Course LMS recommendations

[bionary]

Hey all,

I'm in need of a courseware plugin for my wp site.
My main requirements are:

• reverse integration with mailchimp*
• ability to accept credit cards on site (not leaving to paypal)
• secure downloads for paid courses
• secure video resourses

Please note: I'm reaching out because I've spent several days researching and playing around with demos and overwhelmed;

I don't need a list of all the major LMS plugins.

*most LMS can add a registered user to mailchimp, but I'm looking to do the opposite...take all of my clients on my mailchimp account and allow them to take free courses or upgrade to paid courses

Does anyone have any experience with my course requirements?

Thanks!

[Victor Font]

One solution is to use Sensei with WooCommerce and the payment gateway of your choice. https://woocommerce.com/products/sensei/

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Victor
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[bionary]

This going to sound naive but I don't understand what precisely woocommerce is. I've spent a long time reading through their website yesterday only to be confused further. I guess if somebody uses them or whatever they are it's a no-brainer but to an outsider with no e-commerce experience woocommerce doesn't do a good job defining their role in the commerce world.

Their website goes on and on about how great they are and how many people use them but are they a theme or a plugin? Their site is littered with both. Can I use my genesis theme if I use woocommerce? If so what's the point of using woocommerce? Can't I just find a stripe plugin and accept payments that way? You see? I'm really confused as to what woocommerce is (even though they come recommended by tons of people) Not to mention every example on their website shows a storefront selling physical goods (even their sensei example)

uhg - still frustrated.

[Victor Font]

WooCommerce is arguably the web's #1 eCommerce plugin for WordPress. It works fine with any Genesis theme. Some Genesis themes are WooCommerce ready out of the box, others require the use of the Genesis WooCommerce Connect plugin.

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Regards,

Victor
https://victorfont.com/
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[bionary]

So woocommerce is a plugin? Strange, they don't list it under their navigation that reads "plugins" And not only that I can't find the price of woocommerce. They're too busy trying to capture my email. If you have experience with woocommerce maybe you can answer my questions because their website certainly isn't winning any awards for effective communication.

How much is woocommerce?
Can I use woocommerce to sell online courses?

It sounds like I need three separate plugins: sensei to build courses, woocommerce to collect money and manage the selling process and yet another plugin to manage members (i ithink). I don't want members as in a membership site. I want to sell a course and once paid a person can login and view the course materials.

[Victor Font]

The basic WooCommerce plugin is free.

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Regards,

Victor
https://victorfont.com/
Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
Have you requested your free website audit yet?

[mstarks01]

Have a look at LearnDash. I don't know if it will meet all of your needs but it is in active development and has lots of integrations.

[bionary]

@mstarks01, As a matter of fact, LearnDash is the platform I went with. The Sensei/woo commerce website is so bloated and confusing and everywhere else i looked for information on sensei I got jaded, non-helpful information from affiliate marketers.

I fired off a few questions to LearnDash and the owner got back to me promptly and actually answered my many questions thoroughly. I've been using learnDash for about 3 weeks now and am super impressed. I love it.

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