Question from Reddit user:
Has anyone integrated Clover (payment processor) with GHL?
I’m about to start investigating this for a client and thought I’d check-in here for any advice / past experience from the group.
Thank you in advance.
Answer from Nabil:
The short answer is:
There is no native, direct integration for Clover as a core payment processor within the GoHighLevel (GHL) platform like there is for Stripe or PayPal.
GHL has a specific list of direct payment providers, and Clover is typically not on that list, based on current user feedback.
However, a full integration is absolutely possible and is commonly achieved using a third-party automation tool like Make (formerly Integromat), Appy Pie Automate, or Middle, which connect the two systems using their respective APIs to synchronize contact and payment data.
For a deep, seamless integration where Clover can be used within GHL’s order forms, you must develop a custom payment application using the GHL Marketplace API and the Clover API.
The long answer is:
Since Clover is a Point-of-Sale (POS) focused payment solution and GHL is an online CRM/marketing platform, the integration is fundamentally a syncing and automation challenge, not a simple plug-and-play connection.
The basic, non-developer solution is to use an iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) tool like Make, Appy Pie Automate, or Middle.
These tools allow you to set up workflows that listen for events in one system and trigger actions in the other.
For example, a successful payment in Clover (using the Clover API) can trigger a workflow in GHL (using the HighLevel API) to create or update a contact, add a tag, and enroll them in a follow-up campaign.
Conversely, a new lead in GHL can trigger a contact creation in Clover’s customer system.
This method is effective for contact management and basic transaction tracking, but it does not let you actually process payments via Clover inside GHL order forms or funnels.
To achieve that level of deep integration, you must build a custom payment integration.
GHL provides a comprehensive framework for this, where you would use the HighLevel API to create a custom payment provider app on their Marketplace.
This app acts as a secure intermediary.
The app would load an iframe on the GHL order form which communicates with your own server infrastructure (like Stape or Google Cloud Platform) using GHL’s custom_provider_ready event.
Your server then handles the entire payment process by communicating directly with the Clover API or Clover Connector SDK, and once a successful transaction is confirmed by Clover, your server sends a success response back to GHL using the custom_element_success_response event.
This entire custom app approach – leveraging the HighLevel API and the Clover API – is the most robust, long-term, and flexible solution, allowing your client to use their preferred payment processor directly in all of GHL’s native payment features.
Using Google Tag Manager and a server-side setup like Stape or Google Cloud Platform further future-proofs the process by ensuring reliable data capture and secure webhook handling for transaction confirmations and contact updates.
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