This guide will help you start collecting one-time or subscription payments for your Heartbeat course.
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1. How to create a course
Before considering monetization, you need to create a course within Heartbeat. Go to Courses > Create New Course to get started. If you already have a course created, go to Courses and click Edit in the ••• menu on your course card or select Edit Course Info on the course overview page.
2. How to add payments to a course
When adding payments to your course, you have 2 options:
Make your course an independent product
First, click Edit in the ••• menu on your course card or select Edit Course Info on the course overview page.
To set a price point and turn your course into an independent paid offering for your members, toggle ON the Set as Paid option on the create/edit course screen.
Select your currency, choose a one-time price point, and optionally add an installment plan payment option for your course.
Maximize revenue with installment plans by making them half the length of your course. This will prevent members from cancelling toward the end of the course before the payment plan is complete.
Lastly, toggle ON upsells for your course. This will increase the visibility of your paid course in the community for those that have not made the purchase yet. For everyone that has no purchased the course, they will see the course card with a purchase button.
Bundle your course with a paid membership
Give paid groups (monthly, annually, etc.) course access. Anyone paying to be in that group will see that the course is accessible to them for no additional cost.
First, click Edit in the ••• menu on your course card or select Edit Course Info on the course overview page. Then, toggle ON the Bundle with a Paid Membership option. Select one or more paid groups you've already created in Settings > Products.
If your paid group already has upsells turned on, free members in your community will see the course card in the community with a purchase button. When they click purchase, they will be prompted to join the membership you've selected here.
Maximize course revenue by bundling it into a membership. Having members on a monthly subscription allows you to focus less on multiple one-off sales and more on building your monthly recurring revenue.
Offer free access to your course
Give individual members or groups free access to your course. This might be helpful if you want your community admins, moderators, or beta testers to have free access to a course that would otherwise be a paid product.
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