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Connect Paperform and Mailchimp

Paperform is often where people first raise a hand: a quiz, a booking, a lead magnet. FlowMattic turns those responses into Mailchimp members from your WordPress site, with tags based on their answers and notes that keep the context. It suits course creators, coaches and small brands who build their list with Paperform and email it with Mailchimp.

8 triggers 16 actions 6 example workflows 1 ready-made template Unlimited runs

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When this happens in Paperform2 triggers

Do this in Mailchimp16 actions

1. TriggerNew Form Submission
2. ActionAdd New Member

When Paperform fires New Form Submission, FlowMattic runs Add New Member in Mailchimp with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

Paperform and Mailchimp workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon Ready-made template

Add each Paperform respondent to your Mailchimp audience

Name and email from every submission become a Mailchimp member, so a lead magnet or quiz grows the list without exporting responses.

New Form SubmissionAdd New Member

View the template
Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon

Tag members by the quiz result they got

A Router reads the result or score from a quiz form and adds the matching tag, so each group gets the follow-up sequence written for it.

New Form SubmissionAdd New MemberRouterAdd Member Tag

Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon

Save a short AI summary of long answers as a note

Application or intake forms collect paragraphs. An AI Agent condenses them into a few lines saved on the member, so you remember who they are when they reply to a campaign.

New Form SubmissionAI AgentAdd Member Note

Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon

Let subscribers change their interests through a preferences form

A Paperform preferences page removes the tags a subscriber unticks and adds the ones they pick, so they choose what they hear about without contacting you.

New Form SubmissionRemove Member TagAdd Member Tag

Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon

Tag subscribers who start a form but do not finish

Partial submissions from people already on your list get a Started form tag, which you can use in Mailchimp for a gentle reminder to complete it.

Partial SubmissionFilterAdd Member Tag

Paperform app icon Mailchimp app icon

Wait a day, then tag new members for the welcome series

A Delay between the submission and the tag gives the lead magnet email time to arrive first, so the welcome sequence starts the next day rather than at the same minute.

New Form SubmissionAdd New MemberDelayAdd Member Tag

Set up: respondents added to Mailchimp

When you finish, everyone who submits your Paperform is added as a member of your Mailchimp audience.

  1. Connect both apps

    Add your Paperform and Mailchimp accounts under Connects in FlowMattic.

  2. Choose New Form Submission

    Start a workflow with the Paperform New Form Submission trigger, choose the form and send a test response so FlowMattic captures its answers.

  3. Map Add New Member

    Add a Mailchimp step with Add New Member, choose the audience and map the email, first name and last name questions.

  4. Test and switch on

    Run the step with the captured response, check the member appears in Mailchimp and switch the workflow on.

Import the ready-made template Beginner, about 5 min to set up
Add each Paperform respondent to your Mailchimp audience Template
  1. Paperform app icon 1. Trigger in Paperform New Form Submission
  2. Mailchimp app icon 2. Action in Mailchimp Add New Member

    Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)

    From PaperformTo Mailchimp
    Email questionEmail address
    First name questionFirst name
    Last name questionLast name
    Submission dateSignup source note or merge field
Built on the FlowMattic canvas. Test each step with real data, then switch the workflow on.

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

  • Paperform has no actions here, so workflows run from Paperform to Mailchimp. Mailchimp triggers cannot change a form.
  • Add Member Tag and Add Member Note work on an existing member. Run Add New Member first for people who may not be on the list yet.
  • Question names in the mapping are examples, because every form asks its own questions.
  • A Partial Submission holds only the answers given so far, so check that the email question was answered before using it.
Paperform app icon

Paperform

Integration page

Triggers (2)

  • New Form SubmissionTriggers whenever new entry submits on the form.
  • Partial SubmissionTriggers when there is a new partial submission on the form.
Mailchimp app icon

Mailchimp

Integration page

Triggers (6)

  • New SubscriberTriggers when a new subscriber is added
  • New UnsubscriberTriggers when any current subscriber unsubscribes
  • Profile UpdatesTriggers when a profile updated
  • Cleaned EmailsTrigger when emails cleaned
  • Email Address ChangesTrigger when email address changes
  • New CampaignTriggers when a new campaign is created or sent

Actions (16)

  • Add New MemberAdd a new member to the list
  • Add Member TagAdd a new tag to the existing member. New tags will be added if they are not exist.
  • Remove Member TagRemove a tag from the list member.
  • Add Member NoteAdd a new note to the existing member.
  • Delete List MemberRemove a member from the audience list.
  • Update MemberUpdate an existing member. Fails if the member does not already exist on the list.
  • Find MemberLook up a member by email and return their full record
  • Archive MemberArchive a member from the audience list. Their data is kept but they no longer count toward the list size. Reversible (unlike Delete List Member).
  • Add Member EventRecord a custom event for a member. Useful for triggering customer-journey automations
  • Add Member to SegmentAdd an existing member to a static segment
  • Remove Member from SegmentRemove a member from a static segment
  • Get All MembersFetch a page of members from the audience list
  • Send CampaignSend an existing campaign by ID
  • Create CampaignCreate a new regular campaign for an audience list
  • Create AudienceCreate a new audience list
  • Make API CallSend a custom request to any Mailchimp Marketing API endpoint. Power-user escape hatch

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

Paperform and Mailchimp connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

Answers become segments

Tags set from quiz results and choices mean your list is grouped by what people told you, not only by when they joined.

Busy launches cost nothing extra

FlowMattic runs on your own WordPress site with unlimited runs, so a lead magnet that goes viral does not change your bill.

Notes keep the context

Saving a summary of long answers on the member means the details from the form are there when you write to them later.

Common questions

What does the Paperform Mailchimp integration do?

It adds people who submit a Paperform to your Mailchimp audience and can tag them or save notes based on their answers. You build it on the FlowMattic workflow builder inside WordPress, and each response starts one run.

What happens if the person is already in my Mailchimp audience?

The library template for this pair describes Add New Member as adding new people and updating those already in the audience. Tags and notes added afterwards apply to that member, so their record gains the new answers.

Can I only subscribe people who agreed to emails?

Yes. Add a Filter after the trigger that checks your consent question, and only respondents who ticked it reach Add New Member.

Can a Mailchimp event start a Paperform workflow?

No. Paperform has no actions here, so Mailchimp triggers such as New Subscriber cannot change anything in Paperform. Use them with other apps instead.

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Reviewed 23 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Paperform integration 1.0, Mailchimp integration 2.1.0.