On Forento, creators from more than 130 countries actively create and sell online courses. These courses range from short, text-based training to hour-long video content.

A course on Forento can include:

The course is structured around chapters, which act as modules of content. Each chapter can have as many pages of content as you’d like, but we usually recommend keeping it short and digestible, to make sure you maintain a smooth user experience for your customers.

To create a new course, go to Courses then click the Create course button.

When you've pressed the button, you'll be asked to enter a title and short description. These will act as the initial details of your course. You'll also be able to set some initial settings for the comment section of your course.

Enable comments will allow any students of your course to publish comments under it. The toggle below allows you to regulate whether or not comments are made public instantly. If disabled, you'll be asked to approve each comment before it's visible to other students.

When you've entered a title and short description you'll be brought to the course creation area. Here's where you'll add content to your course.

The first step toward creating your million-dollar course is adding a chapter. Do so by clicking the "+" icon under the "Publish course" button. This will generate an Untitled chapter, which you can rename by clicking the pen icon at the top of your screen.

When you've added a chapter, you'll be able to start adding pages to that chapter. A course page will always include a title and text section, the ability to add external links and downloadable resources. However, there are four formats, depending on what type of content you want to add to each page.

The course settings view allows you to set up how your course is displayed not only on your platform but also when sharing it on social media. You can enter a detailed description, and set pricing & availability. Here's also where you can assign course testers.

On the Course Information page, you'll be able to:

Under Long description, you'll be able to enter a longer, detailed description of your course. In this description, you're not as limited as with the standard, short description.

The long description editor offers a block-style layout, where you can add a range of different content such as:

And much more. The long description is displayed on the course page, under Overview.

Some creators have tens of thousands of active subscribers who pay them a few dollars every month, whereas others are selling individual masterclass courses for thousands of dollars apiece. We’ve built Forento in a way so that you can decide how you want to get paid.

Under Price & Availability, you'll be able to select who gets access to your course, and how. The different options for pricing are:

If you publish your course as a free product, it'll be accessible to anyone who signs up with an account for your platform. If they're on your platform as a non-signed-in member, and click "Start Course", they'll be brought to the sign-up page.

If you publish your course as Paid you'll be asked to set a fixed price. Anyone with an account on your platform will be able to purchase the course for this price and access it forever. (Note that all prices are set to USD, but can be changed to any custom currency here if you've connected to a payment gateway)

Membership pricing allows you to charge members per month or year, meaning they'll have a subscription fee to pay if they'd like to keep access. If you select this option, you'll be asked to pick what membership tiers this course should be included in, if you've created any tiers yet, that is.

The fourth option is Paid & membership. This allows you to set both a fixed, one-off price as well as include it in any of your membership tiers.

Course testers is a feature that allows you to give free access to all of your courses to selected platform members. You can assign course tester status to anyone who has signed up for your platform, and remove it at any time.

A course tester gains access to all of your published and unpublished courses, including those that are paid or membership only, meaning they won't be stopped by any paywall.