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Tom Becker

Tom writes for developers: APIs, webhooks, connecting email to the rest of your stack, and extending the platform with your own code.

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Developer Guide

AcelleMail Webhook Signature Verification and Replay Protection

When you receive a webhook from AcelleMail (or AcelleMail receives one from a third-party event source like Meta), the receiver has no built-in trust that the request came from where it claims. This guide walks the HMAC-SHA256 signature ver...

Jul 4, 2026 11 min read Advanced Acellemail 2 8

Developer Guide

Extending AcelleMail Source Code

When the REST API + webhooks aren't enough, AcelleMail's open Laravel codebase lets you extend it directly — add custom fields, integrate a custom sending provider, listen to internal events, override Blade views. This guide walks the upgra...

Jun 28, 2026 10 min read Advanced Acellemail 2 9

Developer Guide

REST API Authentication and Endpoints

The complete reference for AcelleMail's REST API — all resources, all routes, the per-endpoint request/response shapes, and the scoping rules. Use this alongside the getting-started guide; this article is the lookup table.

May 11, 2026 10 min read Intermediate Acellemail 1 7

Developer Guide

Webhook Events Reference

AcelleMail has three distinct webhook systems — customer-lifecycle webhooks (SaaS billing events), per-campaign webhooks (open/click/bounce on a specific campaign), and inbound webhooks from sending providers (SES SNS, Mailgun events). This...

Apr 17, 2026 9 min read Intermediate Acellemail 2 8

Integrations

WordPress Subscriber Sync

Wire up the WordPress user_register hook to push every new account into an AcelleMail list. Twenty lines of PHP, no plugin dependency, real-time. This guide covers the production-ready snippet (with timeout / async / error handling) and the...

Mar 12, 2026 7 min read Intermediate Acellemail 1 7

Integrations

Connecting Stripe for Subscription Billing

AcelleMail's Cashier ships Stripe as the first-class subscription gateway. This guide walks the connection end-to-end: API key configuration, the four webhook events that must be subscribed, the webhook URL location, and test-vs-live mode d...

Mar 3, 2026 8 min read Intermediate Acellemail 1 5

Developer Guide

Getting Started with the AcelleMail REST API

AcelleMail ships a REST API that exposes nearly every operation the admin UI offers — create lists, add subscribers, send campaigns, fire automations, read reports. This guide walks the 4 things you need to make your first successful API ca...

Feb 26, 2026 8 min read Intermediate Acellemail 2 8

Integrations

WooCommerce Post-Purchase Emails

The window right after a WooCommerce purchase is the highest-engagement moment a customer ever has with you. A well-timed thank-you / usage-tips / review-request / cross-sell sequence quietly increases LTV without any additional ad spend. T...

Feb 17, 2026 8 min read Intermediate Acellemail 1 6

Integrations

Integrating AcelleMail with WordPress and WooCommerce

WordPress + WooCommerce is the most common stack people connect to AcelleMail. There's no first-class plugin — instead, you wire up the REST API from a few WordPress hooks. This guide walks the three integration patterns (user registration,...

Jan 28, 2026 9 min read Intermediate Acellemail 1 4

Integrations

Zapier Integration Guide for AcelleMail

AcelleMail doesn't ship a native Zapier app, but the REST API + webhook system gives you everything you need to wire AcelleMail to the 7,000+ apps on Zapier. This guide walks both directions — AcelleMail as a Zapier action (POST to API), an...

Jan 15, 2026 9 min read Beginner Acellemail 1 8

Articles by Tom Becker (10)

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