Coursebase
A self-paced LMS with paid courses, completion certificates, and your brand
Coursebase is a launch-ready LMS under your brand for self-paced course operators — independent creators, training companies, professional certification programs. It does the boring middle of LMS extremely well (drip-released lessons, video hosting, quiz-and-assignment grading, completion certificates) and stops where good LMS products usually go off the rails (try to be a CRM, a marketing tool, or a community).
Key features
- Course authoring with text, video, audio, embed, and quiz lesson types
- Drip-release rules (date-based, completion-based, or instructor-released)
- Video hosting via Mux with progress tracking and resume-where-you-left-off
- Quizzes and graded assignments with instructor feedback flow
- Completion certificates (PDF, signed, with verification URL)
- Stripe + Klarna for one-time, subscription, or course-bundle pricing
- Affiliate / referral program (lightweight; pair with Affilipath for full)
- Reporting on enrollment, completion rate, drop-off lesson, revenue per cohort
Architecture
Built on the Vertical SaaS Stack.
What you get
Coursebase launches as a multi-tenant SaaS under your brand. The first course is built using the authoring tools, Stripe is wired for one-time or subscription pricing, and the public catalog drops onto your domain. Migration from Teachable / Thinkific runs through a CSV / API import that preserves enrollments and progress.
Sample customer story (placeholder — illustrative only)
A 4-instructor data-engineering training company licensed Coursebase to escape Teachable’s per-course revenue share, which had crossed $90k/year by their fourth course. The 14-day rebuild gave them a branded catalog, the same authoring experience, and a margin profile that made their next course’s marketing budget actually pencil out.
What’s NOT included
- Cohort-based courses with a fixed start date and instructor cohort. Use Cohortly — that’s a different shape that needs a cohort backbone, not a self-paced one.
- Live class delivery (Zoom-style). Coursebase is asynchronous; integrate Zoom / Meet for live components.
- Full-blown community / forum. Lightweight discussion is in; for a real community, pair with Communityhouse.
- Proctoring / assessment integrity controls. That’s Quizgrid’s job.
Whitelabel surfaces
| Surface | Themeable | Custom domain |
|---|---|---|
| Public course catalog | yes | yes |
| Student learning portal | yes | yes |
| yes | yes (sender domain) | |
| PDF certificates | yes | yes |
| Instructor admin | yes | yes |
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