Launch Your Course on WordPress, Not a Platform That Taxes Every Sale
Teachable, Kajabi, and Thinkific skim 5 to 10 percent off every sale and still charge you monthly. I build your course on WordPress with LearnDash or Tutor LMS, so a $500 sale stays a $500 sale. You own the platform, the student list, and the SEO that brings free traffic.
Why hosted course platforms quietly drain you
The platform tax
Teachable and Kajabi take 5 to 10 percent per sale plus a monthly fee. Sell $5,000 of courses and you’ve handed over $250 to $500 for hosting you could own outright.
You don’t own it
When the platform changes pricing or kills a feature, your course goes with it. Your student email list? That’s their asset, not yours.
Same template as everyone
Hosted themes give you the exact layout 10,000 other creators use. Your premium course ends up looking like a free weekend project.
Zero organic traffic
Hosted platforms lock down on-page SEO, so you can’t rank lesson pages. You’re stuck paying for every single student forever.
Thin analytics
You see completion rates and not much else. No data on where students stall, rewatch, or quit, which is the data that improves a course.
Bloated and slow
Platform JavaScript buffers your videos and tanks completion rates. Students bounce while a lesson spins.
What I set up for you
Everything to launch and run a course on WordPress, from the LMS plugin to the email sequence that fires on enrollment.
- LMS install and config (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, or LifterLMS)
- Course structure, modules, lessons, and prerequisites
- Video hosting with Bunny.net or Vimeo OTT for DRM
- Payment processing via Stripe, PayPal, or FluentCart
- Student dashboard with progress tracking and drip schedules
- Quiz logic and auto-generated completion certificates
- Email automation for enrollment, completion, and upsells
- A Core Web Vitals pass plus FluentCart store wiring before handover
Before and after
How the build works
Course architecture
We map your curriculum into modules, lessons, and prerequisites, then plan the student journey from signup to certificate.
Platform setup
I install the LMS, connect Stripe and PayPal, build the dashboard, and create your course catalog pages.
Content migration
Your videos, PDFs, and worksheets get organized with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates wired in.
Launch & automate
Enrollment emails fire, progress tracks, certificates generate. You go back to teaching.
Sell and teach online with an LMS that just works
Turning your expertise into a course means nothing if the tech fights you and your students. I set up a smooth learning platform on WordPress, course delivery, payments, and community, so you focus on teaching, not troubleshooting.
Course platform setup
An LMS like LearnDash, TutorLMS, or LifterLMS set up with your courses, lessons, quizzes, and drip schedules, ready for students.
Payments and membership
Checkout, subscriptions, and membership tiers so you can sell one-off courses or recurring access without friction.
Community and delivery
Student community, progress tracking, and email automation, so learners stay engaged and actually finish.
LMS and online course setup questions, answered
What does LMS and course setup include?
Choosing and configuring an LMS on WordPress, LearnDash, TutorLMS, or LifterLMS, building your course structure, lessons, quizzes, and drip content, setting up payments and memberships, and adding community and email automation. You get a working platform ready to sell and teach.
Which LMS platform should I use?
It depends on your needs and budget. LearnDash is powerful and popular, TutorLMS is user-friendly and cost-effective, and LifterLMS suits membership-style courses. All run on WordPress so you own everything. I recommend based on your courses, sales model, and technical comfort.
Can I sell courses and subscriptions?
Yes. I set up one-time course sales, bundles, subscriptions, and membership tiers with the right payment gateways, so you can monetize however fits, whether that’s selling individual courses or recurring access to a library.
Why WordPress instead of a hosted course platform?
Because you own it, no per-sale fees, no platform lock-in, and full control over branding, data, and features. Hosted platforms are simpler but take a cut and limit you. A WordPress LMS is the better long-term asset for a serious course business.
Can students track progress and get certificates?
Yes. I set up progress tracking, quizzes, completion rules, and certificates, plus email automation to nudge learners along. These keep students engaged and improve completion, which drives reviews, referrals, and repeat sales.
How long does course setup take?
The platform and structure setup is typically a couple of weeks; adding your actual course content takes as long as your material needs. I build the system ready for you to drop content in, and can advise on structuring the courses themselves.
Stop renting your course. Own it.
Get a WordPress course platform with no per-sale tax, real branding, and lesson pages that pull free traffic.
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