If you are looking for a reliable platform to incorporate the sale of memberships, sell courses on WordPress, and build an online community, all on your WordPress website, then BuddyBoss is definitely a platform you must consider.
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If you are a coach, teacher, trainer, or even a blogger who’d like to create a community, create online courses, and sell memberships on your WordPress website, then BuddyBoss is a platform that is perfect for you.
BuddyBoss makes it easy for you to build on WordPress, giving you the flexibility, control, and freedom you need, to create a successful online platform.
BuddyBoss Platform is perfect for...
#1. Selling Online Courses
BuddyBoss makes it easy to share your knowledge and passion while building your audience and growing your revenue. The BuddyBoss platform enables you to create structured training, micro-learning, social learning, and gamification for an engaging learning experience.
You can also have your own white label mobile app, thanks to the AppBoss integration, so your employees can learn on the go.
#2. Online Communities
An online community enables your followers or customers to connect under your brand. Members can connect and engage with each other on topics within forums and groups. This can help you build loyalty, gather feedback, provide more value, and keep your audience engaged around your brand.
With the AppBoss integration, you can launch your own mobile app, and keep your community connected on the go.
#3. Online Membership Programs
Provide value to your members while building a recurring and reliable revenue stream. Use the community and gamification features to keep your community engaged. Take advantage of the AppBoss integration, launch your own mobile app, and allow everyone to stay connected and access training, on the go. Your members can learn from each other, increase the value of your brand, all while reducing your workload.
#4. Corporate Training
Having a central hub for training your workforce and for connecting and engaging with employees is key in succeeding in today’s competitive market. BuddyBoss helps you put the focus on the learner and the learning experience. The solution enables structured training, micro-learning, social learning, and gamification for an engaging learning experience.
You can also have your own white label mobile app, thanks to the AppBoss integration, so your employees can learn on the go.
#5. Non Profit Organizations
Reduce onboarding and training costs thanks to structured online courses for your employees & volunteers. Provide training for critical skills such as effective fundraising or grant proposal writing to help increase funding for your organization. Use the community features to keep your employees, volunteers, and stakeholders engaged, provide them with more value which can help influence your reputation.
Take advantage of the AppBoss integration, launch your own mobile app, and allow everyone to stay connected and access training, on the go.
#6. Online Schools & Blended Learning
Online education is growing at a rate faster than ever. BuddyBoss helps you build a flexible learning environment that supports your students from wherever they are in the world. The solution enables structured training, micro-learning, social learning, and gamification for an engaging learning experience.
You can also have your own white label mobile app, thanks to the AppBoss integration, so your employees can learn on the go.
The WordPress Advantage
BuddyBoss is built on WordPress, allowing you to have the flexibility, control, and freedom that you need to launch and scale a successful online business, without being held back by a closed system such as typical SaaS platforms.
- You have flexibility, to extend the feature set using existing free and premium plugins, or even build your own should you come across a unique scenario that is important for your project.
- You have complete control over your website. Our software is open-source, which means you can modify, add to, and make any changes to it.
- You have freedom and options to host your site anywhere, to break free from us. Being on WordPress gives you lots of options.
- As you grow, the software grows with you. You have the freedom to implement new tactics you learn, iterate, and improve.
Features Overview
(Check out the full list of BuddyBoss features)
Community
Connect your people
Enable your followers or customers to connect under your brand. Increase engagement and retention, and gather valuable feedback. Allow your people to learn from each other, increase your brand’s value, and reduce your workload.
Monetize
Sell access, generate revenue, and create wealth
Charge subscriptions or one-time payments for access to your community, courses, digital downloads, groups, and more. Use LearnDash, WooCommerce, or any free or paid membership plugin to sell access to your courses or community.
eLearning
Launch your online courses
Create and sell unlimited online courses under your own brand. Share your knowledge, launch your community, and enable your people to learn from each other, all under one roof.
BuddyBoss integrates with the LearnDash Learning Management System, allowing you to create and manage your courses from your WordPress Dashboard.
We did not want to reinvent the wheel, but rather integrate the powerful LMS as a key component of the BuddyBoss solution.
Note that LearnDash is sold separately and is required for enabling eLearning features.
Gamify
Make it fun and engaging
Empower your people to work towards common goals and earn points, badges, rewards, ranks, certificates, and achievements. Give your people a sense of autonomy, mastery, purpose, and progress.
Set up and Customize
Everything you need to customize for your brand
The BuddyBoss Platform is a white-label open source solution designed to adopt your brand. It is designed with the flexibility to allow you the freedom to fully customize it for your project’s requirements.
Mobile App
Your courses and community on the go
Mobile has already taken the lead over desktop when it comes to usage. In this era of mobile communications, having a mobile strategy is critical for success. Enable access to your courses and community from anywhere, increase engagement, and build a loyal fan base.
Get Started With BuddyBoss
Before we get started, you must have set up your hosting and installed WordPress already. If you already have done this, then let’s proceed!
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Installing the BuddyBoss Platform
Now, it’s time to install the BuddyBoss Platform plugin in WordPress. This one is fairly easy to do, but if you want to be guided step-by-step, here’s a 5-minute video tutorial that you can watch.
Installing the BuddyBoss Theme
The BuddyBoss theme is a beautiful theme that greatly compliments the BuddyBoss Platform. It’s easy to install and set up and has a wide range of customization options.
Below is a tutorial video about installing your BuddyBoss theme and the child theme as well as other features that you’ll surely love!
Configuring BuddyBoss Features and Components
Network Search
Notifications
Privacy
Invites Emails
Member Connections
Group Privacy
Group Hierarchies
Activity Feeds
Group Types
Forum Discussions
I hope the various features of the BuddyBoss Platform are reason enough for you to go ahead. More so to create and sell courses on WordPress.
BuddyBoss is one of the many online tools that I highly recommend. Especially if you would like to sell courses on WordPress.
The ease of use, building communities, and the various features it has to offer are all reasons why I’d consider going with BuddyBoss.
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