Turn your existing Kit subscribers into your affiliate cohort.
Rekomi subscribes approved affiliates to a Kit form (Kit's data model is form-centric, not list-centric) and tags them by name. The same connection credits sales to the affiliate whose link brought the subscriber, Kit Commerce purchases included, from the arrival record Kit stores at signup. Your existing course buyers can flip into affiliates and pay you back the difference of what they spent.
From paste-API-key to first paid affiliate in 10 minutes.
Paste your ConvertKit (Kit) API key into Rekomi. Rekomi runs a test call to verify the key, then pulls your list/audience picker live from ConvertKit (Kit) so you pick the right destination.
Affiliates apply via your public landing page or your bulk invite. Approve them manually, auto-approve on a campaign, or import an existing affiliate roster from Rewardful and six other platforms via Settings > Migrate.
Approved affiliates land in your ConvertKit (Kit) list as tagged subscribers within seconds. Rekomi handles idempotency, retries, and per-campaign overrides; you handle the nurture sequence.
The exact ConvertKit (Kit) fields Rekomi writes.
No surprise fields, no overwrites of contact data you already have. Empty values are omitted so existing nurture data is preserved.
- Referred customers and leads (optional): every attributed sale or lead is upserted on email with the referring affiliate, campaign and last event in custom fields, tagged
Rekomi customerorRekomi lead email, the affiliate email; Kit's subscribe API dedupes nativelyfirst_name, split from the affiliate's full namefields.last_name, only sent when the affiliate's name has at least two parts- Tags by name, applied after the subscriber is on the form (Rekomi creates missing tags in Kit; a tag hiccup never blocks the sync)
- Form ID, required by Kit; Rekomi's connect form has a real-time picker against your account
- Read back, never written: the subscriber's arrival record when a sale arrives with no affiliate named, so the connection credits the sale to the affiliate whose link brought them
- Kit Commerce purchases: Rekomi registers Kit's purchase feed on connect, so sales billed through Kit's own Stripe account exist in Rekomi at all
The ConvertKit (Kit) connection credits sales to the right affiliate.
Every affiliate link Rekomi hands out carries a tag Kit stores on the subscriber when they sign up through a Kit form or landing page. When a sale arrives with no affiliate named any other way, Rekomi reads that record back and credits the affiliate. Nothing runs in the buyer's browser.
What you need. The Kit connection with Credit sales through Kit on (it is on from the moment you connect). Nothing to build, paste or relay.
- Kit Commerce purchases reach Rekomi through Kit's purchase feed, which Rekomi registers for you on connect, because Kit Commerce bills through a Stripe account Kit manages that cannot be connected
- Products sold on your own Stripe credit through that connected account the same way
- Tagged signups reach Rekomi as leads right away through Kit's signed webhooks, before any sale
- Check a subscriber's email on the integration page tells you, for one address, whether a sale from it would be credited and why
Kit records the arrival only on form and landing-page signups, and only once. A buyer who goes straight to checkout without signing up first, or a subscriber who was already on your list before clicking, is not credited by the connection; the optional script covers those readers by email. Kit sends no refund event.
What ConvertKit (Kit) customers actually do with Rekomi.
Convert course buyers into affiliates
Build a Kit sequence triggered by 'subscribed to Course Buyers form'. At step 14, send a 'become a course affiliate' email with a Rekomi-hosted accept link. Buyers who accept end up tagged `Rekomi affiliate` AND `course-buyer` in the same Kit profile, both your nurture sequences fire.
Newsletter subscriber to affiliate flywheel
Add a soft 'become an affiliate' CTA at the footer of every Kit broadcast. Subscribers who click + accept land back in Kit with the affiliate tag, and your existing newsletter cadence keeps reaching them. The flywheel: read → buy → affiliate → recommend.
Course-bundle launch sequence with affiliate hand-off
Launch a new course to your Kit list. After the launch window, send a 7-day affiliate-recruitment sequence to the buyer cohort. Each buyer who accepts gets a unique tracking link they can share. Course creators earn a second revenue layer without a single new email subscriber.
Rekomi handles ConvertKit (Kit)'s edge cases so you don't have to.
Every CRM API has quirks. Rekomi's integration code was built and audited against the live ConvertKit (Kit)docs, these are the ones you'd otherwise hit yourself.
Kit's current API is v4 and authenticates with a personal API key from Settings, then Developer. Legacy v3 API secrets are a separate credential and do not work; the connect form says so if you paste one, and an older v3 connection asks you to reconnect with a v4 key.
Kit doesn't have lists; it has forms. A subscriber's relationship to your account is via the form they joined through. Rekomi's connect-flow picker pulls your forms live so you pick the right join point for affiliates.
Kit's v4 API attaches tags in a separate call, by name. Rekomi adds the subscriber to your form first, then resolves each tag name against your account (creating any that are missing) and applies it, so a tag problem never blocks the sync.
That account is a Stripe Express account under Kit's platform, so it cannot be connected to Rekomi and its payments never arrive as Stripe events. Rekomi takes Kit's purchase feed instead, registered for you on connect, and reads the buyer back from Kit before recording anything.
Built for creators, course sellers, and indie newsletter operators on Kit's Creator or Creator Pro tier. If your audience is your business and Kit is your CRM, Rekomi adds the affiliate revenue layer without you adopting a second messaging stack. Typical pairing: $25-300/month on Kit, $29/month on Rekomi.
Common ConvertKit (Kit) questions.
Does ConvertKit (Kit) have an affiliate program?
Kit runs a Creator Partner Program that pays you 30% recurring on Kit referrals, promoting Kit itself. That's separate from running an affiliate program on YOUR course or newsletter. Rekomi is the platform for that, with Kit as the email home for your affiliate cohort.
Can I use Kit for affiliate marketing on my own course?
Yes, Kit handles delivery and segmentation; Rekomi handles tracking links, conversion attribution (from Kit's own signup record, so no script is needed), commission calculation, and payouts. Your course buyers who accept the affiliate program get a Kit tag, an automated welcome sequence (via your Kit sequence builder), and a unique tracking link from Rekomi.
Which Kit plan do I need?
Kit's Newsletter tier (free) does not include the API. Creator and Creator Pro tiers ($25+/month) both include API access, and that's the minimum for Rekomi. If you're already running automations + sequences, you're on Creator already.
Does Rekomi track Kit Commerce sales?
Yes. Kit Commerce bills through a Stripe account Kit manages, which cannot be connected to Rekomi, so Rekomi takes Kit's purchase feed instead when you connect Kit with Credit sales through Kit on. Each purchase is recorded once and credited to the affiliate whose link brought the subscriber. Kit sends no refund event, so a refunded Kit order is reversed by invalidating the sale in Rekomi.
What's the difference between forms and tags in Kit?
Forms are how subscribers join your account; tags are how you segment them after. Rekomi picks a form (the join point) and applies tags (the segmentation). Common setup: one form 'Affiliate Program Members', plus a Rekomi-system tag and per-campaign tags. Sequences trigger on the form join AND the tag.
Is this Kit's own affiliate program?
No. Kit's own affiliate program, run on PartnerStack, pays you to promote Kit. This page is affiliate software for ConvertKit sellers: a Kit Commerce affiliate program for your own courses, products and paid newsletters, credited from the arrival record Kit stores on the subscriber at signup.
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