Payments & Monetization

Manual Payments

Take payment from people who cannot or will not pay by card. Publish your bank details as a payment option, let the learner upload proof of their transfer, and approve it to enroll them.

How It Works

Publish Your Own Payment Methods

Create a manual payment method with a title learners will recognize, such as Bank Deposit or Direct Transfer, and write the instructions in a rich-text editor. Your new platform ships with a Bank Deposit method already created and switched off, ready for you to fill in your account name, bank, branch, account number, and any reference format you want people to quote. Add as many methods as you need, and enable or disable each one independently.

Learners Pay, Then Upload Proof

At checkout, a learner choosing a manual method sees your instructions in full and completes the transfer through their own bank. They then upload a confirmation document, a photo of the deposit slip or a transfer screenshot, and can add a note explaining anything unusual about the payment. The order is created and sits pending rather than being lost.

An Administrator Approves It

Pending manual payments appear for review. An administrator opens the uploaded document, checks it against the order, enters the date the transaction actually happened, and approves. That marks the order paid using the real transaction date rather than the approval date, and the learner is enrolled automatically, exactly as if they had paid by card.

Receipts Stay Restricted

The uploaded confirmation document is only viewable by people with permission to approve manual payments. Learners cannot browse each other's receipts, and staff without that permission see that a document exists without being able to open it.

Where Manual Payments Fits

Benefits

Nobody Is Locked Out

Learners without cards still enroll through the normal flow.

Proof on File

Every approval is backed by an uploaded confirmation document.

Approval Enrolls Automatically

One approval marks the order paid and grants course access.

FAQ

Frequently AskedQuestions

Accept Payment the Way Your Learners Actually Pay

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