Migration guide

Moving from Beehiiv to Kit

Kit publishes a dedicated beehiiv importer. Use official export and import docs, and assume paid-subscriber billing will need a fresh checkout. This is a checklist, not a hands-on migration service.

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1. Export from beehiiv first

beehiiv’s official article, “Exporting post content or subscriber data from beehiiv,” says you start in Settings → Export Data, choose a Basic or Full export, and download from a link that stays available for 24 hours. Take a Full export if you want posts as well as subscribers, and store the files somewhere you control before you cancel anything.

Source: beehiiv export article.

2. Use Kit’s beehiiv migration article

Kit’s official guide, “Migrating from beehiiv to Kit,” is the process to follow — including how Kit connects to a beehiiv account to pull subscribers (and, where the article describes it, content) rather than forcing a manual CSV for the main list. Read that page in full before you start; steps and prerequisites live there and can change.

If you ever need a fallback, Kit also documents a standard list import in “How to import a subscriber list.” Map email, name, status (subscribed vs unsubscribed), and any tags or custom fields you care about. Import unsubscribed and suppressed addresses too, so they stay suppressed.

Sources: Migrating from beehiiv to Kit; How to import a subscriber list.

3. What usually does not come over cleanly

• Payment details and active paid subscriptions often do not transfer between processors. Plan a re-subscribe flow and tell paying readers, in your last beehiiv issues, exactly when and how to move.
• Automations, design templates, and some post metadata may need to be rebuilt in Kit even if posts import.
• DNS: point SPF, DKIM, and DMARC at Kit and send tests before the first full-list campaign. See the deliverability checklist.

4. A careful order of operations

1. Create the Kit account and authenticate your sending domain.
2. Take a fresh beehiiv export (the download link expires in 24 hours).
3. Run Kit’s official beehiiv importer, then spot-check counts against the export.
4. Import unsubscribes and bounces if they were not already suppressed.
5. Rebuild paid checkout; do not assume card-on-file moves.
6. Send a double-opt-in or “here is our new address” note only to people who are already subscribed, if you need to re-confirm.
7. Only then pause or cancel beehiiv, after a few clean sends.

Always follow the official articles if they disagree with this summary. We are not Kit or beehiiv support.