At Thinkific we are constantly trying to make your online courses better, and today we are very excited to share our newest feature with you. Drip Release Content is here!
What is Drip?
Drip Release Content gives you the ability to pre-schedule the delivery of your course content over time.
Why would I want to drip release my content?
- Getting all the course content at once can be overwhelming for students – drip release allows you to delay the release of content so students can learn at the pace you intended. You can even give them assignments to complete while they wait for the next piece of content to be released.
- If you charge a monthly subscription – drip release content gives students a reason to return to your course over and over to access new content. This means they’ll keep their subscription to your courses for longer, and you can create new content over time rather than having to have it all ready at the beginning.
- Drip content is also a great way to market other products or services. You can slowly release valuable content to your clients over time – building student’s perception of your brand and their trust in you, as you build long-term relationships with your students. Students are more likely to take courses and make purchases in the future from people they know and trust.
- Improved course success: I’ve been using drip content to increase the sales of my own online course and I’ve seen my sales more than double due to drip content.
How does drip release work?
Drip is extremely simple to use. Simply:
- Create your course
- Add your lessons
- Set a schedule for your content
That’s it!
I’m ready to get Drip Release Content!
- If you’re a member with one of our paid monthly plans, you already have access! Head to your dashboard to try it out.
- If you are not yet a Thinkific customer or if you’re on our Free plan, get Drip Release (and all our other awesome premium plan features!) by upgrading to one of our monthly or yearly subscription plans.
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Very impressed with this new feature! Can’t wait to use it in my next course!
Great job!
Thanks Chris! We love building things you can use to make your online courses better.
This is fantastic! I’m just about ready to switch my students over to your platform for my online course, and was needing the drip content feature. So, I am thrilled! The bonus discount is nice too. I will be getting everything situated before the end of this week! Thank you!
Can we charge a monthly subscription with Thinkific?
Hi Sarah,
Yes, you can charge monthly subscriptions to access your courses. It’s a great way to earn recurring revenues. Let us know if you have any questions about setting this up.
**Catherine reached out via email**
A very popular drip format is:
Open next content when current content is clicked as “completed.”
This protocol makes sense with self-directed, asynchronous learning that likely comprises 95% of online learning. Do you think this is something Thinkific is looking at implementing anytime soon?
I am looking for a feature that will also remind students about “overdue” content. Is Drip Content that feature?
Hi,
Is it possible to for example:
Drip day one
Drip day two
Drip day three
Drip day four
Drip day five
Close access to previous 5 days of content then
Drip day six etc….?
Thank you
Question! If I have drip release content for a class, can I have an e-mail sent to the student with a link to the lesson whenever there is a release? Or even every 7 daily releases to remind them to check out the new content?
Thanks,
Sandra
We are launching a version of our year-long course where content is dripped out by the week. Clients will pay monthly. Is there a way to automatically stop the drip if credit cards are declined?
Hi ya.
Is it possible to pause a students subscription?
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Can students be inserted anywhere in the subscription content or do they all need to start at the beginning?
Thanks
Thanks for getting back to me.
I’d like to add people at different stages of the course based on thier experience. So Beginners would start at the beginning but more advanced students could start at a point further along…
Thanks
Matt