In 2017, using expensive third-party tools like Deadline Funnel required complex URL redirects and custom scripts that often broke the legacy Funnelish PayPal integration.
Today, Funnelish has its own standalone Funnel Builder that features built-in, native evergreen scarcity timers. You no longer need to pay for or integrate external tools to create authentic deadline funnels.
Up-to-Date Information for Creating Deadline Funnels: If you want to automatically redirect users to an “expired” page after their personal countdown hits zero, you can do this effortlessly inside Funnelish:
1. Add a Native Countdown Timer: Open your page in the Funnelish Builder. Drag and drop the Countdown Timer element onto your page.
2. Set it to Evergreen (Cookie/IP Based): In the timer settings on the left-hand panel, select the Evergreen option. Set the exact amount of time (e.g., 15 minutes) you want the user to have. Funnelish will automatically track the visitor’s session, so their timer remains accurate even if they refresh the page.
3. Configure Auto-Redirect: Within those same settings, look for the “On Expire” action. Set it to redirect the user to a specific URL (like your “Offer Expired” step). Once the timer hits zero, Funnelish safely handles the redirect without interfering with any of your PayPal or Stripe payment gateways.
Has anyone successfully integrated PayPal with Deadline Funnel? We tried it two nights ago, but received two strange errors. One of them was “the link you have used to enter the PayPal system is invalid.”
Needless to say, after my troubleshooting steps failed, I had to remove the Funnelish script from our header and the funnel-wide products so the live funnel would function properly.
I’ve heard from others that the two don’t mix. What’s the official word?
I personally have no clue what “Deadline funnel” means?
Could you PM me a link I can see!
As for troubleshooting the apps, I think in case of doubt you can easily turn off any App that might be causing any issues without having to remove the entire code from your funnel… though that’s fine too.
Generally, our apps can’t distinguish between the purpose of any given funnels all it really care about is whether it’s an Order form, OTO page or a TYP. That’s it… As long as your page falls in one of those types it should be integrated.
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That PayPal error, I guess it means that you might have some wrong parameter, like missing currency, seller email, or in worst cases your PayPal account is misconfigured… I personally need to see the actual page in question in order to provide more insights.
hmm… generally funnelish doesn’t need to be integrated to that deadline funnel app but instead just connect it to whatever funnel steps you might have and it should work just fine.
Right, but Deadline Funnel redirects visitors from one ClickFunnels URL to another after a certain period of time. How should I handle that? I’m thinking of two possibilities:
Add the second URL as a variation
Add additional funnel steps in Funnelish, to accommodate the redirect URL
Yep both options are acceptable just the former is by default supported already, while the last one comes with more limitations like having to repeat your funnel and thus it’s not guaranteed to work
I would assume if you can get the deadline funnel to work on the same funnel with the only part changing are the parameters (ie. what comes after the ? Symbol) then all you need is simply adding the basic stripped url (ie. Without the ? Nor the # symbols nor what comes after those two).
2026 Updates: Evergreen Deadlines & Scarcity Timers
but instead just connect it to whatever funnel steps you might have