=== WooCommerce - SendinBlue Add-on ===
Contributors: SendinBlue

Tags: woocommerce email, woocommerce SMS, woocommerce text message, woocommerce sendinblue, ecommerce email confirmation, ecommerce sms confirmation, ecommerce statistics, woocommerce Add-on, confirmation emails, confirmation text message

Requires at least: 3.5.1
Tested up to: 4.3
Stable tag: 1.1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2.0 or later

SendinBlue 
== Description ==
The all-in-one Marketing Add-on for WooCommerce users.
Design, send and track automatic emails / SMS for your customers. 

> <strong>Why Email marketing is so important for WooCommerce users?</strong><br>
> WooCommerce includes some confirmation emails, but these emails are not easy to change, and above all, you don't have any statistics on email deliverability, open and click rate. SendinBlue Add-on allows you to improve deliverability, get full statistics, and deploy effective email / SMS campaigns.

= Confirmation emails - Deliverability =
SendinBlue Add-on allows you to use a professional SMTP to send your WooCommerce confirmation emails. By using SendinBlue SMTP, you ensure that all your confirmation emails arrive in your customers' inboxes. 

= Confirmation emails - Statistics =
Once you configured SendinBlue Add-on to send WooCommerce emails, you will get full statistics on your emails. Choose a custom time period, and you will get for each email template (new order, processing order, etc.) the number of emails sent, the deliverability, open and click rate. You can get extra statistics, for example the number of clicks on each link, by logging on SendinBlue. 

= Confirmation Text messages =
Text messages are powerful marketing tools. SendinBlue Add-on allows you to send confirmation SMS after specific events in order life cycle: order confirmation and order shipment. You can customize the message by inserting the first name, last name, order price or order date. You can get full SMS statistics after logging on SendinBlue.   

= Subscription options =
If enabled, all customers will be added to the list you choose after order creation or order completion. You can choose to display or not an opt-in field on checkout, if so, you can define the opt-in field label, for example "Add me to newsletter", and decide whether the checkbox is checked or not by default. You can also activate the "Double Opt-in" feature to invite customers to confirm their subscription. 

= Email & SMS campaigns =
In a few clicks, you can send a SMS message to all your customers, or all your subscribed customers, directly from WooCommerce settings. As for SMS confirmation, you can personalize SMS with dynamic information, and you can test your campaign by sending a test SMS.To send email campaigns, please log in your sendinble account from sendinblue.com.

= Full Features List =
* Confirmation emails improved deliverability
* Confirmation emails full statistics: deliverability, open and click rate
* Customer subscription: opt-out, opt-in or double opt-in after order created or completed
* Order tracking: transactional data (order ID, price, ...) is saved in SendinBlue to allow a powerful segmentation
* Create and send confirmation text messages after new order or order shipment
* Send Text messages campaigns to all your customers


= Credits =
This plugin is created by <a href="http://www.sendinblue.com" title="SendinBlue">SendinBlue</a>.


== Installation ==

1. Install SendinBlue - WooCommerce Add-on either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server.
2. Activate SendinBlue - WooCommerce Add-on from the Plugins tab - Installed plugins.
3. Navigate to WooCommerce Settings, you will see "SendinBlue" next to the API tab. Follow the instructions on the homepage to create a SendinBlue account and enter your API key. 

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= What is SendinBlue? =
SendinBlue is a powerful all-in-one marketing platform. Combining many powerful features, a competitive pricing and a very good deliverability thanks to our proprietary Cloud-base infrastructure, SendinBlue managed to convince thousands of companies to use the platform for their newsletters, automatic emails or SMS. SendinBlue is available in 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

= Why use SendinBlue as an SMTP relay for my WooCommerce confirmation emails? =
By using SendinBlue’s SMTP, you will avoid the risk of having your legitimate emails ending up in the spam folder and you will have statistics on emails sent: deliverability, opens, clicks, etc. SendinBlue’s proprietary infrastructure optimizes your deliverability and lets you focus on the content of your emails.

= Why do I need a SendinBlue account? =
SendinBlue - WooCommerce Add-on uses SendinBlue’s API to synchronize contacts, send emails or get statistics. Creating an account on SendinBlue is free and takes less than 2 minutes. Once logged in your account, you can get the API key from this page.
 
= Do I have to pay to use the plugin and send emails? =
No, the plugin is totally free and Sendinblue offers a free plan with 9,000 emails per month. If you need to send more than 9,000 emails / month, we invite you to see our <a href="https://www.sendinblue.com/pricing/" target="_blank">pricing</a>. For example, the Micro plan is $7.44 / month and allows you to send up to 40,000 emails per month. All SendinBlue plans are without any commitment.

= How do I synchronize my lists? =
You have nothing to do, synchronization is automatic once you enabled it from the "Subscription Options" tab. It doesn't matter whether your contact lists are uploaded on your WordPress interface or on your SendinBlue account: they will always remain up-to-date on both sides.

= How can I get support? =
If you need some assistance, you can post an issue in the « Support » tab or send us an email at contact@sendinblue.com.


== Screenshots ==
1. Once entering your SendinBlue API key, you are logged in and statistics appear on the SendinBlue Add-on homepage. 
2. When subscription is enabled, all your customers will automatically be added in one list. 
3. Enable SendinBlue to send WooCommerce emails to get full deliverability and statistics. You can even replace WooCommerce emails with custom SendinBlue templates.
4. You can choose to send confirmation SMS for order confirmations or order shipments.
5. You can send SMS campaigns to all your customers in a few clicks. 


== Changelog ==

= 1.1.0 =
* Improve transactional email
* Improve SMS campaign