Server-Side Countdown Timers

Deadlines That Follow Your Leads Everywhere

FunnelGhost creates real, server-authoritative countdowns that sync across your website, emails, and every device. Your scarcity is always genuine, always enforced.

Works natively with your email marketing platform

ActiveCampaign
Kit (ConvertKit)
CK Drip Soon
Klaviyo Soon
Zapier / Webhooks

Your Timers Are Being Gamed

Standard countdown timers rely on cookies and client-side JavaScript. Savvy buyers reset them. Your urgency loses all meaning.

Cookie Clearing Resets Timers

Clear browser data = fresh timer. A visitor can reload their deadline as many times as they want. Your "limited time" becomes infinite time.

Timers Don't Cross Devices

Cookie on laptop, no cookie on phone. Your lead sees a brand-new timer on their second device, defeating the entire point of the deadline.

Email & Website Don't Sync

The GIF in your email shows one countdown. Your website shows a different one. Leads notice. Trust in your offer evaporates instantly.

FunnelGhost Solves All Three
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Features

Built for Marketers Who Mean It

Every feature engineered around one principle: if you set a deadline, it holds. Full stop.

Server-Authoritative Deadlines

Every deadline is stored server-side and computed once. Cookie clearing, incognito mode, browser switching: none of it matters. The deadline is the deadline.

True Cross-Device Sync

Your lead's remaining time follows them from laptop to phone to tablet. FunnelGhost identifies leads across devices and serves the correct deadline. Always.

Animated Email Countdown GIFs

Drop a single image tag in any email. FunnelGhost renders a fresh animated GIF countdown on every open, synced to the exact same server deadline as your website.

Personal Evergreen Timers

Each lead gets their own private deadline. One person's clock starts on signup, another's on tag add. Every subscriber experiences genuine personal urgency.

ESP Webhook Integration

Connect ActiveCampaign or Kit in minutes. When a lead gets a tag, FunnelGhost automatically starts their timer and writes the token back as a custom field. No code needed.

Conversion Tracking & ROI

Know exactly which leads converted before their timer expired, the revenue per campaign, and your timer's direct contribution to your bottom line.

From Setup to Live in Under 10 Minutes

No developer needed. Paste one script tag, configure your timer, connect your ESP, and you're live.

1

Add One Script Tag to Your Website

Paste a single snippet into your site's <head>. FunnelGhost automatically identifies visitors, matches them to your campaigns based on URL patterns, and renders the timer. No touching your page layout or CSS required.

⚡ One-time setup per site
2

Create Your Campaign & Set the Rules

Choose evergreen (personal countdown per lead) or fixed-date (shared deadline for everyone). Pick your timer style, duration, and what happens when it expires: redirect, hide, or show a custom message.

🎨 3 pre-built themes, fully colour-customisable
3

Connect Your Email Platform

Link ActiveCampaign or Kit via webhook. When a subscriber receives a specific tag, their personal timer starts automatically. FunnelGhost writes a unique timer token back to their contact record, ready for your merge tags.

🔗 ActiveCampaign + Kit supported at launch
4

Drop the GIF Tag in Your Emails

Copy the image tag from your campaign dashboard and paste it into any email. On every open, subscribers see a live countdown GIF showing their exact remaining time, matching the timer on your website on any device.

📧 Works in Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook, and more
5

Watch the Conversions Roll In

FunnelGhost tracks every pageview, timer expiry, and conversion. See which leads are in their active deadline window and how much revenue your urgency campaigns are generating, right from your dashboard.

📊 Real revenue attribution, per campaign

Timer Types

Two Modes of Real Scarcity

Evergreen

Personal Countdown, Per Lead

Every lead starts their own private countdown when they trigger your campaign: opt-in, tag add, or purchase. Each person's clock is unique to them, locked in server-side, and cannot be reset.

"Sarah signs up → her 48-hour timer starts. John signs up 2 days later → his 48-hour timer starts. Both see completely different deadlines, both are real."
Fixed Date

One Deadline, All Visitors

Set a single hard deadline (a launch date, a cart close, an early-bird cutoff) that every visitor sees counting down to the exact same moment. Perfect for launches, promotions, and event-based urgency.

"Your Black Friday sale ends November 29 at midnight. Every visitor, every email, every device shows the same accurate countdown. No exceptions."

Everything in One Place

Manage campaigns, browse leads, track conversions, and grab your embed code. All from a clean, focused dashboard.

app.funnelghost.com / dashboard / campaigns
Campaigns
Leads
Analytics
Integrations
Settings
Active Timers
1,284
Conversions
347
Conv. Rate
27%
Revenue Tracked
$48.2k
CampaignTypeActiveConv.Status
Coaching Offer (48hr) Evergreen 842 218 Active
June Launch: Cart Close Fixed Date 442 129 Active
Webinar Replay (72hr) Evergreen N/A N/A Draft

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Plugs Into Your Existing Stack

No new tools. FunnelGhost works inside the email marketing workflow you already have.

