👉 Follow along & create a free Teachable account at witandwire.com/teachable And let me know in the comments if you have any other course creation questions I can answer!
Hi Melissa you are amazing! Finally ready to launch 🚀 my course ! I wanted to ask about the teachable pay 💰 page as it directs check Out to your business website pay page ! ? Let me know the info ❤
So many moments where I said outloud "gosh, I'm glad I watched this video." THANK YOU SO MUCH. So helpful for a seriously technologically disadvantaged business owner like me, ha!
@@witandwire I do have one question tho, I'm confused on how to connect Teachable with Wordpress! Do you have any videos explaining this process? Thanks!
Melissa - No cap, this was absolutely the best RU-vid instruction video I have EVER seen. You are so knowledgeable and the video was sooooo easy to follow. Thank you so much. Greatly appreciated. I'm a lot more confident than I was going into this .
@@witandwireHi Melisa! Do you have any special page link or app or so, to add quizzes inside Teachable or Thinkific?🧐 I am considering to build a Specific Spanish Course.
Excellent tutorial!! I am wanting to put some of my face-to-face workshops as online courses and had no idea where to start (pre-computer generation). I had thought about Teachable but then saw that there are so many other options too. This has convinced me to go with Teachable (one course at a time). Thank you so much! xx from England (UK)
I'm so glad this was helpful! You may have seen it already, but I'd recommend downloading our free Course Creation Toolkit. You can download a copy here: witandwire.com/best-online-course-creation-tools/
Great tutorial. I'm definitely heading toward using a teachable for my first course hopefully next year 🤞🏼 I'm currently into SEO, trying to learn as much as possible, test it out and see how high I can rank my things. You mentioned SEO as a possible future video and I would love to hear and see your experience, advice, tips, etc. :)
Very clear explanations in all your videos. The bit that gets me is using email marketing and connecting up Teachable to my website. Another video on using your favourite email marketing platform would be useful and how to use the data bases. I just can't get my head around the parts, that's why Kajabi sometimes seems like a better option for 'dummies' or people who don't have the mental capacity to use multiple platforms!!
You can view Melissa's video on 5 Best marketing platforms here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hCHGSuPNbpk.html And yes, we agree that Kajabi is a great all-in-one- option. Hope that helps! Team Wit & Wire
I just wanted to express my sincere thanks for your comprehensive tutorial on using Teachable. Your clear, step-by-step guidance has been incredibly helpful and inspiring as I venture into creating and selling online courses. Your expertise and enthusiasm truly shine through, making the journey much less daunting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
I do like Kajabi! You can actually learn more about my updated recommendations here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTzGAIzP3sc.htmlsi=VWbSDXaSms4jaIH4
Great tutorial! Can you clarify on @21:30? I'm kind of slow when it comes to website management. When you say you build your sales page on your primary website, are you saying that you're building parts of your website someplace other than Teachable, and then linking to the Teachable checkout page after they click on a course? So some of your pages are hosted by teachable, and others by something different? I didn't quite understand. Thanks!
Yes, that’s correct. You can use your website platform to build a sales page, then the buttons on that page would link to a checkout page built with your course platform. You can see an example here: witandwire.com/course-builders (The checkout platform is witandwire.com/thrivecart)
Hello, I wanted to make sure a few things before I finally buy 1. Is it possible for students to make a one-time purchase for the entire school, meaning access to the website itself, and from there all the content will be free to them? And don't buy each course separately 2. Do you have the option to pay by credit card from all over the world? 3. Is there a way to limit the users by IP address so that someone who purchased the school and logged in with the password will not transfer to someone else in another country? thank you
Good questions, but they are a bit more in-depth than we can answer well via RU-vid. We would recommend checking out the resources area in Teachable: support.teachable.com/hc/en-us -Team Wit & Wire
GREAT video! Im wondering if you could elaborate on how and where to link students when they go to the school homepage (Just like yours) and they click on "login in see my courses" where can I get the hyperlink to send students to login?
Thank you and great question! It’s called your Teachable homepage, so it’s the primary domain to your school. You’ll find it in your Teachable account. I designed mine to link to the login page. To find the direct login page, it’s a unique URL for each Teachable school. So if you need help finding it, you should see it in your navigation bar or I recommend reaching out to Teachable support if you don’t see it. Hope this helps. Team Wit & Wire
Hello, first, I would like to thank you for the detailed tutorial. My situation is that PayPal and Stripe are not working in my country. For that reason, I'm going to use Zapier to create a sales page on WordPress and charge customers there. So basically, I need to create a button that will redirect customers from the homepage on Teachable to my WordPress page. Will I be able to create that flow? I mean, will I be able to close all courses and open them only for those who are enrolled through WordPress? Because in your tutorial, I see that you create pricing and etc. How can I skip that but still make the course available only for members? Thank you. I hope you can explain the process.
