Selligent is an enterprise marketing automation platform now part of Marigold (alongside Campaign Monitor and Emma), serving mid-market and enterprise B2C brands in Europe and North America with multi-channel orchestration across email, SMS, mobile push, and web. The unsubscribe mechanism uses the token-based merge tag, requires the Preference Center to be configured, and enforces contact-level opt-out flags. RFC 8058 one-click compliance requires the custom tracking domain configuration. This guide covers the tag, the Preference Center setup, and the enterprise-specific consent record versioning.
Selligent unsubscribe link
| Tag syntax | [UNSUBSCRIBE] |
| Placement | Manual placement, or auto-embedded via Content Blocks |
| Scope | Contact-level opt-out per organization |
| Config path | Configuration > Preference Center > Manage |
| RFC 8058 one-click | Requires custom tracking domain and Preference Center configuration |
How to add the unsubscribe tag in Selligent
Place the merge tag exactly as shown below in the email template. Selligent replaces it at send time with a signed URL scoped to the recipient and campaign.
[UNSUBSCRIBE]For custom HTML templates, wrap the tag in an anchor to render a proper hyperlink in the delivered email:
<a href="[UNSUBSCRIBE]">Unsubscribe from this list</a>Manual placement, or auto-embedded via Content Blocks
Requires custom tracking domain and Preference Center configuration The recipient's mailbox provider (Gmail, Yahoo) uses the List-Unsubscribe-Post header to expose the native one-click button on the message. Requires domain authentication with DKIM and DMARC.
Selligent stores every consent change as a versioned audit record, which is required for GDPR compliance but creates a data volume issue at scale. Enterprise deployments should archive consent versions older than 24 months to keep the audit database performant on large lists.
Testing your Selligent unsubscribe link
- Send a test message to a controlled Gmail address you own via the Selligent campaign preview action
- Click the footer unsubscribe link and confirm the opt-out on the landing page
- Check the subscriber or contact record: the status should be Unsubscribed within seconds
- Verify the RFC 8058 headers in Gmail: open the message, click three dots, then Show original. Look for
List-UnsubscribeandList-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click
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Selligent under the Marigold umbrella
Selligent Marketing Cloud is part of Marigold, the enterprise CDP alongside Campaign Monitor, Cheetah Digital, Emma, and Vuture. Its unsubscribe mechanism uses the [%UNSUBSCRIBE_URL%] token in HTML templates, replaced with a signed URL at send time. Selligent-hosted preference centers let subscribers manage marketing categories independently rather than forcing a blanket opt-out, which is standard for enterprise deployments serving retail, travel, and hospitality brands.
Category preferences and journey coordination
Enterprise Selligent deployments typically define marketing categories (Weekly Newsletter, Promotional Alerts, Product Launches) that subscribers can opt into independently. A user who unsubscribes from Promotional Alerts continues receiving Weekly Newsletter unless they explicitly opt out. This granularity is critical for large brands: forcing a subscriber to pick between all marketing or none often produces higher full-unsubscribe rates than category preferences do. Selligent Journey builder coordinates category checks at send time.
RFC 8058 support
Selligent implements RFC 8058 one-click unsubscribe headers on all authenticated sending domains. The List-Unsubscribe and List-Unsubscribe-Post headers are added automatically. Enterprise Selligent onboarding includes DKIM and SPF setup as a prerequisite for launch, so most accounts satisfy the Gmail and Yahoo February 2024 bulk-sender requirements from day one. Transactional messages sent through Selligent transactional stream skip unsubscribe headers, matching standard convention.
Enterprise compliance orientation
Selligent is designed for enterprise compliance requirements: GDPR consent tracking, CCPA opt-out requests, CASL Canadian consent, and per-subscriber audit trails. The Data Subject Rights portal handles GDPR access and deletion requests. Preference center templates include jurisdiction-appropriate consent language, and the account can enforce different opt-out flows based on subscriber location. For enterprise brands operating across multiple regulatory regimes, this level of compliance tooling is often the reason Selligent is selected over simpler ESPs.
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