diff --git a/docs/Email_Campaigns.md b/docs/Email_Campaigns.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7cb70634 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Email_Campaigns.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# Email campaigns + +## Acceptance criteria + +- Create and configure email campaigns with campaign name, subject, content, and send settings. +- Target campaigns to defined user segments based on user attributes, activity, and preferences. +- Schedule campaigns to send immediately or at a future date/time, with optional recurring delivery. +- Track campaign performance with delivery status, open rate, click rate, bounce rate, and unsubscribe counts. +- Provide campaign history and analytics so administrators can review performance and compare campaigns. + +## Implementation details + +### Campaign creation + +- Allow administrators to create a campaign with a descriptive name, email subject, preheader, and body content. +- Support HTML and plain-text email content or templated message blocks. +- Include email sender details and reply-to address settings. +- Validate campaign configuration before activation. + +### Target segments + +- Define target segments using filters such as user role, location, account status, signup date, and custom profile fields. +- Allow segment previews or estimated audience counts before sending. +- Support saved segments for reuse across multiple campaigns. +- Enable excluding specific users, segments, or suppression lists. + +### Scheduling + +- Enable campaigns to be sent immediately or scheduled for a future date and time. +- Store schedule settings and keep a record of planned campaign sends. +- Support optional recurring or batch sends if applicable. +- Provide clear status labels for draft, scheduled, sending, completed, or cancelled campaigns. + +### Performance tracking + +- Track key metrics for each campaign: sent count, delivered count, open rate, click-through rate, bounce rate, unsubscribe count, and spam complaint count. +- Record delivery events and failures with reason details. +- Provide a campaign summary dashboard with visual metrics and trends. +- Allow exporting campaign performance data for reporting. + +### Campaign history and analytics + +- Keep a log of sent campaigns with dates, targets, and status. +- Allow administrators to compare past campaign performance and identify top-performing segments. +- Surface engagement patterns to improve future targeting and scheduling decisions.