How to Migrate From Carrd to UniLink (Move From a Static Site to a Dynamic Page)

How to export your Carrd images and content, rebuild your sections as dynamic UniLink blocks, add email capture and shop features that Carrd cannot offer, and decide whether to keep Carrd for specific landing pages.

Carrd is a popular choice for simple personal websites and one-page portfolios. It is lightweight, affordable, and easy to use. However, as creators grow their audiences and start selling products or collecting email subscribers, Carrd's static nature becomes a constraint. It does not know who visited your page, cannot capture emails natively without a paid plugin integration, and has no concept of a shop or automated follow-up sequence.

UniLink fills every one of those gaps. This migration guide is for creators who have outgrown Carrd and want a platform that does more without requiring them to stitch together four separate tools to accomplish what UniLink handles in one dashboard.

What This Migration Covers

Carrd builds pages as static HTML files. When someone visits your Carrd site, they see a fixed page that looks the same for every visitor and records no data unless you have manually added a third-party analytics script. There is no built-in concept of a subscriber, a product, or an automation — those require paid Carrd plugins or external services like Mailchimp, Gumroad, and Google Analytics, all configured separately.

UniLink is fundamentally different in architecture. Every page is rendered dynamically, every link click is logged, every form submission goes directly to your Audience list, and every purchase is recorded in your CRM. You get that infrastructure automatically, without configuring plugins or connecting APIs.

The migration path is straightforward: export your images and copy from Carrd, rebuild the page structure in UniLink's block editor, add the dynamic features you did not have before, and publish. You can optionally keep your Carrd site for specific use cases where a completely custom static design makes sense.

How to Get Started

1. Screenshot your Carrd site — take a full-page screenshot or use a tool like GoFullPage to capture your entire Carrd page. Save this as your visual reference during the UniLink rebuild.
2. Download all images from Carrd — right-click and save every image used on your Carrd site. Carrd does not provide a bulk export, so download images individually from the Carrd editor or directly from your live page.
3. Copy your text content — paste your headlines, body text, bio, and any other copy into a text document. This makes it easy to paste into UniLink blocks without re-typing.
4. List your external integrations — if Carrd is connected to Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Gumroad, or any other service, note those connections. UniLink may handle those functions natively, reducing the number of external tools you need.
5. Create your UniLink account — sign up at unil.ink/signup, choose your username, and finish the onboarding steps.
6. Open the UniLink editor — click Edit Page in your dashboard. Keep your Carrd screenshot open in a second window so you can rebuild section by section.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Rebuild your header section — add a Profile block in the UniLink editor. Upload your profile photo, enter your name and bio text. If Carrd had a banner image, add a Banner block above the profile block and upload the same image.
2. Recreate your link sections — for each button or call-to-action on your Carrd page, add a Link block in UniLink. Paste the URL, write the button label, and match the order from your Carrd design. UniLink buttons are styled consistently with your chosen theme.
3. Add an email capture form — this is something Carrd required a paid plugin for. In UniLink, add an Email Signup block anywhere on your page. Name the form, set a confirmation message, and it immediately connects to your Audience list. No third-party integration needed.
4. Recreate media sections — if your Carrd page had embedded YouTube videos, SoundCloud players, or other media, add the corresponding embed block in UniLink and paste the same URL. UniLink renders the embed cleanly within your page layout.
5. Set up your shop if you sell anything — Carrd has no native shop. In UniLink, go to Shop → Add Product and create listings for anything you sell. Add a Shop block to your page so visitors can browse and buy without leaving your UniLink page.
6. Enable analytics — go to Settings → Analytics in your UniLink dashboard. UniLink's built-in analytics track page views, link clicks, and form submissions automatically. If you were relying on a Google Analytics script in Carrd, you can add your GA4 measurement ID in UniLink Settings → Integrations to continue tracking alongside UniLink's native data.
7. Publish and update your links — click Publish in the UniLink editor, then update the URL in your social bios and anywhere else you have linked to your Carrd site. If you want to preserve your Carrd domain for a campaign or portfolio, keep that site live but treat UniLink as your primary creator page.

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How to Get the Most Out of It

The biggest immediate gain from migrating to UniLink is knowing who visits your page and what they do there. Carrd gives you nothing — no click data, no visitor counts unless you add external scripts. UniLink shows you daily page views, which links get the most clicks, where your traffic comes from, and how your email capture form is converting. Check your analytics dashboard after your first week on UniLink and you will see data that was invisible to you before.

Carrd required separate services for email capture, and integrating those with an automation tool was a multi-step project that most Carrd users never got around to. UniLink's email capture is built in and connects directly to its automation engine. Set up a simple welcome email sequence after you publish — welcome new subscribers, introduce your best content, and link to your top product. This sequence works automatically for every new subscriber you capture.

If you sell anything — digital products, consulting, courses, or physical goods — UniLink's Shop gives you a storefront embedded in your link page. Carrd users typically relied on Gumroad or an external checkout page, adding friction between the visitor and the purchase. UniLink removes that friction by keeping the entire experience on one domain.

There are scenarios where keeping Carrd makes sense. If you run multiple products or campaigns, each needing its own highly customized landing page with a custom domain, Carrd's per-page customization remains useful. The practical approach for many creators is to use UniLink as their main social bio destination and keep Carrd for specific campaign landing pages that need a bespoke design not achievable in UniLink's block system.

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