Great question! I’m not an expert on payment collection through WordPress, but I do know you can use Zapier to automatically enroll people in Teachable courses post-purchase. So if the WordPress checkout tool or plug in you use is on Zapier, you can use that to trigger the Teachable enrollment action. The courses can be unpublished on your Teachable site, which will allow you to manually enroll people but would not allow anyone to sign up themselves. I hope that helps!
This was so helpful, I have set up an online school, managed to do everything I needed to launch on the free version. My only issue is my videos are only playing sound, no picture? thoughts?
I’m so glad it was helpful, and great question! Since that’s an account-specific question, I’d reach out to Teachable’s team directly at support@teachable.com or via the Help Icon in your dashboard. They’ll be able to take a closer look.
Thank you very much, I will provide a sub service where I provide content on a weekly and daily basis and would like for my audience to engage that way. Your video made it really easy and I’ve played around with teachable but you’ve given me the exact know how to finalise everything. Thank you very much ❤
Great Video. I had been sucked into the kajabi world and to be honest is much more confusing . Also a big turn off for me starting a new online course ( I have been on Udemy and Skillshare ) on my own site in Kajabi you have to put in a business address which gets listed on your sales receipt. So if you work from home ( I dont want my personal address to be public) so this would mean paying $20 a month for a virtual mailbox . So I'm definitely thinking of using Teachable after this !!
Are you looking for course creation resources? If you're looking for Course Creation resources we'd recommend downloading our free Course Creation Toolkit: witandwire.com/download-course-creation-toolkit/ We'd also recommend watching our video 7 Best Online Course Creation Platforms in 2024: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTzGAIzP3sc.htmlsi=n45qLIZiek9GdpfY We hope this helps, Team Wit & Wire✨
Create tutorial! Maybe you can help me: I intend to have courses in 2 different languages - Swedish and English, targeting an international and Swedish market. What is best practice - should I create 2 different schools - one English and one Swedish, or should I create 1 school but with 2 different categories for the courses - Swedish and English? Looking forward to your response! I have just bought the Basic suite.
Great question. I don’t have a one-size-fits-all answer here, and I’m actually not sure what the best practice would be. I think it likely comes down to how your business operates as well as what Teachable (or any other course platform) is capable of, since it might be the case that each school (aka account) must only be in one language.
Hi ! Great video In pricing plan options I do not have 4 payment options - only have free, pay once, and subscription, I am missing "payment plan" which is strange as I can not find why.. can you let me know why?
Great question. To your point, you should be seeing all 4. It likely has to do with how your payment processor in Teachable has been configured. It sounds like you’d need someone to take a closer look at your account, so I’d recommend contacting Teachable’s support team at support@teachable.com.
Great question. I don’t have a universal recommendation, but I think certain industries have stricter requirements than most. And in general, I’d say they’re optional unless you knew for sure that they were valued in your industry. (Most business owners I work with don’t use them, but again, that’s just a general guideline.)
@@witandwire Thanks Melissa. It’s my background working in this area so I am biased but torn in that the area I am looking to go into is L&D courses which is neiche enough! But might help as a USP.
Hi there, love the video thanks so much! I was wondering what software you use to make your videos, love the little camera circle in the corner. Thank you!
Glad you found this video helpful! Loom is one of Melissa's favorite online business tools. However, she often says "there's no such thing as the perfect tool for everyone; just different tools that suit different styles and preferences." Here is a link to one of her videos where she gives a comparison between 3 of the most popular screen recording tools: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vv1dEae6_0c.html Hope this helps! Team Wit & Wire
Can you please show us on Teachable how to go about enrolling groups of 10 or 20 for example from the same organization. Do we create a new pricing for the organization say for their 10 people and then once the pay the group price, how does it work for the individual person to get access? Thank you
Great question. Teachable doesn’t have a native checkout feature for “quantity,” so if you’re set on using Teachable, you’ll need to create a price point for a package and figure out fulfillment from there.
Great tutorial, thank you. I have a question: I clicked on myself as the author in the Course/Information section and saved it, but my bio doesn't show in the curriculum section, we only see my name with a big circle below it? Thank you
Great question. Different course layouts show different information, but if you feel like something is missing and it shouldn’t be, I’d recommend reaching out to Teachable’s support. They’re best equipped to handle individual account questions.
