Migrate / ActiveCampaign to MailerLite

ActiveCampaign→MailerLite

Migrate from ActiveCampaign to MailerLite

Pick a ActiveCampaign list and a MailerLite list. OpenContact reads the contacts from ActiveCampaign, keeps a copy, and writes them to MailerLite. No export file, no upload.

What gets copied

  • Subscribed contacts are copied into the MailerLite list.
  • Unsubscribed, bounced, complained or suppressed contacts are not added to the list. They stay excluded.
  • Custom fields: ActiveCampaign custom fields become MailerLite fields. Fields that already exist are reused, matched by name, and values are converted to the field type.
  • Tags: Tags travel with each contact and are copied into a text field called tags in MailerLite, so you can build segments from it.
  • Saved segments are not copied. Rebuild them in MailerLite from the tags or fields they use.

Check first, then move

  1. Connect ActiveCampaign (API URL + key) and MailerLite (API key).
  2. Choose the source list and the destination list.
  3. Check what will happen. The preview copies nothing. It shows the source count, how many of the first 100 contacts would be copied, excluded or skipped, which custom fields will be created, and how tags arrive.
  4. Confirm that your MailerLite plan can take the contacts, then start. Follow fetched, pushed and failed totals as it runs. Pause and resume at any time.

Good to know

Moving from ActiveCampaign

  • Contact tags are read and travel with each contact.

After the move

Sync rules keep ActiveCampaign and MailerLite consistent from now on, and suppression stays honored in both. See suppression sync.

Questions

Will unsubscribed ActiveCampaign contacts be re-subscribed in MailerLite?

No. Unsubscribed, bounced, complained and suppressed contacts are not added to the list. They are excluded at the destination where the tool allows it, and their status is updated in OpenContact. A migration never makes someone mailable who was not mailable before.

What if some contacts fail to copy?

They do not stop the migration. Each failure is kept with its reason. When it finishes you can download the failed contacts as CSV or retry just those contacts, without reading ActiveCampaign again.

Can I move more than one list from ActiveCampaign?

Yes. Use Move a whole account: each list is matched to a MailerLite list with the same name, and the lists move one at a time.

Will my automations in MailerLite fire during the migration?

OpenContact does not run sync rules or verification during a migration. Check your own automations in MailerLite before you start.