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Thankster Make integrationAutomate Thankster with Make.

Can Make send your Thankster cards without you opening Thankster? The Thankster Make integration gives you 3 modules: one trigger that watches new addresses and two actions. This page walks you from the API key to a first working scenario, step by step.

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What you can automate

What can the Thankster Make integration do for you?

The Thankster Make integration links your Thankster developer account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario: the automation itself, a chain of modules that run one after the other. A module is one brick of that chain. Thankster brings three of them: Watch New Addresses, Send Cards and Make an API Call.

Cards that follow new addresses. Watch New Addresses starts the scenario when Make finds new addresses in your Thankster account, and Send Cards can come right after it. Each address travels as a bundle, meaning one item passed from a module to the next, so the flow handles them one by one.

Cards triggered by another tool. The first module does not have to be Thankster. A form app, a CRM or a spreadsheet can open the scenario, and Send Cards closes it. If you already use forms, the 123FormBuilder Make integration page shows that side of the chain.

Everything else through the API. Make an API Call reaches any endpoint of the Thankster API with the same connection, which covers what the two named modules leave out.

Keep the limits in mind. The Make documentation for Thankster describes no field and no quota, and it warns that its own text was generated by AI and may contain mistakes, so check the Thankster developer docs before a real mailing. The same app often exists as an n8n node too; the n8n vs Make comparison lays out how the two tools differ. If you would rather learn Make properly first, start with the Make training.

Connect

How do you connect Thankster to Make?

  1. 01

    Get your API key

    Thankster asks for a developer account, opened after you agree on pricing and payment terms with them. Once it exists, open the account menu, click My Profile and copy the API key shown there.

  2. 02

    Open the connection window

    In Make, add any Thankster module to your scenario and click Create a connection. A connection is your Thankster account linked to Make once and reused by every Thankster module after that.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Give the connection a clear label in Connection name if you like, it is optional. Paste the API key you copied, or follow the instructions Make displays, then save. The module can now read your account.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Thankster

GoalWhen a new address shows up in Thankster, Make sends cards with Send Cards.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Go to the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the big + in the middle of the editor. That empty circle is where your first module will sit.

  2. 02

    Add the trigger

    Search for Thankster, pick Watch New Addresses and click Create a connection to link your account with the API key from your profile.

  3. 03

    Chain Send Cards

    Click the + on the right of the trigger, pick Send Cards and map the address data coming from the first module into its fields. Make lists what it can read once the connection works.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make executes the scenario a single time, and you can open each module to read the bundles it received before sending anything at scale.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Open the clock on the first module. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default, which you can change. Then switch the scenario on so it keeps running without you.

Triggers

What starts a Thankster scenario

1 module starts a scenario when something happens in Thankster. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Thankster as soon as it happens.

Thankster1Watch New Addresses

Watch New Addresses

triggerIn the docs only

This trigger gives your scenario a starting point inside Thankster: when Make spots new addresses in your account, each one becomes a bundle and flows into the modules you placed after it. Its exact output shows up on your first test.

How it fires
scheduled, Make checks the app on the scenario's schedule. The documentation gives no type, so this is read from the module's name: check for the clock badge on the module, and on the Free plan the shortest gap between two checks is 15 minutes.
When to use it
you add recipients in Thankster and want cards or a follow-up to start from there.
Watch out
run it once and read the bundles before chaining Send Cards, since no field is documented.
Modules

What Thankster can do in a scenario

Thankster gives you 2 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Thankster1

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

With this module you reach any endpoint of the Thankster API from your scenario, reusing the connection you already created, so nothing outside the two named modules is off limits.

When to use it
the action you need is not Send Cards and not the address trigger, but the Thankster API offers it.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Thankster developer docs open while you set it up.
Thankster2

Send Cards

ActionIn the docs only

Here is the action that turns a scenario into actual cards: Send Cards asks Thankster to send cards using the data you map from earlier modules, such as an address found by the trigger or a row from another app.

When to use it
as the last step of a flow, once the recipient data is ready.
Watch out
each run sends for real, so test with Run once on a single bundle before switching the scenario on.
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FAQ

Thankster Make integration: common questions

01Is the Thankster Make integration free?
Yes on the Make side. Thankster is a standard app, available from the Free plan, which allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans lower the interval to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. Every module run on one bundle is an operation, the unit Make counts on your plan. Thankster itself is a separate matter: its API key comes with a developer account whose pricing you agree on with Thankster.
02What do you need to connect Thankster to Make?
You need a Make account and a Thankster developer account. Thankster opens that account once pricing and payment terms have been agreed. Then open your profile from the account menu in Thankster and copy the API key. In Make, add a Thankster module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, and paste the key. The connection is then reused by every Thankster module in your scenarios, so you only do this once per account.
03Does the Thankster trigger in Make react in real time?
No. Watch New Addresses is a scheduled trigger: Make checks Thankster on the schedule you set on the first module, every 15 minutes by default. The Free plan cannot go below 15 minutes, paid plans go down to 1 minute. The integration has no instant trigger, the kind an app calls through a webhook the moment something happens. If you need a scenario to start right away, start it from another app that has an instant trigger and finish it with Send Cards.
04What if the Thankster module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the Thankster API with the connection you already have, so an operation that is not covered by Send Cards or Watch New Addresses remains within reach. You will need the Thankster developer docs to write the request. Keep in mind that the Make page about Thankster says its text was generated by AI and may contain errors, so confirm details with Thankster before relying on them.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Thankster?
It depends on the tool your team already works in. Make offers Thankster as a native app with three modules, a scheduled trigger for new addresses, Send Cards and Make an API Call, all sharing one connection. The same app often has an n8n node as well, so check whether it exists there before choosing. No ranking between the two is given here: compare which modules each one offers for Thankster and pick the editor you are more comfortable maintaining.
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