow the below instructions:
Go to the “Test Events & Triggers” section in the Postscript page.
Select the event(s) you want to test.
Enter a phone number.
Click “Send Test Triggers.”
Here is a list of events supported via Postscript:
Wishlist Reminder
Low Stock Alerts
Price Drop Alerts
Back in Stock Alerts
Back in Stock Reminder (second reminder)
Note: Save For Later reminder and Share Wishlist events are not supported.
Now, head over to Postscript > Messaging > Automations and create a new automation. You should now see all the triggers you triggered under the Triggers list.
What’s Next?
With the integration active, you can now start building custom marketing automations in Postscript based on the Wishlist activity. Need inspiration? Check out our Playbooks to explore different campaign ideas and best practices.