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Create and Manage Sub-Accounts

Sub Account & Client Accounts Updated on June 8, 2023

Benchmark Sub-Accounts allow you to create and manage user accounts from your master account. As the master account, you can share email templates, images, contact lists, and Inbox Checker tests.

This feature is only available for users on Lite Plans of 1,000 or more contacts, Pro, Enterprise, and any legacy paid plan.

IMPORTANT

  • Sub-Accounts are not billed individually for usage.
  • The billing is done only for the Master account based on their Plan.
  • The users of the sub-accounts have no insight into the payment of the master account.

How to create a Sub-Account

CONSIDER

If you can’t create a new sub-account, check your contact limit. Sub-Account contact limits are available based on the contact limit in a master account. To learn more about sub-account contact limits, click here.

Follow the steps below to learn how to create a sub-account:

  1. Log in to your master account.
  2. Then, click on your account name, and select the User Management option.
  3. Click on the more options icon and select Create New User.
  4. Fill in the new sub-account Details.

Once you have completed the account details, click on Save Changes. You will be redirected to the User Management page. To log in to the sub-account, click on the username, or to edit their settings, click on the More Options icon.

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How to Deactivate a Sub-Account

After deactivating a sub-account, the sub-account user will no longer be able to log in to their account. Instead, they will get an error when they attempt to log in.

To deactivate a sub-account, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the master account, and go to the User Management page. 
  2. Locate the sub-account you want to deactivate, click on the More Options icon and select Deactivate.
  3. Confirm your changes by clicking Deactivate.
  1. The status of your sub-account will change to Inactive. The sub-account user will no longer be able to log in to their account. Instead, they will get an error when they attempt to log in. 

To reactivate, click on the sub-account’s More Options icon and Reactivate

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Switching Between Accounts

One of the benefits of the sub-account feature is that you can easily log in to any of the sub-accounts from your master account. You can also go back to the master account with just one click. If you log in manually to a sub-account from the login page, the option to log into the Master account will not appear in the user menu.

To log into a sub-account: 

  1. From the master account, go to the User Management page
  2. Locate the sub-account you’d like to log in to and click on the sub-account name; this action will immediately log you into their account. 

Switch to Master account: 

To switch to the master account, click on the account’s name, scroll down, and select “Back to Master,” you will return to the homepage of the master account.  

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How to Share Contact Lists with a Sub-Account

You can share a list from the master account to a sub-account. Contacts in sub-accounts are considered individual contacts from that of their master account. The sub-account contact limit is based on the list plan assigned to the sub-account. To learn more about sub-account contact limits, click here.

  • Sub-accounts can not share contact lists with a master account. 
  • The shared lists are not synced with the sub-account, and any changes made to a previously shared list are not reflected in the sub-account. 

Follow the instructions below to share a contact list with a sub-account.

  1. Log into your Master account.
  2. Select Contacts from the Dashboard menu.
  3. Choose the list you wish to share with your sub-account.
  4. Click on the More options icon and select Share with sub-accounts
  1. On the Popup, Select the sub-account to share the list to, or choose Select All
  2. Now click on the Share button to share.

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How to Share Email Templates with Sub-Accounts

Share email templates from your master account to your sub-accounts with just a few clicks. When you share the email templates, it will copy everything in the template, including images, text, links, or even PDFs.

There are three ways to share a Sent or Draft email with your existing sub-accounts.

  • Email Dashboard (draft & sent emails only)
  • Email Report Page (sent emails only)
  • Past Emails (sent and draft emails)

To learn how to share email templates, use the following instructions:

Email Dashboard
Email Reports
Past Emails

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Sharing Images or Videos with Sub Accounts

As the master account, you can share images and videos stored in your account.

To share images or videos, follow these steps: 

  1. Log in to your Benchmark account.
  2. From your User menu, select Image Gallery.
  3. Select the images you want to share, and click on the More Options icon and select Share with Sub-Account.
  4. Now, click on the Share to Sub-Account option.
  1. Select the sub-account you want to share the image with and click Share.

You’ve shared your images/videos with your sub-accounts successfully!

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Sub-Account Availability and Contact Limits

The sub-account feature is available for users on Lite Plans of 1,000 or more contacts, Pro, Enterprise, and any legacy paid plan.

  • The minimum contact limit for a sub-account is 500. The sub-account contact limit is allocated from the master account’s total contact limit.

The master account must have the contact space to assign a contact limit to its sub-account.

Here are some example scenarios:

A. A master account with a contact limit of 1,000 contacts and zero contacts in their account can create one or two sub-accounts with a contact limit of 500 each.

B. If the master account has one contact, they can only create one sub-account with a 500-contact limit.

C. If the master account has 501 contacts, there is no additional space to allocate contacts to a  sub-account; therefore, it can not create a subaccount.

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If you have any questions, please contact our support team.