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Letterdrop Make integrationAutomate Letterdrop with Make.

Your newsletter list can update itself while you write. The Letterdrop Make integration gives you 9 modules, including 4 instant triggers. This guide is for marketers who run a Letterdrop publication: connect the account, then build a first scenario step by step.

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What you can automate

What can the Letterdrop Make integration do for Letterdrop?

The Letterdrop Make integration links your Letterdrop account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario (the automation itself, a chain of modules). Letterdrop can alert Make the moment a subscriber joins, leaves or hits a referral tier, or when a post goes live, and Make can add or remove subscribers for you.

A clean subscriber list across tools. Watch Added Subscribers and Watch Removed Subscribers pass every signup and every departure to the rest of your stack, so the CRM or spreadsheet your sales team reads never drifts from the real list.

Referral rewards that go out on their own. Watch Achieved Referral Tiers fires when a reader unlocks a new level. Send that reader to the tool that ships the reward or writes the thank-you email.

New readers from other channels. Add a Subscriber takes a lead captured by another app, a webinar signup for instance, and puts it on your Letterdrop publication.

What the listed modules do not do: none of them writes or edits a post. Get a Post and List Posts only read content. For any other endpoint of the Letterdrop API, Make an API Call reuses the same connection. Letterdrop may also exist as an n8n node; the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the criteria. New to the editor? The Make training starts from zero, and the Make pricing page explains how operations are counted.

Connect

How do you connect Letterdrop to Make?

  1. 01

    Copy your API key in Letterdrop

    You need an active Letterdrop account. In the Letterdrop dashboard, click your avatar in the top right corner, choose Profile, then copy the key shown in the API Key section. Keep it at hand for the next step.

  2. 02

    Open a Letterdrop module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Letterdrop module and click Create a connection. The connection is your Letterdrop account linked to Make once, then reused by every Letterdrop module. The Connection name field is optional, but a clear name helps later.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Paste the API key you copied from your profile, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen, then save. Make now reads your Letterdrop data and fills the module fields for you, so there is no need to type IDs by hand.

First scenario

Build your first scenario: webinar signups become Letterdrop subscribers

GoalWhen someone signs up in your webinar or form tool, Make adds that email to your Letterdrop publication.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. This first module belongs to the app where your signups arrive, a webinar or form tool.

  2. 02

    Set up the signup trigger

    Search that app by name, pick the module that watches new registrations, and connect your account. Each registration will travel through the scenario as one bundle, meaning one item passed from module to module.

  3. 03

    Add the Letterdrop action

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Letterdrop and pick Add a Subscriber. Create the connection with your API key, then map the email from the previous module into the subscriber field.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once, then register with a test address in your form. Open the bubbles above each module to read the bundles they received, and check that the address now shows up in Letterdrop.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch it on

    Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default for a new scenario), then switch the scenario on. Each run of each module counts as one operation on your Make plan.

Triggers

Which Letterdrop events can start a scenario?

4 modules start a scenario when something happens in Letterdrop. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Letterdrop as soon as it happens.

Letterdrop1Watch Achieved Referral Tiers

Watch Achieved Referral Tiers

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when a subscriber makes enough referrals to unlock a new level in your referral tiers.”

Get notified the moment a reader has referred enough people to unlock a new level in your referral tiers, and let the scenario handle the reward instead of checking the dashboard yourself.

How it fires
instant, Letterdrop calls Make through a webhook as soon as the tier is reached, and the module shows the lightning badge.
When to use it
your referral program promises a sticker pack or a free guide, and a fulfillment tool or an email app should take over once the reader qualifies.
Watch out
click Create a webhook before Create a connection when you add it.
Letterdrop2Watch Added Subscribers

Watch Added Subscribers

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when a new email is added to your subscriber list.”

Hand every new email on your subscriber list to the rest of your tools, so a signup never sits alone in Letterdrop while sales or support work from another database.

How it fires
instant, Letterdrop alerts Make by webhook as soon as the email lands on the list.
When to use it
push each new reader into a CRM as a contact, or into a shared sheet your team reviews after a launch.
Watch out
do not pair it with Add a Subscriber in the same scenario, or you risk adding people who are already on the list.
Letterdrop3Watch New Posts

Watch New Posts

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when a new post is published.”

React to each post you publish: the scenario starts with that post as its first bundle, ready to be shared, logged or announced wherever your audience lives.

