The Sendtric + Iterable integration gives you a quick and easy way to add countdown timers to emails that contain time-sensitive products, sales, or events.
Setup
Follow these steps to integrate Sendtric and Iterable:
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Create your timer on Sendtric.
If you’d like a quick introduction to creating countdown timers on Sendtric, check out their Beginner’s Guide to Email Countdown Timers.
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Insert your timer into your Iterable template.
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Open your Iterable template in the template editor and select the HTML option in the Content tab. Drag the box into your template where you would like the countdown timer to appear.
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Copy the timer code from Sendtric and paste it in the Content Properties section for the HTML block you just added to your template. If you would like your timer to be centered, here is some additional code to help center the timer for all email clients:
<table align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td>{your timer code goes here}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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Advanced timer option: dynamic timers
If you’d like to use dynamic timers in Iterable, use of the {{timestamp}}
template variable. Create a dynamic timer within the Pro Edition of Sendtric,
and then use the following for your timer URL in Iterable:
https://gen.sendtric.com/countdown/udwgmiwsty?to={{timestamp}}+86400
The +86400 represents the amount of time added to the timer from the date that
the campaign is sent. In this case it would be 24 hours.
Advanced timer option: unique user timers
If you’d like to use unique user timers within Iterable, you can use any unique
user property in Iterable as the unique identifier for your timer code. For
example, two options might be: {{entity_id}} and {{email}}:
<img src="https://gen.sendtric.com/countdown/udwgmiwsty?k={{email}}" style="display: block;" />