Products will not be visible on your site until they are published. When you are ready to start accepting enrollments for your course, bundle, membership, or community, you can publish!
There are 3 publish status options that you can choose from for most products:
If a product is set to draft status, users cannot purchase or enroll in the product, and it will not appear in any smart sections on your site pages.
For more, see: Site Builder Sections Overview
Products set to pre-order will allow users to purchase and enroll in the product immediately, but they will not be able to access any of the content. The product card will display 'Coming Soon' in the user Dashboard.
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Pre-order status is only available for courses and communities.
For more, see: Site Builder Sections Overview · The Thinkific Student Experience
When you originally create your course, it will be set to draft by default. This means that users cannot purchase or enroll in the course. It will also not be visible in any smart sections on your site pages.
If a course was previously published and then you return it to a draft status, users will no longer see the course listed in their user Dashboard.
For more, see: How to Unpublish Your Product
When you originally create your bundle, it will be set to draft by default. This means that users cannot purchase or enroll in the bundle, but they may be able to purchase or enroll in the individual courses or communities contained within the bundle (if they are not also set to draft).
Bundles set to draft will not be visible in any smart sections on your site pages.
If a bundle was previously published and then you return it to a draft status, users will no longer see the bundle listed in their user Dashboard, but they may still have access to the individual courses or communities from the original bundle.
For more, see: How to Unpublish Your Product
When you originally create your community, it will be set to draft by default. This means that users cannot purchase or enroll in the community. It will also not be visible in any smart sections on your site pages.
If a community was previously published and then you return it to a draft status, users will no longer see the community listed in their user Dashboard.
For more, see: How to Unpublish Your Product
When you originally create your Membership, it will be set to draft by default until it is published. This means that users cannot purchase or view the Membership package. It will also not be visible in any smart sections on your site pages.
If a Membership was previously published, and then you return it to a draft status by unpublishing it, users will no longer see the Membership listed in their user Dashboard.
For more, see: How to Unpublish Your Product
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Publishing a product for pre-order is only available for courses and communities.
If you want to pre-sell your course, use the pre-order publish option!
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Courses
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Hover over your desired course and select Edit
For more, see: How to Create a Pre-Order Product
Use this option when you are launching your course and want users to access your lesson content! Users can purchase, enroll and view your lessons once your course is published.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Courses
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Hover over your desired course and select Edit
When a bundle is published, users can purchase it and will be enrolled in all courses included in the bundle. Courses included within the bundle will also need to be published in order for your users to access them.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Sales
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Select Bundles
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Click on the desired Draft Bundle
For more, see: Create a Product Bundle
Users can purchase, enroll and participate in your community once your community is published.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Communities
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Click the ellipses (3 dot icon) next to your desired community and click Edit
When a Membership is published, users can purchase it and will be enrolled in all products included in the Membership. Products included within the Membership will also need to be published in order for your users to access them.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Memberships
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Click on the desired unpublished Membership
When a Digital Download is published, users can purchase it and access the content once purchased.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Digital Downloads
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Select your desired digital download
For more, see: Drive Leads and Revenue with Digital Downloads
When a Coaching & Webinar event is published, users can sign up for or purchase it and access the event through an access link once purchased/signed up.
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From the Admin Dashboard, go to Products
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Select Coaching & Webinars
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Select your desired event
For more, see: Forge Connections and Drive Leads and Revenue with Coaching & Webinars