Create a Community

Create a learning community where your audience can come together to build meaningful relationships and share interests and common goals—while you build your business!

About Thinkific Communities

A Thinkific Community is an online learning environment, created and owned by you, where students can participate in an interactive, communal learning experience, driving student engagement and connection that your students will pay for and stay for.

Thinkific Communities shift learning from a 'one-sided' experience into a collaborative, 'two-way' exchange. Learning communities create a dedicated and supportive space for students to share knowledge, and enable you to own your community and foster relationships while keeping the focus on your brand.

Each community is a dedicated page (on your Thinkific site) where students and instructors can interact through written posts and comments. You decide how you want communities to work for you; sell, bundle, and bump communities - with or without a course!

Take your community to the next level by utilizing the Thinkific Mobile app! Allow your learners to connect, learn, and share knowledge on the go using a native mobile app. With features like push notifications and activity feeds you can drive higher engagement and keep your content top of mind.

Looking for a mobile app that spotlights your brand with your logo and own App Store listings? Check out our Branded Mobile App solution: Maximize Your Brand Potential With the Branded Mobile App

Important Considerations

Communities can work either with your courses as an add-on, or as a standalone product. If you currently have free communities offered to your students and don't want to convert them to paid products, there is no need to!
Communities that are available to students will be automatically displayed in their Student Dashboard
A community can also be accessed through a direct link to the community page
Currently, a maximum of 21 Communities can be displayed in the Student Dashboard.
- If you have more than 21 Communities, we recommended sharing Community links directly with your students in a text lesson or via email. Including a link in a Course Welcome Email is a great way to notify your students of any Communities they have access to when enrolling in your course!
Although Communities cannot currently be deleted or archived, if you are no longer using a Community, you can set it to private (only accessible to you as the Site Owner).

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How to Create a New Community

Do you already have an existing community that you're looking to update to a sellable product? If so, check out our article Converting and Selling Your Existing Thinkific Communities.

Go to Products
Select Communities
Click + New Community
Select a name for your Community (don't worry, this can be changed later)
Need help coming up with the perfect community name? Check out our free AI Creator tools! Simply enter your product description and get a list of viable options for you to consider.
Select access settings for your community: you can allow your members to get access to the community through the checkout or based on the site, course, or group settings (don't worry, this can be changed later). Learn more about access here: Communities: Access and Enrollments
Once you have named your Community, you will be redirected to your Community homepage

Once you create the community, you will be brought to the Community Home page. On the left-hand side, you will see helpful steps on how to start building engagement, how to get set up, and how to welcome your students to your new Learning Community!

Community Settings

Once you've created your new learning community, you will be able to update the following settings and customization options from within the Community Builder.

Go to Products
Select Communities
Select the ellipses (three dots) on your community card, and hit Edit

To learn more about the Community Builder and available options, see: The Thinkific Community Builder.

Your Community Landing Page

Your community landing page is a webpage on your site where you can showcase your community! Potential students can learn about what your community has to offer and in the case of a purchase-only community, this page can be used to direct students to your checkout.

Every product with Thinkific has a landing page created by default. You can add a variety of content to your product landing page, such as: a description of your product, a curriculum outline for your courses and bundles, an introductory message for your community, and most importantly — a call to action button to allow students to purchase your product!

Learn more about how to Build Your Community Landing Page.