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# How to import contacts from ActiveCampaign to AVADA?

If you are migrating from another email marketing platform to AVADA, importing contacts  is one of the important steps that should be done along the way. 
In this article, we will guide you on how to bring over your contacts from ActiveCampaign to AVADA Email Marketing Automation.


### Step 1: Get Account URL and API Key at ActiveCampaign

* Login to your ActiveCampaign account > Setting > Developer

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* Copy URL and Key to process the connection

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### Step 2: Connect to ActiveCampaign

* Login to your account at AVADA Email Marketing > Integration > ActiveCampaign

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* Enter the copied URL and API from step 1 and then click **Connect** to connect to ActiveCampaign**

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### Step 3: Setting and sync

*  Enable **Tag all synced contacts with ActiveCampaign** : Once this function is active, all imported contacts will be tagged with "ActiveCampaign" automatically. Thanks to this option, you can filter and segment ActiveCampaign contacts with ease.

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* Select  Sync contacts (Re-sync contacts) > Confirm >  See all contacts in Audience page


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* You can check import activity status via Activities tab at the top right 

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* To help you keep track of contact synchronization activites,  we retrieve the Sync History with **Date** (the sync date) and **No. of contact** (number of contacts)


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### Step 4: Re-sync contacts to AVADA Email Marketing

* ** If this is the second time you import contacts from ActiveCampaign to AVADA, please use Re-sync option**. Please hit  Re-sync contacts button > Confirm >  See all contacts  and you will be redirected to Audience page once the importing process finishes


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* If you want to stop connection to ActiveCampaign, please hit **Disconnect** > **Confirm**


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Please contact us via Livechat if you encounter any difficulty when importing contacts from ActiveCampaign to AVADA Email Marketing