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Calendly: Bookings Become Contacts

Connect Calendly and every person who books you is added as a contact (or matched to an existing one by email), the meeting is linked to them and shows on their timeline. Optional per-event-type rules add the lead to a pipeline stage, create a prep task and follow up after a no-show.

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Steps

  1. In Calendly, open calendly.com/integrations/api_webhooks and click "Generate New Token". For instant capture, give the token webhook permissions (webhooks read + write) as well as scheduled events.
  2. In CRMown go to Settings > Communications > Connected Accounts and click "Connect Calendly". Paste the token and click "Connect & verify". Contact capture turns on automatically.
  3. The Calendly card shows how capture works for you: "Live" (a Calendly webhook — each booking appears within a minute) or "Using sync" (bookings are added at each sync), with the reason.
  4. Already connected before? Open the Calendly card and click "Turn on contact capture".
  5. Optional (Starter and above): click "Event type rules" on the Calendly card. For each event type pick a pipeline and stage, "Prep task (hours before)", "No-show follow-up (days)" and the no-show tag, then click "Save rules".
  6. Click "See contacts from Calendly" on the card (or filter Contacts by Source equals calendly) to see everyone captured.

Good to know

  • New contacts get source "calendly" and are assigned to you (the person who connected Calendly). Existing contacts keep their source and owner; empty phone and timezone fields are filled from the booking.
  • Booking-form answers are added to the contact timeline as a note, and UTM parameters on your Calendly link are recorded for attribution.
  • Each new booking runs your "Customer Booked Appointment" workflows (leave its Booking Page field empty). A reschedule moves the meeting and the prep task instead of creating a second booking.
  • A cancellation marks the meeting cancelled, cancels its prep task and logs it on the timeline. A no-show (marked in Calendly) adds the tag "no-show" and, if the event type has a rule, schedules a follow-up reminder. Unmarking the no-show removes the tag.
  • If an admin made your email & calendar private (Settings > Account > Members, lock icon), the contact timeline shows a generic "Meeting booked via Calendly" line, without the meeting title or answers.
  • On CRMown Free, a Calendly booking also starts your follow-up cadences, timed from the end of the meeting; cancelling the booking cancels them. Free contact and tag limits still apply: when you reach one, the booking still syncs to your calendar but no contact is added.
  • Disconnecting Calendly removes CRMown's webhook from your Calendly account. Contacts and meetings already captured stay.
Example: A coach shares her Calendly "Discovery call" link on Instagram. Each booking lands in CRMown as a contact on her Sales pipeline in the "Booked" stage, with a prep task the morning before and the intake answers on the timeline. When someone no-shows, they're tagged and a reminder to rebook comes up three days later.

Troubleshooting

The Calendly card says "Your Calendly plan doesn't include webhooks — using sync instead"
Calendly only offers webhooks on its Standard plan and higher.
Fix: Nothing to fix: bookings are still added as contacts at each sync (every few minutes on paid CRMown plans, or when you open the app on CRMown Free). Upgrade Calendly to Standard for instant capture, then click "Try live capture again".
The Calendly card says "This token can't create webhooks"
The personal access token was created without webhook permissions.
Fix: In Calendly create a new personal access token with webhook permissions (webhooks read and write), disconnect Calendly under Settings > Communications > Connected Accounts and connect again with the new token.
A booking didn't create a contact
The invitee is one of your teammates (CRMown never adds its own users as contacts), the booking has no email, or a CRMown Free limit was reached.
Fix: Check the Calendly card shows capture is on. On "Using sync", click Sync Now on the card. On CRMown Free, check the contact limit under Settings > Billing.
Calendly bookings stopped appearing instantly
Calendly turns a webhook off after 24 hours of failed deliveries. CRMown checks once a day and re-creates it; if it can't, the card switches to "Using sync" and says why.
Fix: Click "Try live capture again" on the Calendly card.

Plans

Contact capture: every plan, including CRMown Free. Event type rules (pipeline stage, prep task, no-show follow-up): Starter and above. Instant (webhook) capture needs a Calendly Standard plan or higher; otherwise capture uses sync.

Related

  • Connected Accounts — Calendly token
  • Contacts — filter by Source
  • Automation — Customer Booked Appointment trigger
  • Pipelines — booked leads by stage

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