How it fires
instant, Letterdrop tells Make through a webhook right after publication.
When to use it
announce a fresh article in a team chat, or add a row to the content calendar kept by your marketing team.
Watch out
if the next step needs details the trigger did not pass, add Get a Post after it and read the output of Run once before mapping.
Letterdrop4Watch Removed Subscribers

Watch Removed Subscribers

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when an email is removed from your subscriber list.”

Know right away when an email leaves your subscriber list, so every other tool can respect that choice and stop writing to that person.

How it fires
instant, Letterdrop notifies Make by webhook as soon as the email is removed.
When to use it
flag the contact as unsubscribed in your CRM, or remove it from an audience you sync to an ads platform.
Watch out
like every Letterdrop trigger, it needs Create a webhook before Create a connection, or no removal will ever reach the scenario.
Modules

What else can Make do in Letterdrop?

Letterdrop gives you 5 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Letterdrop1

Add a Subscriber

Action

In Make“Adds a subscriber to your publication.”

Put a new reader on your Letterdrop publication straight from another app, with no CSV export and no manual import in between.

When to use it
a webinar, a lead form or a checkout collects emails, and each of those people asked to receive your newsletter.
Watch out
only add people who agreed to receive it, and keep it away from scenarios that start on Watch Added Subscribers.
Letterdrop2

Get a Post

Action

In Make“Gets a single post.”

Fetch one specific post from Letterdrop so later modules can reuse its content, for example to send it to another channel or store it elsewhere.

When to use it
you already know which post you want, often because Watch New Posts or List Posts just handed it over.
Watch out
it returns one post only; to go through many, start with List Posts instead.
Letterdrop3

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Reach any endpoint of the Letterdrop API that the other modules leave out, using the connection you already created, so there is no second key to manage.

When to use it
you need something none of the 9 modules offers, such as a Letterdrop feature that has no module of its own yet.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Letterdrop API documentation open and test with Run once.
Letterdrop4

Remove a Subscriber

Action

In Make“Removes a subscriber from your publication.”

Take an email off your Letterdrop publication when another system says that person should no longer get your newsletter.

When to use it
a customer asks your support desk to stop all emails, and the request should reach Letterdrop too.
Watch out
the removal is not undone by Make; run the scenario on a test address first with Run once before switching it on.
Letterdrop5

List Posts

Search

In Make“Retrieves a list of all posts to be displayed on your homepage.”

Pull the posts shown on your Letterdrop homepage in one step, to build an archive, a digest or a check of what is already live.

When to use it
you want every published post in a spreadsheet or a content inventory rather than a single one.
Watch out
it is a search, so it can return zero, one or many bundles, and each next module runs once per post, which adds operations.
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FAQ

Letterdrop and Make: common questions

01Is the Letterdrop Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Letterdrop is a standard app, available from the Make Free plan. That plan gives you 2 active scenarios, at least 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and lift the limit on active scenarios. Usage is counted in operations, one per module per bundle. You still need an active Letterdrop account, which Letterdrop bills on its own terms.
02What do you need to connect Letterdrop to Make?
Two things: an active Letterdrop account and its API key. In Letterdrop, click your avatar in the top right corner, open Profile and copy the key from the API Key section. In Make, add a Letterdrop module, click Create a connection, give it a name if you like, and paste the key. For the four instant triggers, click Create a webhook first, then Create a connection. The same connection then serves every Letterdrop module in your scenarios, so you only paste the key once.
03Do Letterdrop triggers in Make react in real time?
Yes. All four Letterdrop triggers are instant: Watch Achieved Referral Tiers, Watch Added Subscribers, Watch New Posts and Watch Removed Subscribers. Letterdrop calls Make through a webhook as soon as the event happens, instead of Make checking on a schedule. That is why the modules carry the lightning badge in the editor. The only setup detail is the order of clicks: Create a webhook, then Create a connection. If you start a scenario from another app instead, its own trigger type decides how fast it runs.
04What if a Letterdrop module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It sends any request to the Letterdrop API with the connection you already set up, so it covers what the 9 listed modules leave out, as long as the Letterdrop API offers it. You write the request yourself, so keep the Letterdrop API documentation open and test with Run once before activating. The Make documentation for Letterdrop lists no specific limit, and it warns that its content is AI-generated, so check important details with Letterdrop.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Letterdrop?
It depends on where your automations already live. In Make, Letterdrop comes with 9 ready modules, including 4 instant triggers for subscribers, posts and referral tiers, plus Make an API Call for the rest. The same app often has an n8n node too, so check which modules it offers before choosing. Compare the events and actions you actually need rather than the tool names, and favor the one your team already maintains. The right pick is the one that fits how your team already works.
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