# Sendinblue for Dummies - Pretty Please **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins\ **Created:** [June 12, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232 "2018-06-12T00:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jamie/32/23275_2.png) [@jamie](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232/1 "2018-06-12T00:19:03Z")
Hi All - I edited below as I’ve made some progress but still struggling…here are my questions: Here is the original post with Sendinblue instructions I’m working off of: > [@Send Beautiful HTML emails from Bubble Through API connector](http://forum.bubble.io/t/send-beautiful-html-emails-from-bubble-through-api-connector/4061): > > Hey Bubblers, If you want to send beautiful HTML emails you can do so through [Sendinblue](http://sendinblue.com) using Bubble’s API connector. Here are the steps. create an account with [Sendinblue](https://www.sendinblue.com/?ae=341) create an Html template (you can use one of the services like [https://www.inkbrush.com/](https://www.inkbrush.com/) that allow creating beautiful responsive HTML templates based on your design files) if you want to have dynamic attributes that should be replaced with data from Bubble put in the HTML in this format %FIRSTNAME% (must be capital letter… 1. Can I use sendinblue for both marketing emails and SMTP (aka transactional) emails? It seems to me the plugin lets you do whatever you want, as long as you’re referencing the template. But there is a lot of info on the sendinblue website itself so just want to make sure I can do both with the sendinblue Bubble plugin. 2. The original instructions in the above forum post were given when the Bubble API call setup and Sendinblue website looked different and used different versions (v2 instead of v3 I think?). So I’m really not sure what my call should look like. I also don’t understand when I should be using \<\> vs {}. Here is my call setup, is this right? I don’t really get the concept of attr1, 2, etc when I don’t seem to see this anywhere in the rest of the api workflow. 3. When creating my first sendinblue email design template (directly in sendinblue, not on a separate email creator), I entered parameters with %% so that dynamic data from Bubble replaces these, such as: %FIRSTNAME% %PROVIDERFULLNAME% %PET% Then, I entered these exactly as they appear above with % as each of the Keys in the workflow. Is this correct? ![31%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/4/3/43c4b8f800a9bcb2ba05cd1546d27eb6be6a5c92.png) ![34%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/f/2/f2ded94e009e227d4d8e0c04f4f714ab38ffa79e.png) Thanks anyone who can help! Jamie ---
**Author:** ![yusaney1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/yusaney1/32/217015_2.png) [@yusaney1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/yusaney1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232/2 "2018-06-12T01:12:25Z")
Hi, by the action names im pretty sure you are using our plugin. Have you read the documentation? > [@email Sendinblue SMTP A free alternative to Sendgrid mails by Reduble.com](http://forum.bubble.io/t/email-sendinblue-smtp-a-free-alternative-to-sendgrid-mails-by-reduble-com/25510): > > Send mails to your customers with Sendinblue using your SMTP account, a free alternative instead of using Sendgrid. Also good choice for send mails without using default [admin-no-reply@bubble.is](mailto:admin-no-reply@bubble.is) This plugin use v3 api version (last version) With free account you can send up to 600 mails / day. For use this plugin you will need: 1- Create account in Sendinblue: [https://www.sendinblue.com/users/signup/](https://www.sendinblue.com/users/signup/) 2- Get your v3 api key from: [https://account.sendinblue.com/advanced/api](https://account.sendinblue.com/advanced/api) 3- In some cases… ---
**Author:** ![jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jamie/32/23275_2.png) [@jamie](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232/3 "2018-06-12T15:56:27Z")
Hi, thanks for your response. I’m using the other sendinblue plugin as of now. ---
**Author:** ![yusaney1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/yusaney1/32/217015_2.png) [@yusaney1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/yusaney1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232/4 "2018-06-12T16:04:39Z")
Then what’s your question exactly? ---
**Author:** ![jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jamie/32/23275_2.png) [@jamie](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/sendinblue-for-dummies-pretty-please/31232/5 "2018-06-12T17:52:35Z")
I just updated the above, I might need to ask @levon for help.