# How to add a unique discount code to welcome emails in ActiveCampaign First, let's prepare a discount automation in Personal Discount. Open **Personal Discount** in your **Shopify admin panel**, and click on **Add automation**. Select **ActiveCampaign** as email service provider and **Welcome new subscribers** as the campaign type.
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Create welcome Personal Discount automation for ActiveCampaign

Specify the discount settings * code pattern * discount type * discount value * usage limit * expiration date according to your needs. Hit **Save** once you are done.
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Save your Personal Discount automation

Scroll down to the bottom of the settings page, and copy the code snippet. It's enough when you click on the code snippet and then the app will copy it to your clipboard.
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Copy the code snippet from Personal Discount

Now, log in to your ActiveCampaign account and navigate to Automations. If you don't have a welcome email series yet then click on **Create an automation**.
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Create new ActiveCampaign automation

Filter available recipes by the keyword "welcome". Select **Welcome Series** and click on **Continue**.
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Select a campaign type

You'll see a workflow designer. Click on **Get Started** to let the automation wizard guide you through the initial setup where you specify the email address from which the welcome email is going to be sent.
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Configure your ActiveCampaign automation

Click on the first email in the series. It's the flow element described as **Send an email "Welcome Email"**.
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Set sending an email in ActiveCampaign automation

A pop-up appears where you need to click on **Edit** to open the email template editor.
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Edit your ActiveCampaign email template

In the email editor, drag and drop the **HTML Block** to the desired place in your welcome email.
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Insert HTML block into your ActiveCampaign email template

Click on the added HTML Block and paste the code snipped copied from Personal Discount.
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Edit HTML element and paste code snippet from Personal Discount

Click on **Save** and you should see a unique discount code added to your email.
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Pesronal Discount code preview in ActiveCmapaign email template

Click on **Save and exit**. Finally, you can click on **Active** to start sending your welcome series to new subscribers.
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Activate your ActiveCampaign automation