Overview
Each product in your school has two key settings that only apply when your school is online:
Publish status – Controls whether new students can purchase or enroll.
Product visibility – Controls whether a product appears in your catalog (i.e., Browse Products page).
Use these settings to manage who can see and access your products—and when.
Key benefits / use cases
Pause or resume enrollment without affecting existing students.
Privately share products via direct links.
Limit which products appear in your public catalog.
Understanding publish vs. visibility
| Unpublished | Unlisted | Published |
How to enable |
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New students can enroll or purchase | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (if you give users a direct checkout and/or sales page URL) | ✅ Yes |
Visible in product catalog | ❌ No (unless the student is already enrolled) | ❌ No (unless the student is already enrolled) | ✅ Yes |
Sales page is accessible (via URL) | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Already enrolled students can access | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
When to use each status
Use Published when you're ready for anyone to discover and purchase the product through your catalog.
Use Unlisted to sell privately—e.g., to your email list or beta group—with direct links.
Use Unpublished to temporarily pause new enrollments while allowing existing students continued access.
How to publish or unpublish a product
Published products are available for purchase and count toward your published product limit. Unpublished products do not.
From the product index page
Go to Courses, Coaching, Digital Products, or Bundles.
Click the More actions (⋯) icon next to the product.
Click Publish or Unpublish.
From the Information tab
Go to the product type from the admin menu.
Open the Information tab.
Select the relevant publish action:
Courses: Click Publish Course or Unpublish Course under Publish & Preview.
Coaching, Bundles, Digital Downloads: Use the Publish or Unpublish button in the top-right corner.
Memberships: Publish each tier individually from the Membership Dashboard by clicking More actions (⋯) > Publish.
From the Setup Guide (Courses only)
Go to Courses in your admin menu.
Click Setup Guide.
Click Publish or Unpublish.
How to manage product visibility
Visibility determines whether a product appears in your Browse Products catalog. It is separate from publish status.
Note: Only published products can be made visible in your catalog.
Visible products – Displayed in your catalog; anyone can browse and purchase.
Unlisted products – Hidden from the catalog but accessible via a direct link.
Tip: Use unlisted visibility for invite-only or private products to keep them out of your public storefront.
Set visibility from the product index page
Go to Courses, Coaching, Digital Products, or Bundles.
Click the More actions (⋯) icon next to the product.
Click Show in product catalog or Hide from product catalog.
Changes save automatically.
Set visibility from the Information tab
Navigate to the product and open the Information tab.
For courses, go to the Course Settings tab.
Scroll to Product Visibility.
Use the Show in product catalog toggle:
Toggle on to make the product visible.
Toggle off to hide it.
Manage membership visibility
Full membership product
Go to the Membership Dashboard.
Click the Settings tab.
Scroll to Visibility.
Use the Show membership on All Products page toggle.
Click Save.
Membership tier (sales page only)
Note: This controls only the tier’s visibility on the membership sales page, not its catalog status.
From the Membership Dashboard, click Edit next to a tier.
Go to the Settings tab.
Toggle Show on membership sales page on or off.
Click Save.
FAQs
What happens to enrolled students if I unpublish a product?
They retain access. Unpublishing only blocks new enrollments.
Do unpublished or unlisted products count toward my published product limit?
Unpublished: ❌ No
Unlisted but published: ✅ Yes
Can I publish individual sections or lessons in a course?
Yes. Course lessons and sections can be published or unpublished independently of the overall course status.