ActiveCampaign

Tag-triggered evergreen timers. Token auto-written to contact record as a custom field. Paste into any email as a merge tag.

✓ Live at Launch

Kit (ConvertKit)

Auto-registered tag webhooks via Kit API. Liquid merge tags for email GIFs and links. Full url_encode filter support.

✓ Live at Launch

Webhooks / Zapier

Universal webhook endpoint for any platform. Post an email address to start a timer from any tool, including Zapier, Make, or your own backend.

✓ Live at Launch

Klaviyo, Drip, Mailchimp, HubSpot, GoHighLevel: coming in future releases

23%
Average conversion lift from genuine scarcity
~0ms
Timer reset time (it cannot be done)
<10min
From signup to first live timer
3+
Devices per lead, all synced automatically

Built for Businesses That Sell with Urgency

Whether you run evergreen funnels or big-bang launches, FunnelGhost gives your deadlines teeth.

Course Creators
E-commerce Brands
SaaS Companies
Marketing Agencies
Event Promoters

Online Course Creators & Coaches

You've built an evergreen funnel that runs 24/7, but "limited time" bonuses that reset on cookie clear are killing your credibility. With FunnelGhost, every opt-in triggers a genuine personal countdown. The discount window that expires 48 hours after they join your list actually expires.

  • Personal evergreen timers trigger on opt-in or tag add, one per subscriber
  • Email GIFs and sales page countdown always show the same remaining time
  • Expiry redirect pushes leads to a "you missed it" page automatically
  • See exactly how many leads converted within their active window

What Marketers Are Saying

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"Our evergreen funnel conversion rate jumped 31% in the first month. The fact that the timer actually holds, across email and the sales page. It changed everything. Leads stopped waiting until later."

S
Sarah M.
Online Course Creator · $2.4M/yr

"I was skeptical anything could actually prevent timer resetting. FunnelGhost proved me wrong. Setup was 8 minutes with ActiveCampaign. Now I run genuine scarcity in every sequence."

R
Ryan T.
Email Marketing Consultant

"We run a 6-figure launch twice a year. FunnelGhost's fixed-date timer gave us one source of truth across every email, every landing page, every device. Zero discrepancies on cart close day."

J
Jess K.
Digital Product Brand · 40k list

Pricing

Simple, Transparent Plans

Start free. Upgrade when you grow. No contracts, no tricks. Just timers that work.

Starter
$49/mo
For solo marketers getting started with evergreen funnels
  • 3 active campaigns
  • 5,000 leads/month
  • Evergreen + Fixed timers
  • Email GIF countdown
  • 1 ESP integration
  • Basic conversion tracking
Get Started
Agency
$349/mo
For agencies managing timers across multiple client accounts
  • Unlimited campaigns
  • 100,000+ leads/month
  • Multi-site management
  • All ESP integrations
  • White-label options
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom onboarding
Contact Sales

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Common Questions

Can visitors really not reset the timer?
Correct. The deadline is stored on our servers and computed once per lead. Clearing cookies, switching browsers, opening incognito, or visiting from a different device: none of it changes the server-side deadline. The only thing that resets a timer is if you explicitly do so from the dashboard.
How does FunnelGhost identify the same lead across devices?
FunnelGhost builds an identity graph using multiple signals: our first-party cookie, localStorage, email (when a lead clicks your email links), and IP + user agent as a fallback. When a lead clicks a link in your email, we bind their email identity to their browser, so the website timer knows exactly who they are.
Does the GIF really update on each email open?
Yes. The GIF is rendered fresh on every email open, showing the accurate remaining time at that exact moment. Each frame is 1 second, so the GIF counts down in real time. Note: Apple Mail Privacy Protection pre-fetches images, so we use a sequence parameter to mitigate MPP caching, documented in your onboarding guide.
Will it slow down my website?
No. The embed script loads asynchronously (async + defer), from a global CDN, and is only ~20kB. It won't block your page render. Timer rendering uses a Shadow DOM so it's completely isolated from your site's CSS.
What if I use an ESP other than ActiveCampaign or Kit?
You can use our universal webhook endpoint with any platform that can fire a webhook, including Mailchimp, Klaviyo, GoHighLevel, or via Zapier/Make. Native integrations for Klaviyo, Drip, and others are on the roadmap.
Is GDPR / privacy compliance handled?
FunnelGhost sets first-party cookies on your timer domain only. We do not use third-party tracking cookies, do not sell or share lead data, and store only the minimum information needed to identify a lead and serve their deadline. We recommend disclosing timer tracking in your privacy policy.

Stop Faking Scarcity.
Start Enforcing It.

Every day your timers can be reset is a day your most motivated buyers are waiting. FunnelGhost gives you deadlines with teeth, plus the conversions that come with them.

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