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The Zapier Tax: Why Custom Integrations Are Replacing Zapier in 2026

I have a friend

She's crushing it with low ticket offers.

2CC every year.

She's scaling ads.

And running into issues.

Automations don't fire sometimes..

No rhyme or reason..

If this were 2024.. she'd need Zapier.

Which is.. Pretty good.

Except they nickel and dime you and gate certain features.

And stuff just fails randomly without much recourse other than hitting the try again button.

It's ok but in 2026 we can do better.

I'm building her a custom solution.

It's going to do exactly what she wants..

And do it for free.

No monthly fee.

Because now we can create custom integrations that connect different APIs without having to learn them.

Active Campaign, CF, Stripe, Wordpress.

All are just a few prompts away.

And when it's time to change or add more.

It's just a few more prompts and you're done.

So much is shifting right now.. it's crazy.

The amount of leverage we have access to is unprecedented.

So if you're scaling an offer..

And need it to integrate with third party tools..

Instead of handing Zapier $500, $1,500, $3k per month..

Write your own tool and run it for pennies.

Or have me build one for you.

🚀

​- James

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Hi, I'm James Curran

Chief Funnel Builder at Linchpin Funnels

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