Managing Multiple Accounts in Delivra

Managing Multiple Accounts in Delivra

Managing Multiple Sub-Accounts in Delivra

If you're using Delivra to support multiple newsletters, brands, clients, business units, etc., the best structure depends on how independent each group needs to be. Many organizations benefit from Delivra's multi-account structure because it allows them to separate audiences, branding, users, and reporting while maintaining centralized oversight. In general, it's worth separating accounts only when there are meaningful reasons to do so based on permissions or compliance requirements.

Setup approaches to consider:

Use case
Recommended setup
Benefits
One company, multiple newsletters
Single accounts with tags and segments
Streamlined reporting and management
One company, multiple brands
Separate sub-accounts per brand
Independent branding of assets, and separated reporting
Agency managing clients
One sub-account per client
Strong data separation and permissions
Franchise or regional teams
One sub-account per region/location
Local autonomy with centralized oversight

How organizations use sub-accounts in Delivra:

Org type
Scenario
Franchise
A national restaurant franchise has 150 independently owned locations. Corporate provides approved email templates, logos, and promotional content through a Template Account. Each franchise location manages its own subscriber list, localized campaigns, and reports on its own performance while corporate monitors engagement across all locations.
Multi-brand enterprise
A consumer products company owns several distinct brands, each with unique audiences and marketing teams. Separate Delivra accounts allow each brand to:
  1. Use its own sender domain and identity.
  2. Maintain independent subscriber lists and preferences.
  3. Build brand-specific automations.
  4. Report on campaign performance separately.
Meanwhile, the corporate marketing team oversees users, shared templates, and organization-wide reporting.
Higher education
A university creates separate accounts for:
  1. Admissions
  2. Alumni Relations
  3. Athletics
  4. Continuing Education
  5. Individual colleges
Each department controls its own campaigns and subscriber lists, while central marketing team maintains institutional branding and executive reporting.
Healthcare system
A healthcare system with several hospitals and specialty clinics assigns each facility its own account. Clinics can send appointment reminders, wellness newsletters, and local event invitations without accessing other facilities' patient communications, while the health system maintains consistent branding and governance.
Agencies
An agency manages email marketing for 40 clients. Each client has its own Delivra account containing its subscriber database, campaigns, and reporting. Agency employees receive access only to the client accounts they support, reducing the risk of sending to the wrong audience or exposing client data.
Financial services
Regional branches and business divisions serve different customer segments with distinct communication needs. Separate Delivra accounts allow each team to manage its own subscriber lists, campaigns, and automations while maintaining independent reporting. Corporate marketing provides approved email templates, compliance language, and brand assets through a Template Account, and executives can view engagement across all divisions from a central dashboard.
Nonprofit orgs
Headquarters develops fundraising campaigns, newsletters, and branded templates that regional chapters can customize with local events, volunteer opportunities, and donation appeals. Each chapter maintains its own supporter database and reports on local campaign performance, while the national office measures organization-wide engagement and fundraising results.
Hospitality
A hotel management company oversees multiple properties and each property is responsible for sending targeted promotions, seasonal packages, event announcements, and guest communications specific to its location. Corporate marketing manages brand standards, email templates, and shared creative assets through a Template Account, while individual hotels control their own guest lists and campaign schedules. Consolidated reporting helps leadership compare engagement and booking performance across properties.
Retail
A national retail brand with multiple stores and regional divisions oversees email marketing programs but each store or region maintains separate subscriber lists, promotional calendars, and localized offers. Local marketing teams can tailor campaigns based on inventory, store events, and regional preferences without affecting other locations. Corporate provides standardized templates and monitors campaign performance across all stores and locations to identify successful strategies and maintain a consistent customer experience.
Manufacturing
A manufacturer  has distinct business units where each business unit communicates with its own distributors, dealers, and customers using dedicated email campaigns, product announcements, training invitations, and service updates. Regional teams can localize messaging while corporate marketing manages shared templates, branding, and approved content. Separate accounts keep customer data organized by business unit while allowing executives to review marketing performance across the entire organization.

