Bento

Bento is an email marketing and automation platform designed to help you send more emails to your customers efficiently. With Bento, you can send marketing emails to one or many recipients, handle transactional emails like password resets, and manage 1-to-1 conversations using Bento Chat seamlessly.

The typical onboarding process takes just a few hours and involves:

  • Sending data into Bento via one of our integrations (or our API/forms).
  • Uploading a list of users to Bento via a CSV file.
  • Adding DNS records for your domain.
  • Designing your automations and emails.

Below is a step-by-step guide to help you onboard quickly and efficiently.


Speedrun Onboarding Guide

1
Connect Your Data

"I'm a developer"

Use our API documentation to send data programmatically into Bento. SDKs for Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and Node.js are available to quickstart your integration.

Initially, send a minimal amount of data to avoid noise (you can always send in more data later).

"I'm a no-code marketer"

Use our Make.com or Zapier integrations to send data programmatically into Bento. Additionally, embed forms on your website using Bento's Form builder.

Initially, send a minimal amount of data to avoid noise (you can always send in more data later).

"I'm using Shopify (ecommerce)"

If you use Shopify, sign up for Bento and connect Shopify directly. Bento will start receiving data from Shopify, including customer data and orders. Find links to our integrations in the main navigation under Apps.

"I'm using WordPress"

If you use Wordpress, sign up for Bento and connect directly. Download our WordPress plugin to get started. Bento will start receiving data from WordPress plugins including LearnDash, WooCommerce, EasyDigitalDownloads, and a handful more. Find links to our plugin in the main navigation under Apps.

"I just have a list of users ..."

Go to the next step and upload them.

2
Upload a List of Users

Now that you have data flowing into Bento, go browse a few profiles to see how it looks. For some integrations, like Stripe or Shopify, certain custom fields will be added for you such as first_name or phone_number. You'll want to make note of this when you are uploading data from another system.

Uploading Checklist
3
Add DNS Records for Your Domain

To ensure your emails are delivered successfully, add the necessary DNS records to your domain. This will ensure that when Bento sends an email to your users, we are permitted to send on your behalf. This ensures they land in the inbox and don't bounce.

DNS Records Checklist
4
Send Your First Email

Now, it's time to send your first email.

  1. Click Search and type in your email address, then hit enter.
  2. You should now be viewing your profile. Click on Send Email.
  3. Fill out the fields and hit Send.
  4. Wait 5 seconds. If the email lands in your inbox, you've successfully sent your first email!
5
Explore!

At this point in the guide, you should now have a fully functioning Bento account. All your users are now in your account, new users will be added automatically, and you can start sending emails to your subscribers.

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