Building a community creates real value by encouraging engagement, interaction, and collaboration. The learning content you add gives members even more reason to be part of it. That said, some courses take more resources to produce than you can reasonably offer for free.

In those cases, setting up a paid course lets you turn the interest your members already have in your products into revenue for your business. This guide walks you through the setup.

Accessing Your Courses

Navigate to the memberships tab on the left navigation menu. Select Groups from the Communities upper navigation menu and log in to your group.

Adding or Selecting a Course

From the Learning tab, click on "+Add course" or select an existing course to modify.

Select the course you want to add from the dropdown menu.

Define the course visibility: choose whether all members have open access, whether members need to reach a specific leaderboard level, whether they need to make a payment, or whether access unlocks after a set period of time since joining. For this walkthrough, select "Buy Now".

This reveals additional fields where you can choose between "Recurring" and "One Time" subscription types to suit your course.

You'll also be asked to enter a price and select the currency that matches your audience's location.

Next, set the trial period and choose how often you want to charge for the course.

Once everything is set, click "Add Course" to finish.

Why Should I Set Up a Paid Course?

As your community grows, members become more engaged and generate more value. Paid courses are one way to turn that engagement into sales.

Online courses have the advantage of being created once and sold repeatedly, generating passive income. You can also use them to add value to your products by teaching customers how to get more out of them.

Keep an eye on your course progress to track engagement and completion rates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What if my course isn't showing up in the desired order?

  • Ensure you've correctly used the "Move Card" feature from the options menu to reorder your courses. If issues persist, check for any unsaved changes.

Q: How do I change the subscription type after adding a course?

  • Edit your course settings by selecting the course and adjusting the subscription type as needed.