This article walks you through the four steps you need to complete to get your content live and ready to sell in Kourses. Follow these steps in order and you'll have everything in place to start collecting payments.
You can track your progress through these steps at any time by hovering over your avatar in the top right corner and selecting Setup Guide from the dropdown menu.
Your product is the content you will deliver to your members. Kourses supports four product types:
Course: Structured lesson-based content organised into modules.
Community: A space for your members to connect and engage with each other and with you.
Digital Download Library: A collection of downloadable files and resources.
Content Page: A flexible page for welcome messages, guidelines, or important information.
To create your product, go to Products in the main navigation and click New Product. A short guided wizard will walk you through choosing your product type, naming it, and selecting an icon. Once created, you can add your content and configure the product settings.
You can also extend any product with Add-Ons — for example, attaching a community or a digital downloads library to a course — keeping everything bundled neatly under one product.
When your product is ready, click Publish to make it available. You can create as many products as you need before moving on to the next step.
A membership is how you package your product for sale. It connects your content to a checkout and defines what buyers receive when they purchase. You can sell a single product through a membership or bundle multiple products together into one offer.
To create a membership, go to Memberships in the main navigation and click New Membership. Give your membership a name, then head to the Products tab to select which product or products are included.
One product can belong to multiple memberships, so you can create different offers — different price points, different bundles, different promotional packages — all from the same content without duplicating anything.
You can also add order bumps and upsells to your membership to increase the value of each sale. Order bumps appear on the checkout page itself, while upsells are presented after the purchase is complete.
Before you can collect payments, you need to connect your Stripe account to Kourses. Stripe is the payment processor that handles all transactions securely on your behalf.
To connect Stripe, go to Settings and look for the Payments or Integrations section. Click Connect with Stripe and follow the prompts to link your Stripe account. If you don't have a Stripe account yet, you can create one for free during this process.
Once Stripe is connected, Kourses will be able to process payments through your checkout and pay out directly to your Stripe account. Kourses charges zero transaction fees — you keep everything Stripe doesn't take.
How to connect the Stripe payment integration
Connect your Stripe account so that you can collect payments
With your membership created and Stripe connected, the final step is to configure how your membership is priced and what your checkout looks like.
Pricing Plans
Inside your membership, go to the Pricing Plans tab to set how members can purchase access. You can offer one pricing plan or multiple options on the same checkout. The available plan types are:
Free: Grant access at no cost.
One-time payment: A single charge for ongoing access.
Subscription: Recurring payments on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis.
Instalment plan: The total cost split across a set number of payments.
Checkout Page
Go to the Pages tab within your membership to configure your checkout page content. This is where you set the copy, layout, and any additional details that buyers will see when they purchase.
Once you're happy with the setup, use the tools on the right-hand side of the membership to:
Preview your thank you and upsell pages to check the design.
Test Checkout to run a test purchase and confirm everything is working end to end.
Share Link to copy your checkout URL — this is the link you'll share in your marketing to send buyers to your checkout.
Once you've completed these four steps, you're open for business. To recap:
Create your product and publish it.
Create a membership and add your product to it.
Connect your Stripe account to enable payments.
Set your pricing plans, configure your checkout, and share your checkout link.
If you get stuck at any point, there are a few ways to get help quickly:
Chat widget: The chat widget is visible on the right-hand side of every screen. Use it to chat with us directly or to search our help articles.
Help icons: As you work through the settings and options in Kourses, look out for the eye icons — clicking these will open a quick help article relevant to that setting.
Kourses community: Hover over your avatar and select Kourses Community from the dropdown. It's a great place to connect with other creators, share ideas, and get input from people who are building just like you.
