How to Connect a Third-Party Payment Gateway to Kajabi

David Giali

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Kajabi offers a native integration for Kajabi Payments! However, you also have the ability to connect a third-party checkout software to collect payments. This will allow you to use a third-party payment gateway (e.g., Stripe, Paypal). Learn how to connect to a third-party checkout software with Kajabi. 


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Paypal

PayPal is a service that enables you to pay and accept payments. PayPal uses data encryption and anti-fraud technology to help keep your information secure, reducing the risk of online fraud.

Learn to connect PayPal to your Kajabi Account.


Stripe

Stripe is an American technology company operating in over 34 countries that allows both private individuals and businesses to accept payments over the Internet. Stripe focuses on providing the technical, fraud prevention, and banking infrastructure required to operate online payment systems. Learn to connect Stripe to Kajabi to begin accepting payments with Stripe.


Step 1. Find a third-party checkout software

If you do not wish to use PayPal or Stripe as your third-party payment gateway, you do have other options!

First, we recommend researching third-party checkout software to find the best software to suit your needs.

To help you get started, here are a few examples:

After you have found your preferred software, you will need to determine the software that is available in your region/country.

After you have determined the Payment Software that you wish to use, you are ready to connect through a Webhook URL or Zapier.

Note:
You will not receive automatic Hero reward milestone emails from Kajabi if you are using a third-party payment system other than Stripe or PayPal. See instructions on how to claim Hero rewards if you use a third-party payment system.

Step 2. Connect to your Kajabi Offers using webhook URLs or Zapier triggers

You will need to connect your payment gateway to Kajabi, specifically to grant your customers access to one of your Offers if they purchase through your third-party checkout software. Each product in your checkout software should correspond to an Offer on Kajabi.

Zapier

  • Choose your checkout software as the trigger app (e.g., Shopify) and the event should be related to a new order or purchase:

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  • Add a filter to run this zap only if it applies to a specific product. In the trigger event, you can choose how to filter this (e.g., product ID):

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  • Add an action and select Kajabi as the app. For the event, choose "Grant Access to an Offer":

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  • Then, repeat these steps for all your Offers.
Note:
If you are selling a subscription product, you will need to create another zap. When the subscription is canceled, you will need to revoke access to the Offer on Kajabi.

Webhooks

You can use inbound webhooks on your Offer.

Activation URL - This will grant access to your Offer.

  • Send data when a new Offer is purchased with your third-party checkout software.

Deactivation URL - This will revoke access to your Offer.

  • Send data when a subscription Offer is canceled via your third-party checkout software.

Learn more about Webhooks.


Step 3. Link or embed your checkout software

On your third-party checkout software, you should have a checkout page link for each of your Products.

On Kajabi, you can link to these pages with call to action (CTA) buttons.

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Learn how to use a Call to Action.

Some third-party checkout software may give you the option to embed your Products on your Kajabi site. In this case, you can use a custom code section on your site pages to add the embed code.

Example embed code section:

Warning:
Introducing custom code to your site can open you up to vulnerabilities and potential malware attacks. We recommend using vulnerability tools like VirusTotal or Snyk to scan any custom code that you intend to use and apply certain best practices to help reduce potential impact.

Learn how to add custom code to your page.


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