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Create and manage pipelines and stages

Admins create pipelines from the pipeline selector and edit stages with Manage pipeline. Removing a stage returns its deals to intake; nothing is deleted.

Who can do this
Admins
Plan
Free

Create a pipeline

  1. On the Pipeline page, open the pipeline selector.

  2. Choose Create pipeline, name it, and pick a Starter template, for example General or Wholesale Acquisitions.

Edit stages

Open the pipeline selector and choose Manage pipeline. You can:

  • Add stage, then type its name.

  • Drag stages to reorder them, change a stage's colour, or rename it.

  • Use the star to Set as default, the stage new leads start in.

  • Open Stage settings to add a definition, entry and exit rules, fields required to enter the stage, and whether a task or next step is required. Mark a Terminal stage as Won or Lost.

  • Remove a stage. Its deals go back to intake without a stage. Nothing is deleted.

You can also rename or recolour a stage from its column menu with Rename stage and Edit stage color.

Rename or delete a pipeline

From the pipeline selector, use Rename pipeline or Delete pipeline. When you delete one, choose where its deals go: Return deals to intake or another pipeline, then confirm with Move deals and delete.

You can't delete the default pipeline.

Last reviewed October 1, 2026.

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