Today, we are thrilled to announce Courses, a new way for entrepreneurs to turn their knowledge and expertise into income. With Squarespace Courses, anyone can easily create and sell a professional online course, from chefs selling cooking lessons to wellness instructors creating meditation videos and photographers teaching the basics of photography.
“We are always striving to create new ways for entrepreneurs to build a business and succeed online, and the launch of Courses is no exception,” said Paul Gubbay, Chief Product Officer. “We are excited to offer an effortless way to create and sell courses with Squarespace’s premium look and feel, to further support entrepreneurs looking to connect with and monetize their audience.”
Courses include beautifully designed layouts that can be fully customized to fit your brand. They offer an easy way to organize content into lessons and chapters, in addition to supplementary lesson content such as text, images, and downloadable resources. Powered by Fluid Engine, the Courses templates are fully customizable, and integrated into our all-in-one platform. They come with a best-in-class editing experience, built-in commerce functionality, marketing tools, robust analytics, and more. Squarespace offers course creators:
A new way to turn knowledge into income: Design, promote, and sell professional, multimedia courses with beautiful layouts and capabilities for uploading and hosting video and supplementary content
A great student experience: Engage audiences with rich lessons and chapters, as well as a progress tracker to follow along with sequential content. Students can enroll at any time, or can be signed up in cohorts that take the course at the same time.
Flexible fee structure: Sell courses individually, bundled together, or as part of a package with other content like memberships or video. Choose the right fee structure for your business, whether that’s one-time charges, installments, or recurring subscriptions.
Access to Squarespace’s all-in-one platform: Create content, accept payments, monitor analytics, and leverage marketing tools to grow your business all in one place.
Courses joins our growing toolkit for entrepreneurs to monetize their content, including tools for selling other types of digital products, like memberships and video. We’re also launching additional improvements to the ways our customers can set up paywalls and pricing plans on their websites, making it easier than ever to sell access to content.
Starting today, customers can sell courses and other digital products with a Business or Commerce plan. Or, customers on any plan can purchase the all-new Digital Products add-on to unlock lower transaction fees and additional video storage space, starting at $9/month. You can learn more about Courses and pricing here.
Squarespace can also help customers match with and hire a trusted, independent expert to produce courses and get started selling faster. Visit Squarespace Marketplace to learn more.