Hi Melissa, was a very helpful tutorial. I would be grateful if you could help me with this question: do you know if Teachable can award a certification per track? I mean, if I have 3 marketing courses, A,B, and C, each one with its own certificate, then I want to give a certificate for having "completed" all the courses of the marketing track. Is it possible?
Great question. I’m not 100% sure, but it likely depends on how you set things up in Teachable, as either one course or multiple courses. I think it might be a question their customer support team could better answer, but my hunch is that it will require a workaround unless you build multiple courses.
I’m about to cancel my Teachable plan before it renews because I’m not selling enough to cover the monthly cost. Other than telling the existing customers to download the course videos and assets, is there anything else that can be done to not screw over the people that have already paid and will lose access to the course? Thanks for the video! Very helpful
I’m glad the video was helpful! I think it sounds like you’re on the right track, and although this isn’t legal advice - and I don’t know the terms & conditions they agreed to - I generally think that as long as you communicate and give people time to take any final actions, you should be in good shape.
Watched every single minute and gonna watch again, amazing content! I have a question: is there a way to trachable to hold or manage online classes in real time? Like the access to zoom meeting or something external that only subscribers or logged students would be able to access ? I am planning to offer weekly live classes and would like to use teachable as management system. thank u!
I’m so glad it was helpful! Yes, you could create a course that includes a lesson (or lessons) with Zoom access information, and then upload the recordings into Teachable post-event. I hope that helps.
I am grateful for the information you have given. Thank you!... Can I launch a program for Sri Lankan students and get the payment in Sri Lankan rupees through the Teachable Platform? 🙏🙏🙏
I’m so glad to hear you’ve enjoyed our videos! And a great question about payments, since it’s something every business owner should think about. Every platform has different currency capabilities, so we’d recommend checking out their help centers directly. For example, you can see Teachable’s here: witandwire.com/teachable (and see “Knowledge Base” or “Contact Support” in the footer). - Team Wit & Wire
Thanks for the video. How do students find your course? If I decide to create a course on Teachable does that mean that I need to have some kind of pre-existing brand that can drive students to the courses? Or does Teachable help with lead generation too?
Hi, Great video thanks a lot! Would you mind explaining (or if you have a video) on how to link your squarespace website to your online course from teachable ? Thanks so much !
Great question! This article from Teachable explains how to add your custom domain to your Teachable account: support.teachable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000382791-Custom-Domains#h_01F3X2YYS2T9R8XTD5F2EEGBQM We hope this helps, - Team Wit & Wire
Hi, I loved this tutorial. Thank you so much! Now I ask you a question, is it possible to change the language of the emails that are sent to my customers to enroll in the course? I have an audience that speaks Spanish, I look forward to your answer. Thank you!
I’m so glad you found the tutorial helpful! I tried to do some research, and although I know Teachable historically claims to support multiple languages, I couldn’t find a specific article with clear instructions. I’d recommend emailing support@teachable.com to ask and see if they’re able to help. If not, I do know that witandwire.com/thrivecart has native support for Spanish and 10+ languages. You can check out my ThriveCart Learn tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lPoPTvNoUxo.html
This was a great video Melissa, thank you, very thorough. One question for you, what software did you use for the pdf of the Online Toolkit? It looks really professional.
Nice video!!! Do you know if you can add in a true testing website (such as classmarker) to include better quiz and test features? Classmarker is amazing; creating question banks, quizzes, tests, reviews, etc.. Does ANY online course platform offer this ability? What would be your other recommendations for other platforms that offer the course design features that teachable has (without being a programmer). Thanks!! PS.. you should have WAY more subscribers.
Great question. (And thank you!) I’m not familiar with Classmarker, but my hunch is that it’s more feature-rich than the quiz features in any standard course platforms. They usually only include basic multiple choice questions, and occasionally the ability to have open-ended questions or assignments. You can see a full free comparison of my recommendations here, although for transparency, quizzing and testing aren’t features I often use: witandwire.com/coursetoolkit
@@witandwire Ive downloaded your comparison... I am really confused between teachable and Kajabi. I don't know what I will need... but my market is within the global dance community and quite specific. Learnworlds looks amazing as well, but i have read quite a few negative reviews. :(
Hey friend! Thank you for the insight! Super excited about getting my course done and launched! Question though, what's the benefits of having two separate places to host website and then the course page? Other than it being a students hub only?
