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Attentive

Send Subrise subscription events to Attentive as custom events, to trigger SMS and email journeys.

Available on Accelerate and up

Subrise sends subscription events to Attentive as custom events. Use them as journey triggers, for example a text before each order or after a failed payment.

Create an API key in Attentive

  1. Log in to Attentive.
  2. Open Marketplace and create a custom app. Name it "Subrise Subscriptions".
  3. Give the app permission to write custom events.
  4. Install the app and copy its API key.

Keep the key private. Anyone who has it can send events to your Attentive account.

Connect Attentive

  1. In Subrise, go to Settings > Integrations.
  2. On the Attentive card, click Connect.
  3. Paste the key into API key.
  4. Click Connect. The card shows Connected.

On the Launch plan the card shows Upgrade to connect instead.

Build a journey

  1. In Attentive, create a new journey and start from scratch.
  2. Choose a custom event trigger and pick a Subrise event, such as Upcoming Invoice.
  3. Add your messages and turn the journey on.

An event only shows in Attentive after it has happened once in your store.

Events Subrise sends

Attentive eventSent when
New SubscriptionA subscription is created: at checkout, in the admin or by a migration.
New SubscriberA customer's first ever subscription places its first order.
Prepaid SubscriptionAn order for a prepaid subscription is placed, at checkout or on renewal.
Addon SubscriptionAn order includes one-time add-ons, or an add-on is added to a subscription.
Upcoming InvoiceBefore each order, on the schedule of your upcoming order email.
Successful PaymentA renewal is charged.
Failed TransactionA renewal charge fails.
Subscription UpdatedA subscription's products, date, frequency, discounts, address or payment method change.
Pause SubscriptionA subscription is paused.
Subscription ResumedA subscription is resumed.
Cancel SubscriptionA subscription is cancelled.
Trial StartedA subscription starts a trial period.
Trial Ending SoonA trial period ends in 2 days.
Trial ConvertedA trial period ends and the subscription moves to its full price.
Cancellation AttemptA customer starts to cancel and is shown a cancellation flow.
Cancellation SavedA customer accepts a cancellation flow offer and keeps the subscription.

The trial and cancellation events are not sent yet. Trial periods and cancellation flows are not yet available in the Subrise admin.

Subrise identifies the person by email and by phone number. The phone number is only sent when it is saved in international format, such as +15555550123.

Each event carries the same fields as the matching subrise_* event. See Integration events.

Gift purchases from a Multi-order option also arrive as Prepaid Subscription, but with the fields of subrise_prepaid_sub: prepaid_line_items instead of subscription_line_items, and no subscription_id. See Other events.