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Common Ninja Zapier integrationAutomate Common Ninja with Zapier.

The Common Ninja Zapier integration gives you 6 triggers, 0 actions and 0 searches. Every form, quiz, booking, scratch card, spinning wheel or AI chatbot message on your site can start a Zap the moment it is sent, even on the free plan.

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Overview

What the Common Ninja Zapier integration is for

It sends what visitors submit through your Common Ninja widgets to the rest of your tools, without exports. Common Ninja is a catalog of more than 150 no-code widgets for websites and online stores. On Zapier, six of those widgets can start an automation, and all six report instantly.

Three results people set up first. Leads that land in your CRM: Form Submission or Quiz Submission starts the Zap, and the next step creates the contact wherever your sales team works. Bookings that reach your calendar or your team: Booking Submission passes each reservation on to the tool that handles appointments. Game entries you keep: Spinning Wheel Submission and Scratch Card Submission send each play to a sheet or another tool, so it does not vanish when the visitor leaves.

The best news is timing. All six triggers are instant: Common Ninja tells Zapier the moment a visitor submits, so the free plan's 15-minute check never applies. It makes this app a comfortable fit for a free account.

What Zapier does not do here: Common Ninja has no action and no search on Zapier. A Zap can read what visitors submit, but it cannot create, change or look up anything inside Common Ninja. The second step of every Zap belongs to another tool. If you are weighing platforms, the Common Ninja Make integration covers the same app on Make. There is no n8n page for Common Ninja on this site.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary, one line each

Learn these once and the editor reads like plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap, like a new Common Ninja form submission. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it.
Action
What the Zap does once started: the step that writes, sends or moves something. With Common Ninja, it always comes from another app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. Your plan's allowance is a count of those.
Instant trigger
A trigger the app reports itself the moment the event happens, so nothing waits for a check. All six Common Ninja triggers are instant.
Polling trigger
A trigger Zapier checks on a timer set by your plan. Common Ninja has none, so the timer never slows you down here.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when what arrived meets your condition, and stops it otherwise.
Cost

What a Common Ninja Zap really costs

Zapier bills tasks, not Zaps. A Common Ninja trigger never costs a task, whatever the number of submissions.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
  • Zap size on FreeTwo steps: one trigger, one action
  • Premium appNo, Common Ninja works on the free plan
  • Trigger typeInstant, all 6 triggers

You pay for the action that follows, in another app: one task each time it succeeds, nothing when it fails. A Zap with two actions uses two tasks per submission. A few apps and actions take more than one task. The free plan builds two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action, which is exactly what a Common Ninja Zap needs. A filter makes it multi-step and needs a paid plan. The interval grid below only concerns polling triggers; Common Ninja's are instant on every plan.

Connect

Connect Common Ninja to Zapier in 3 steps

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In Zapier, open the Apps page of your account and click + Add connection. A connection is your Common Ninja account linked once, then reused by every Zap that starts from it.

  2. 02

    Find Common Ninja

    Search for Common Ninja in the dialog, select it and click Add connection. You need an existing Common Ninja account, plus access to any widget you do not own and want a Zap to watch.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to Common Ninja in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access to the account. Every Common Ninja trigger in every Zap can then reuse this connection.

First Zap

Your first Zap: qualified quiz takers into your CRM

GoalEach quiz taker whose answer shows real interest becomes a contact in your CRM within seconds of finishing.

  1. 01

    Build: set the trigger

    Start a new Zap, pick Common Ninja and the Quiz Submission trigger. Because it is instant, the editor shows a lightning bolt and no interval to worry about.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent quiz submissions, so you map fields on a real answer sheet. Take the quiz yourself first if nobody has yet.

  3. 03

    Add the filter

    From the plus icon, add a Filter: the answer field that signals interest, as the test showed it, a text rule, and the value you expect. Curious visitors stop here. The filter needs a paid plan.

  4. 04

    Add your CRM action

    Pick your CRM and its action for creating a contact, then map the details the quiz collected. This step is the one that costs a task.

  5. 05

    Test, then Publish

    Test the action, check the new contact in your CRM, then click Publish. Quizzes taken before that moment are not sent over.

Triggers

Common Ninja triggers on Zapier

6 events start a Zap when something happens in Common Ninja, and 6 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

AI Chatbot Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a user sends a message to your Common Ninja AI Chatbot.”

Starts your Zap when a visitor sends a message to the AI chatbot you built with Common Ninja. Each message becomes something your team can read, log or answer outside the widget.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a software reseller wants every chatbot question logged next to its support tickets so nothing asked after hours goes unanswered.
Watch out
it fires per message, so a chatty visitor can use several tasks in one conversation.
2

Booking Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a Common Ninja booking widget is submitted.”

Fires each time someone books through a Common Ninja booking widget on your site. The reservation leaves the widget at once, which matters when slots are short.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a physiotherapy practice wants each online booking to reach the therapist on duty without anyone checking the website.
Watch out
it reacts to new bookings only; a booking already on file before you published the Zap stays where it is.
3

Form Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a Common Ninja form is submitted.”

