How to automate importing Substack subscribers into Kit through Gmail

Discover how to seamlessly automate Substack subscribers to ConvertKit (Kit) for powerful email funnels, personalized segmentation, and a more profitable author business.

Hi,

Substack doesn’t have an API, making it one of the most frustrating platforms on the internet. Seriously, you can’t even use Zapier, which I have honestly never seen before. However, there is a workaround, in case you, like me, want to actually run a business through Substack, and needs things like welcome sequences, segmentation, and/or tagging.

I personally use Kit and Gmail, so that’s what I’m sharing with you. This same process can be used from most other email programs. Please, don’t ask me how to do this through other systems. Just…extrapolate from known data.

So, you have a Substack newsletter and want to manage subscribers in (Convert)Kit—but you’ve likely discovered that Substack doesn’t offer an API to make life easy. Fear not! We can still link everything together using Gmail (where you receive subscriber notifications), Zapier (to parse and forward those details), and of course, Kit itself (to handle all your email automations and tagging).

In this article, you’ll learn ho…