I run a self-paced wellness course. Delivery already eats most of my week. My students keep asking me where to buy the supplements and food plans I mention in the lessons. Last month I tested selling a few things through DMs: three orders, more time coordinating dispatch than the margin was worth. I want to launch a second offer, but I keep going back and forth between putting a small shop inside the course community or keeping commerce separate. Port Harcourt delivery is the part I cannot do alone, so I need to know if community commerce is a real option or a distraction.
Supplements inside the course or keep them separate?
Discussion
- Purpose
- Decide whether community commerce belongs inside the course or as a separate track given delivery is already my bottleneck.
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0Bruno AlmeidaFreelance Designer · group programmeBrazil·Established Solo·6d ago
Put the shop in the course. The platform will handle fulfilment once you integrate.
0Talia WhakataneCybersecurity Consultant · Subject-Matter ExpertsNew Zealand·Growing Team·6d ago
Have you considered not delivering yourself at all? In a growing team, you hand delivery to a partner who already moves products. Your course students can still buy, but the supplier owns dispatch and customer service. We did something similar for training resources: once a partner owned distribution, conversion became less about content and more about the handoff. It may not answer the community commerce question directly, but it solves the actual problem.
- 0Maeve TremblayOperations Consultant · Independent Consultants
Canada·Exploring·6d ago
Bruno, that is not how any of the course platforms work for physical goods in Port Harcourt or anywhere else. I learned this the hard way with templates: the tool took payment and then I still had to deliver manually. If you add a shop, you are adding reconciliation, dispatch windows and returns. Unless you build one delivery process first, it will swallow your second offer whole. No membership can skip that step.
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