Great question! A lot of businesses have a pre-existing website (using WordPress, Squarespace, etc.) and might not have a need to move their website. For those business owners, the tech stack approach is usually best. The other benefit is additional customization and flexibility, plus you get to use a page builder you’re already familiar with. We still like Teachable, but we also really like ThriveCart for those businesses as our best-value option: witandwire.com/thrivecart But for newer businesses, or for business owners who want to consolidate into one tool, we usually recommend what’s called an all-in-one course platform. Our favorite is Kajabi, and we have an extended 30-day trial here if you’re curious to check it out: witandwire.com/kajabi I hope that helps! - Team Wit & Wire
Great tutorial. But I'm stuck at clicking on the tab on the created site, it takes me to the course. As I click on the course, it redirects me to the templated site and not to the course directory. And unfortunately there's no chat support. Can you point me to the right direction? Thanks in advance!
It sounds like you’d need someone to take a closer look at your account, so I’d recommend contacting Teachable’s support team at support@teachable.com.
Thank you for the nice introduction to Teachable. I'm wondering about the ability to restrict a course to invited people only; i.e. invite beta testers to a (free) course before publishing it as a paid course to the public.
Great question! Courses are always restricted so only enrolled students can access them. And if you’d like, you can keep a course unpublished so that the only people who can find the signup page are the people you send it to directly. To further gate the course, instead of listing it for free, you could list it as a paid course and either enroll those students using a coupon OR you could manually add them. I hope that helps! Team Wit & Wire
Thank you for this awesome tutorial, Melissa. I do have two questions for you though. Is there any way to add an image to the quiz block? Secondly, is there any way to randomize the order of the quiz questions each time?
Great question! In Teachable’s native quiz builder, neither option is possible. (You can’t add images, nor can you randomize the order.) I don’t often include quizzes in my courses, but I do include forms and surveys, and to do that, I often use tools like Paperform (witandwire.com/paperform) or Tally (witandwire.com/tally). One of those options might be able to create a more traditional scored quiz, although it might not be what you’re looking for. Thinkific (witandwire.com/thinkific) includes images, but no answer randomization, and Kajabi (witandwire.com/kajabi) also has more extensive quiz customization than Teachable. I hope that helps!
This is a very helpful video; thank you. However, I am unclear regards to video uploading. You demonstrated how to uploaded video directly on the site under course creation, yet later, you mentioned that you can't host videos on Teachable. Can you explain? Does it mean I would host videos on RU-vid or Vimeo and upload url onto Teachable?
To clarify, you can host videos on Teachable. If you drag and drop in an .mp4 file, Teachable will host it for you and show your students an embedded player with things like speed controls. I hope that helps!
You can use a tool like Loom (witandwire.com/loom) to create a welcome video for your website. You can learn more here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n7arjpJqjNM.html
Thank for all the effort in putting this together. I'm not very tech smart at all. Like you, I want to use my own website as my landing page. I learned how to set up subdomain, cnames etc. through cloudfare. I just don't know how you link the "buy" buttons on my squarespace so that they take people to the teachable payment page. Any way you can point me in the right direction? Thanks
You're welcome, Paul and I'm glad you found it helpful! Teachable provides a direct-to-checkout link that should streamline the process. Here's a link that might help you: witandwire.com/teachable Thanks, Team Wit & Wire
I need help! I have created two free courses and I don't know how to give access to the students. I had enrolled them but can't find the way to send them to the course page. Can you help me?
Great question. It sounds like you need to send them to your school’s login page. The URL is your teachable school URL with “/sign_in” added to the end. If that doesn’t work, I recommend reaching out to Teachable’s support team for more guidance since they can take a closer look at your account.
thank you for your video! Quick question, which page is the login page for students? I'm a bit confused about how the login process works in Teachable, I'm creating a subscription-based course and I created a navigation bar in the sale page and deleted all other pages, but I can't find which page is the login page so I can use that URL
It sounds like those might each be lessons within one course, but it’s up to you how to organize each course you sell. Different platforms use different terms, but the organization goes like this: Course: one product you sell Section: a grouping of related lessons Lesson: a single video/lesson/concept within a section
Hey Melissa! I hope you're well. Thanks so much for this video - I'm about to launch a course! Just one question - Teachable wont take my Tax ID for some reason. When I input the tax id it says "Problem Saving the Tax ID". Do you have any idea why this might be? Any help appreciated! Thanks Mel, Martin
I’m glad the video was helpful! That’s a great question. The best way to troubleshoot would be to reach out to Teachable’s support team since they’ll be able to take a look at your account personally. (If possible, I recommend sending a screenshot when you contact them.)
