Hi guys,
Courses and Memberships using ZOHO products.
Has anyone been able to make this work?
I want to know if anyone has found a combination that works for them.
I am a course creator, I also sell ebooks and other related info products.
I have been trying to create a course site with membership options for a while.
TWO BIG challenges. Stripe and Paypal are not available in my country.
This challenge alone rules out most hosted platforms like Thinkific.
Payment gateways available in my country are: 2Checkout, other solutions that
work well with woocommerce(Cybersource, Flutterwave, DPO, etc...) and Mobile Money
I have created my own site with WordPress, an LMS, and Woccomerce, I don't like the number of plugins
I have to use and how
everything can easily be messed up by one plugin update.
Plus integrations have been a challenge. It's a Frankenstein bandaid solution.
I have wasted lots of time on this and decided that fiddling with tech is a bad use of my time.
I want to focus on creating courses, marketing them, and attending to my students.
I love the simplicity and diversity of Zoho Products.
I am wondering what is the right combination to get the results.
I like Zoho Showtime but it has no lesson hierarchy, content drip or prerequisite options.
I like Zoho subscriptions but I don't know how to create a convenient and easy to access
Student portal or member dashboard.
I recently got access to Zoho classes but it seems a pain to just get started.
I like the possibility of integrating with Zoho CRM, Desk, SMS, Email Campaigns, Books, etc...
Sorry for the long post, I hope someone can assist me with ideas of what combination to use so that I focus on what
am good at, not tech headaches.
In summary, what I need:
Course selling platform
Subscription platform for memberships
Integrated accounting or billing portal
CRM to track individual customers details
Desk for Customer inquiries
Email for campaigns and signups
SMS and WhatsApp for extra reminders and other notifications.