--- title: "Sell online courses · Fungies" description: "Sell courses as a one-off, a cohort or a membership. Access on payment, a branded student portal, worldwide payment methods and tax handled for you." image: "https://fungies.io/og-image.jpg" canonical: "https://fungies.io/solutions/online-courses/" --- Creators · Courses # Sell the course without renting a course platform. Course platforms charge monthly whether or not anyone enrols, take a cut on top, and put their name between you and the student. Selling direct means a checkout on your own domain, access granted the moment payment clears, and the tax handled wherever the student happens to live. [Start free](https://app.fungies.io/register) [Book a demo](https://calendly.com/duke-vuh/fungies-io-demo-clone) No upfront costs. No credit card required. Already selling with Fungies [![Leadsin.io](/logos/clients/leadsin.png)](/customer-story/hosted-checkout-solution-for-leadsin-io-a-saas-business "Leadsin.io — read the story")[![RenderAI](/logos/clients/renderai.png) ](/customer-story/helping-renderai-reduce-their-ai-saas-payment-integration-from-days-to-just-a-couple-of-minutes "RenderAI — read the story")[![SuperScale](/logos/clients/superscale.png) ](/customer-story/nimblebits-revenue-boost-with-a-web-store-solution "SuperScale — read the story")[![FreeVocals](/logos/clients/freevocals.png) ](/customer-story/freevocals-com-and-fungies-io-a-seamless-solution-for-digital-e-commerce "FreeVocals — read the story")![STATSCORE](/logos/clients/statscore.png)![SimFabric](/logos/clients/simfabric.png)![BotRix](/logos/clients/botrix.png)![Enhance AI](/logos/clients/enhance-ai.png)![The Humanize AI](/logos/clients/humanize-ai.png)![Kenerate AI](/logos/clients/kenerate.png) $0 monthly platform fee 0+ ways a student can pay 0+ countries you can sell into 0h default payout cycle ## Three ways courses actually get sold 001 One-off Buy once, keep forever A single purchase that unlocks the material. Files deliver immediately and stay reachable in the portal, so the 'I lost the link' email stops arriving eighteen months later. 002 Cohort A cohort with a start date Sell seats ahead of a date, cap them by stock, and use custom checkout fields to collect what you need — a name for the certificate, a timezone, a Discord handle — at the moment of purchase. 003 Recurring A membership that keeps teaching A monthly or annual plan for an evolving curriculum, with trials, pausing instead of cancelling, and renewals that retry a failed card before anyone loses access. 004 Direct The student relationship is yours Selling through a marketplace means the platform owns the email address and the recommendation slot. Selling direct means you can tell your students about the next course yourself. ![The branded customer portal showing a purchased course with its downloads and access details.](/_astro/customer-portal.BVvv6OPh_Z1iIoXb.webp?dpl=dpl_8EZJmbvb3ugYq7WK1KgC21BX19Zp) Students land in a portal on your domain, not a marketplace's. ## From finished material to first enrolment 1. 01 ### Build the page The store builder opens without an account, so the sales page can exist before you commit to anything. 2. 02 ### Upload and price it Add the files, set the price, add variants if you sell more than one tier. Free products work for a lead magnet. 3. 03 ### Share one link The checkout works from a URL, so a newsletter, a video description or a workshop slide can sell directly. 4. 04 ### Let the portal do support Re-downloads, receipts and subscription changes are self-serve, which is most of the email a course generates. Merchant of Record ## You could do all of this yourself Selling digital goods across borders means registering for tax in each market, wiring up a tax engine, and answering for every dispute. As your Merchant of Record, that is our name on the paperwork instead of yours. What it takes Fungies Processor only 01 Tax registration ✓ None needed — we are already registered. You register for VAT and sales tax per market. 02 Tax calculation ✓ Real-time rates on every transaction. You wire up a tax engine and maintain it. 03 Remittance ✓ We file and pay the authorities directly. You file monthly, quarterly, and annually. 04 Audits ✓ We answer the tax authority. You keep the records and take the questions. 05 Chargebacks ✓ Disputes and fraud handled for you. Your team fights each case. 06 Pricing ✓ One commission, only when you sell. Processor fee plus tax software plus consultants. 07 Accounting ✓ You receive net revenue. Gross receipts plus a tax liability to track. ## What comes with it Instant delivery Materials reach the buyer on payment and remain available in the portal, without you sending anything. Tiers as variants Self-study, with-feedback and one-to-one on one product page rather than three competing listings. Custom checkout fields Collect the details you need to run the cohort at the point of purchase, and read them off the order. Discount codes Launch pricing, early-bird cohorts and partner codes, run from the dashboard without a plugin. A branded student portal Magic-link sign-in, order history and downloads, on your domain with your logo and colours. Tax on digital services Course sales are taxable in the student's country in most of the world. We are the seller of record, so that is filed by us. Pricing 5% + 50¢ per sale, and nothing else Negotiable at higher sales volume. [See full pricing →](/pricing) [Start free →](https://app.fungies.io/register) ## No monthly fee. No minimum. No card to get started. One rate covers the whole stack. There is no tier that unlocks tax filing and no add-on for the store builder. - ✓ Payment processing - ✓ Tax calculation and filing - ✓ Fraud screening - ✓ Chargeback handling - ✓ Store builder and hosting - ✓ Every platform feature ## Teams like yours, already shipping [All customer stories →](/case-studies-customers) [ Digital goods Sweden ### FreeVocals.com Off WordPress, and off the plugin treadmill A vocal sample marketplace left a WordPress stack behind and stopped paying subscriptions for the privilege of selling. 50 GB per file, for full-quality sample packs Read the story →](/customer-story/freevocals-com-and-fungies-io-a-seamless-solution-for-digital-e-commerce)[ SaaS United Arab Emirates ### Viewbot.tv Merchant of Record billing, live in one session The engagement platform for Twitch and Kick streamers moved its whole subscription business onto a checkout that matches its own dark theme. 1 session from first API call to live payments Read the story →](/customer-story/viewbot-customizable-checkout-merchant-of-record-payment)[ SaaS Miami, Florida, USA ### Leadsin.io A hosted checkout with no payment infrastructure to build A lead generation platform started taking monthly and yearly subscriptions without standing up any payment infrastructure of its own. Zero tax registrations of their own Read the story →](/customer-story/hosted-checkout-solution-for-leadsin-io-a-saas-business) ## Course seller questions ### Is this a course platform with video hosting? ### Can I sell a membership rather than a single course? ### How do students get their material? ### Do I have to charge VAT on a course? ### What does it cost compared with a course platform? ## More for digital creators - [Digital creators → Courses, templates, music, and any other download.](/solutions/digital-creators) - [Ebooks and writing → Every format on one page, delivered the second they pay.](/solutions/ebooks) - [Templates and assets → Licence tiers, updates, and bundles without a marketplace.](/solutions/design-assets) ## Open enrolment on your own domain Build the page, upload the material, and share a link that takes payment in over 250 ways. 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