If you're managing several clients, business units or brands, we recommend that you organize each sub-account consistently to make administration easier. Here a few tips to consider:

Contacts
  1. Separate subscriber databases and suppression lists
  2. Standardized custom fields where possible
Assets
  1. Separate brand-specific templates
  2. Folder hierarchy for campaigns, images, and automations
Users
  1. Grant access only to the sub-accounts each person needs
  2. Limit administrative privileges where possible
Domains
  1. Authenticate each sending domain separately (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC as applicable)
  2. Use dedicated sender addresses for each brand

Account Names
Consistent account names make finding what you need simpler. For example:
  1. Corporate/Parent
  2. Brand A
  3. Brand B
  4. Client - ABC Manufacturing
  5. Client - XYZ Healthcare
  6. Sandbox
Or, use an identifier:
  1. 001 - Corporate/Parent
  2. 002 - Sandbox
  3. 003 - Brand A
  4. 004 - Brand B

Create a scalable model
  1. One Site Administrator team for governance and platform management.
  2. One Template Account as the central repository for approved templates, snippets, and images.
  3. One sub-account per brand, client, unit, region, etc. to keep contacts (data), campaigns, and reporting separate.
  4. Use standard, or create custom, Role-based permissions so users only access the accounts relevant to their work.
  5. Setup cross-account reporting for leadership while preserving each sub-account's operational independence.
This structure balances centralized control with decentralized execution and takes advantage of the features Delivra provides specifically for multi-account environments.

Standardizing sub-accounts

Create a repeatable account setup checklist:
  1. Standard folder structure
  2. Standard email template library
  3. Common automation naming
  4. Shared tagging conventions
  5. Consistent custom field names
  6. Uniform reporting structure and cadence
This makes it much easier to find what you need, move between accounts, and onboard new users.

Features that Support Managing Multiple Accounts

If you're using Delivra's Site structure (multiple accounts under one organization), there are several features designed specifically to make multi-account administration easier rather than treating each account as completely independent.

The most valuable features include:
Feature
Why it's useful
Gives a single administrator access to every sub-account without separate logins. A Site Administrator can:
  1. switch between all sub-accounts
  2. create and manage users
  3. assign account permissions
  4. build cross-account reports
  5. publish shared templates and other assets
This eliminates the need for separate administrative users for every account.
Assign users to only the accounts they need while keeping central control. Custom roles and permission sets are also supported for these users. Delivra separates users into:
  1. Site Administrators
  2. Account Administrators
Account Administrators can be assigned predefined or custom roles such as:
  1. Marketer
  2. Designer
  3. View Only
  4. System Administrator
  5. Custom permission sets
A single person can have access to multiple accounts without being granted access to the entire site.
Template Account
Maintain one library of approved assets and images that every sub-account can use. For organizations with multiple brands or business units, Template Accounts are especially valuable. Instead of every account maintaining its own:
  1. email templates
  2. forms
  3. snippets
  4. image library
you publish these items once from the Template Account. Sub-accounts can then select those assets when building campaigns, ensuring brand consistency while still allowing local edits where appropriate.
Rather than exporting reports from every account individually, Site Administrators can create Report Groups that aggregate data across multiple accounts. This is useful for:
  1. executive dashboards
  2. comparing business units
  3. agency client reporting
  4. enterprise KPIs
Automation templates can be saved at the site-level so teams don't have to recreate common workflows. Automation templates can exist at different levels:
  1. Stock Templates
  2. Site Templates (shared across accounts)
  3. Account Templates (local only)
This lets you standardize common journeys—such as welcome series or event reminders—while still allowing each sub-account to customize content as needed.
Add a user once and grant or update access from a single profile. You can edit a user's profile and assign access to additional accounts. This simplifies onboarding when employees support multiple brands or departments.
Copy email templates and other assets between accounts when you don't use a dedicated Template Account.
Lock key design elements in email template to prevent accidental edits, ensuring brand consistency.
Administrators can search for a contact across all linked accounts from a single interface. This helps with support, data audits, and checking for duplicates without manually switching accounts.

Please reach out to support@delivra.com with questions about managing multiple accounts.
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