Starts the Zap when a visitor sends a Common Ninja form. This is the workhorse of the six: contact forms, quote requests and newsletter sign-ups all go through it.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a landscaping company wants every quote request on its site turned into a deal in its CRM.
Watch out
if one site carries several forms, add a filter or a separate Zap so each one goes to the right place.
4

Quiz Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a Common Ninja quiz is submitted.”

Fires when a visitor completes and submits a Common Ninja quiz. Quizzes often say more about a lead than a form does, and this trigger hands those answers on as soon as they exist.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a skincare shop sends each quiz taker a product suggestion matched to their answers.
Watch out
sorting answers takes a filter, and a filter makes the Zap multi-step, which needs a paid plan.
5

Scratch Card Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new Common Ninja scratch card is submitted.”

Each new Common Ninja scratch card that a visitor submits starts the Zap. Every play becomes a record you can keep, rather than a moment that disappears when the visitor closes the page.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
an online wine shop logs every play in a sheet to see how its promotion is doing.
Watch out
a promotion can bring a burst of plays, and each one costs a task in the step that follows.
6

Spinning Wheel Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a Common Ninja spinning wheel widget is submitted.”

A visitor submitting a Common Ninja spinning wheel sets this one off. The entry leaves the wheel immediately, so the next step runs while the visitor is still on the site.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a fashion store running a weekend sale wants each spin counted in its campaign tracker.
Watch out
a sudden rush of spins after a big post can run into Zapier's flood protection.
When it breaks

When a Common Ninja Zap breaks

Zapier ties no help article to Common Ninja, so the traps below are the general ones of any Zap, applied to this app.

Test each step before publishing and read what comes back. If a step keeps failing, the Zapier troubleshooting guide helps you find why, and the Zapier training covers the editor from the start.

  • Earlier submissions never come through

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you publish it. Submissions already in Common Ninja stay there; moving them is a separate job.

  • A viral campaign gets held back

    When a giveaway suddenly brings a huge batch of entries, Zapier's flood protection can hold them back instead of running them all at once.

  • A filter that never passes

    Filter rules are typed: a text rule only works on text, a number rule only on numbers. Pick the wrong one and every submission stops.

  • A free Zap that outgrows two steps

    The free plan allows one trigger and one action. A filter, a second action or a search makes the Zap multi-step, and it then needs a paid plan.
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FAQ

Common Ninja Zapier integration: common questions

01Is the Common Ninja Zapier integration free?
Yes, on Zapier's side. Common Ninja is not a premium app, so it runs on the free plan, which includes 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps. A Common Ninja Zap is naturally two steps, one trigger and one action in another app, which is exactly what the free plan builds. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. The trigger itself never costs a task, however many visitors submit.
02How many tasks does a Common Ninja Zap use?
One task per action that completes successfully, and Common Ninja itself never adds any. The trigger is free, so a form that receives fifty submissions costs fifty tasks in the step that follows, not one more. An action that fails is not counted. A few apps and actions take more than one task. Watch busy widgets: a chatbot fires per message, and a giveaway can bring a burst of entries.
03Does the Common Ninja Zapier integration run in real time?
Yes. All six Common Ninja triggers are instant: Common Ninja tells Zapier the moment a visitor submits, and the Zap starts right away. The plan-based check interval, every 15 minutes on Free, only applies to polling triggers, and Common Ninja has none. So a free account gets the same speed as an Enterprise one here. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt. No setting is needed to get that speed.
04What does it take to connect Common Ninja?
A Common Ninja account, plus access to any widget you do not own and want a Zap to watch. In Zapier you open the Apps page, click + Add connection, pick Common Ninja, then sign in and grant access in the tab that opens. Before testing, submit the widget once yourself: the trigger test brings back the three most recent submissions, and a brand-new widget has none. The connection is then reused by every Common Ninja trigger you set up.
05Why can't Zapier write anything into Common Ninja?
Because the integration has no action and no search, only six triggers. Zapier can read what visitors submit through your widgets, but it cannot create, change or look up anything inside Common Ninja. Every Zap therefore starts in Common Ninja and continues in another tool: your CRM, your email list, your spreadsheet, your calendar. If you need to change a widget's content automatically, Zapier is not the route for this app today.
06What if the operation you need is not available?
Then Zapier cannot do it with Common Ninja today. The list is set by the app's integration: six triggers, all instant, covering AI chatbot messages, bookings, forms, quizzes, scratch cards and spinning wheels. Other Common Ninja widgets cannot start a Zap, and nothing can be written into Common Ninja. If that blocks you, the same app also has a Make integration with its own list of operations, worth comparing. The app page on Zapier shows the current list.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Common Ninja?
Choose on criteria, not on brand. On Zapier, Common Ninja gives six instant triggers and no action or search, so a two-step Zap runs on the free plan with no waiting. The question that settles it is whether the operations you need exist on the platform you already use, for instance a way to write into Common Ninja, which Zapier does not offer. This site covers Common Ninja on Zapier and on Make; there is no n8n page for it here.
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