Why build GetResponse forms in ConvertFlow
GetResponse's built-in forms handle a straightforward opt-in: collect an email, add it to a campaign. That works until you want the form to qualify someone before it asks for contact details, or route different answers into different campaigns.
ConvertFlow forms sync into the same GetResponse contact record, but add multi-step funnels, conditional paths, custom field values written on every answer, Shopify product recommendations with add-to-cart, and A/B testing with revenue attribution.
The contacts still live in GetResponse. ConvertFlow is the capture layer in front of it.
1. Connect GetResponse to ConvertFlow
Head to your ConvertFlow website's Integrations area and click to connect with GetResponse.
In GetResponse, go to Settings → API to find your API key.
Copy and paste it into ConvertFlow's integration field.
2. Turn off API subscriptions — do this before you launch anything
This is the step that catches people out, and it's worth doing now rather than after your first campaign is live.
In GetResponse, head to your campaign's settings, go to Permissions, and uncheck the "API subscriptions" checkbox.
With that box checked, every contact added through the API — which includes every contact ConvertFlow sends — receives a confirmation email and remains unconfirmed until they click the link in it.
The reason this is so easy to miss: nothing appears broken. The integration works, contacts arrive in GetResponse, your form reports conversions. The contacts just sit there unconfirmed, receiving nothing, while your opt-in rate looks fine and your list doesn't grow. If someone has already opted in on your site, the second confirmation step is friction you didn't intend to add.
Leave it checked only if you deliberately want confirmed double opt-in for contacts captured this way.
Once connected, ConvertFlow starts pulling in your campaigns and tags.
One terminology note while you're here: a campaign in GetResponse is what most tools call a list. It's the thing a contact is subscribed to, not a single send — so when ConvertFlow asks which campaign to add someone to, it's asking which list.
3. Add a form to your campaign
Add your GetResponse form to a ConvertFlow landing page, popup or embed. Click to add an element and choose the "form" element type — start from a form template or build from scratch.
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4. Toggle the contact fields you want
Select the form element and switch on the contact fields to request. Email address and first name map to GetResponse automatically.
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Each field can be edited from the builder panel — placeholder text, label, required state and more.
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5. Verify emails and phone numbers
ConvertFlow can check that an entered address exists with its provider before the contact reaches GetResponse, which protects your sender reputation and keeps invalid addresses out of your contact count. Phone verification formats numbers to the international E.164 standard.
6. Add consent checkboxes
Scroll below the preset contact fields to find compliance checkboxes:
- Privacy consent: link to your privacy policy and terms of service alongside a required checkbox.
- Marketing consent: if your form gates content but also opts the contact into ongoing marketing, collect consent for it.
- SMS consent: require consent to SMS marketing with the required disclosures.
GetResponse is a Polish company with a large EU user base, so collecting explicit consent alongside the contact is worth doing properly — and it's the cleaner answer to the double opt-in question above than leaving API subscriptions switched on.
7. Add custom fields and map them to GetResponse
By clicking to add a field at the end of the fields list, you can add as many custom fields as you'd like.
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When naming the field, select from "GetResponse fields" — a dropdown of the contact custom fields that already exist in your account. ConvertFlow sends the value collected by this form into that field.
The field needs to exist in GetResponse first. If you're building a form around a new attribute, create it there before you start and it'll be waiting in the dropdown.
Choose the field type — text, dropdown, radio selection, paragraph or hidden. Dropdown and radio options can carry score values for funnel logic.
8. Map survey and quiz answers to GetResponse
Survey and quiz elements have a "Map to custom field" dropdown, where you select from your GetResponse custom fields. Each answer is written to the contact record — which is what makes answer-based segmentation possible.
9. Map ConvertFlow's preset fields to GetResponse
With GetResponse connected, your Integrations page shows a Fields button. Use it to map ConvertFlow's preset contact fields to GetResponse custom fields by entering the field's data name. Email address and first name are already mapped.
10. Style the form to match your brand
In the Design tab, set spacing, field layout, width, fonts, button colour and roundness, field colour and shadows — so the form looks native to your site rather than an embedded GetResponse form.
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11. Configure what happens on submit
In the Actions tab, choose what follows submission — redirect to a URL, jump to another funnel step, display a thank-you message, or open a popup.
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Alongside the default action, add automations that fire on submit — including which GetResponse campaign the contact joins and which tags are applied, so segmentation happens at the moment of capture.
Conditional actions let you route by field value, so a high-intent answer joins a different campaign than a browser.
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12. Report on submissions
The funnel breakdown report shows how many people saw, converted and completed the form, where they dropped off, and which answers they selected — with orders, revenue and AOV attributed to each answer.
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13. Segment and personalize for GetResponse contacts
Once answers are landing on GetResponse contact records, build segments from those field values and tags, and target your autoresponders and workflows against them.
ConvertFlow can also read your GetResponse contact segments and personalize your website for them — showing an existing contact something other than the same signup form.
14. Publish
- On Shopify: publish to a Shopify page in one click.
- On WordPress: add ConvertFlow's snippet once, then target the form to specific posts, pages or categories.
- Anywhere else: Webflow, Squarespace, Wix or any CMS take the same single embed snippet.
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