I wanna know when I make all of these steps and I create the online courses when students are gonna pay for the courses how am I gonna reveice the money?
Great question! If you offer a paid course (through Teachable or any other platform), students must submit a payment via a checkout page in order to enroll. The time it takes to receive the payment depends on your country and individual school settings. (It varies.)
Great question - Yes, you can move your content to other platforms other than Teachable if you prefer. It may take a lot of time to migrate your course after it's built in one platform and move to another, so we'd recommend selecting a online course platform that meets your needs. You cannot sell on Wit & Wire because we aren't a Course Marketplace website. You may have already seen it, but this video compare the top online course platforms we recommend: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pSAL-vjnDuw.htmlsi=B5vI8ghQAgXzBbYx We hope this helps, - Team Wit & Wire
Great question. If I understand your question correctly, you can link to your Teachable homepage by copy/pasting the URL directly from your browser. For example, you could add a “Student Login” link to your footer and it would link directly to your Teachable homepage URL.
Great video. Thanks! I have my own website also and I wonder if you have any information on how you were saying you build your sales page on your website and students come straight through to the checkout page please?
Great question. I don’t have any RU-vid tutorials, but it’s something I demonstrate more fully in Course Builders, our full program for course creators (witandwire.com/course-builders).
Great question! Yes, if I understand the question correctly, each of your students would be able to access their courses via a username and password, which they set.
hello mam i am trying to make an affiliate marketing website but i dont know how to creare personal dashboard to every users and their personal referrals links..
Great question! It sounds like you might be looking for a different type of tool. If you want to create an affiliate program for others to market your online courses, Teachable can work. If you’re looking to create a different type of business or sell a wider set of products, ThriveCart (witandwire.com/thrivecart) might work. But if you’re trying to make an affiliate marketing website and market other businesses’ products or services, then that would be outside the scope of what’s covered here. I hope that helps!
Great question. There are two parts to this answer: 1. You actually don't need PayPal in order to process payments with Teachable. They are a checkout platform, so you can use Teachable Pay to collect payments without connecting to PayPal. (That's my recommendation for most business owners.) You'll configure those settings during account setup. 2. You _can_ allow buyers to purchase via PayPal if you use their BackOffice feature. This is for a slight additional cost and not necessary for most business owners. (In fact, I actively recommend against PayPal, but I'm not a lawyer, so this is not legal or accounting advice, and would chat with a professional if you're curious about what's best for your business.) But it's possible. I hope that helps!
Is there a way to sell a course on teachable to a business instead of an individual and have multiple students log in to watch from that business? Thanks
It’s possible through workarounds, but it’s not a native feature. Their target audience is usually B2C rather than bulk B2B, and that’s true of most course creation platforms on this list: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTzGAIzP3sc.html
On your comparison page, you say, “Teachable's #1 advantage is their checkout platform (they're a Merchant of Record, which might be a must for some business owners). But over the years, they've increased price without increasing features, so I wouldn't recommend them for business starting today.” What is your number one recommendation for someone starting with their first course today?
Great question. I don’t think there’s a one-size-fits-all answer, which is why I offer the comparison. (That way business owners can see which features are most important to them and make their decision.) But in general, as of the latest platform audit (summer 2023), I recommend: - For an all-in-one solution (with a website, email marketing, course creation): Kajabi, and I have an extended 30-day trial for W&W’s audience here: witandwire.com/kajabi - For anyone who wants the best value and already has a website (or plans to create one separately): ThriveCart (witandwire.com/thrivecart)
Teachable has changed its plan options, the free option only allows 10 students now which is pointless, the whole point for me using the free plan would be to see if my product scales well, if so then upgrade the plan. Great video though, it just isn't what Teachable looks like as of today.
Yes, Teachable has updated their plans since this video was published in 2022. If you're looking for a course platform, I'd recommend checking out our video: 7 Best Online Course Platforms in 2023 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pSAL-vjnDuw.html
I’d start by brainstorming ideas around your area of expertise. Here’s a video that might be helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x15Utt3aWBI.html
Hello! I'm not sure of the process you're following, but inside the lecture area, you'll want to drag the file you wish to upload to the grey file uploader. Alternatively, click the Choose files button to add files from your device. Also, Teachable recommends using either 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 (MP4, M4V or AVI) video, no larger than 2 GB. Generally, they also recommend that you compress your videos as much as possible. I hope this helps! Thanks, Team Wit & Wire
