Hi, I’ve just configured the built in welcome emails for new free and paid subscribers in the admin settings. However, if I add a member to my Ghost newsletter via the API (if they’ve opted in from the Refind ad network, for example), they do not receive the welcome email.
I’ve confirmed that my Mailgun transactional and newsletter emails are configured and sending correctly. Mailgun does not attempt to send an email in this case.
Is there any setting in the create member API to send the welcome email? Or an API to trigger the welcome email to be sent to a member? Or do I have to do this through an external integration? Thanks very much.
Similarly, I recently converted my site to be invite-only. After I manually add users I’d love the ability to then trigger the welcome email so they can know they’ve been added.
In a similar situation—have members subscribing in Linktree which uses zapier to add members to Ghost. I can get the system to trigger confirmation emails, but after confirming no welcome email gets sent.
Well, at least I’m not alone! Thanks for sharing.
I ended up adding a step to my n8n workflow (after I add the member to Ghost with the API) to send a very similar welcome email via Mailgun, including the links to the Ghost member account to unsubscribe, etc.
Since I’m using the same sending domain, HTML formatting, and links as for my newsletter, it’s a much more seamless experience for the recipient vs. sending a welcome email via Mailerlite, my previous workflow.