Question from Reddit user:
I want to integrate my ConvertKit account into GHL, but I can’t find anything online that helps me.
Can someone please point me to a resource or tell me how to do it?
Answer from Nabil:
The short answer is:
Since GoHighLevel (GHL) and ConvertKit don’t offer a direct, native one-click integration, the most common and easiest way to connect them to achieve your goal – adding a contact from a GHL funnel opt-in to ConvertKit – is by using a third-party integration tool known as an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), like Zapier or Make.
These tools act as a middleman, listening for a Form Submission trigger in GHL and then performing an action to create or update a subscriber in ConvertKit using their respective APIs.
The long answer is:
It’s completely understandable that you’re having trouble finding a direct guide, because a native, built-in connector between GHL and ConvertKit simply doesn’t exist within the standard GHL integrations menu.
Therefore, you need to turn to an iPaaS solution like Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect, or a similar service.
This process involves a few key steps.
First, you’ll set up a “Zap” or “Scenario” in the iPaaS tool.
You’ll designate GoHighLevel as the Trigger App and choose a specific event, which in your case would be a Form Submission or New Contact.
Next, you’ll select ConvertKit as the Action App, and the action will be to Add Subscriber to Form or Add Tag to Subscriber.
The iPaaS tool will then walk you through mapping the fields – for instance, connecting the Email field from your GHL form submission to the Email field required by ConvertKit, and similarly mapping the name fields.
This approach is highly effective for immediate, simple data transfers.
For a more robust, scalable, and customizable approach, particularly for advanced tracking and data synchronization, an excellent solution is to use the HighLevel API and the ConvertKit API alongside a server-side tracking environment utilizing Google Tag Manager and a service like Stape or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
In this advanced setup, when the Form Submission occurs in your GHL funnel, a custom event is sent from GTM to your server container (Stape or GCP).
The server then uses the HighLevel API to retrieve the full contact record details and then immediately initiates a call to the ConvertKit API to add the subscriber, including any custom fields or tags you need.
This custom API integration provides several benefits: it allows for more control over data formatting and transformation, reduces dependency on the iPaaS intermediary, and can be extended to support more complex, bidirectional syncs, such as removing a ConvertKit tag when a contact’s status changes within GHL.
While more technical, this API-driven approach is the ultimate way to ensure high-fidelity, real-time data flow between the two platforms.
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