Our goal is to give you complete control over how you monetize your website, no matter your technical or design skills. You shouldn\u2019t need to rely on third parties to take care of things for you, and thanks to our Stripe integration for Thrive Apprentice, we move a step closer to that goal. You can now build advanced, user-friendly courses, take payments, and restrict access without having to rely on anyone but yourself. <\/p>\n You\u2019re in control!Imagine this scenario.You\u2019ve got a great website that sells a course on YouTube Script Writing.Now, let\u2019s show you how to set this up with Stripe. However, we\u2019re also going to take advantage of the Assessments feature<\/a> to offer a paid bonus course to students who pass your final exam with flying colors.With Thrive Apprentice and Stripe, this couldn\u2019t be easier to set up.1.<\/strong> Create your course content using tried and tested templates + our powerful drag-and-drop builder.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Create an Apprentice product containing your chosen course<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Set access requirement for your product (here\u2019s where Stripe comes in)<\/p>\n First you\u2019ll have to connect Stripe to Thrive Apprentice. Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve made a wizard that will walk you through every step. Once your Stripe account is connected, then you\u2019ll be able to create a corresponding product and fill in the product details and pricing. Then, simply choose your Stripe product in Apprentice, and enter a success\/ failure page to redirect users to after their purchase.<\/p>\n You can even add query string keys and values in your success and failure links and use this in combination with Conditional Displays<\/a> to show different messages. This is especially useful for the failure\/cancel link as you have another opportunity to sell your product.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Set your product restriction rulesWith Apprentice, you\u2019re in control of how your prospective customers access your course materials and importantly how they will purchase each of your courses, and you do this through product restriction rules. Use this page to tailor your messages and call to action for students who don\u2019t yet have access to this course. <\/p>\n That\u2019s it – your new course is ready for purchase, but let\u2019s make this flow a little more complicated by adding a bonus course for the most talented students\u2026<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Create an assessment as part of your YouTube Script Writing 101 course conditions. Remember, you can assess students in all kinds of different ways, from quizzes to written assignments, and even video submissions. <\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> Build your additional course content (we\u2019ve gone with Finding a Job as a YouTube Script Writer for this example) and set it as a hidden course<\/a>. This way, you can set access restrictions for your additional content so that only people who pass the final assessment on your original course can see it.<\/p>\n restrictions-for-bonus-content<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> Now, to grant access to the course, we will use Thrive Automator. We will add a new automation with the \u201cApprentice > Assessment has been marked and passed\u201d trigger along with the \u201cApprentice > Grant access to product\u201d action and select our assessment and product respectively.Oh, and of course, we want to let our successful students know a new course has just opened up for them, so we\u2019ve given everyone who passed the assessment a tag that will automatically trigger an email sequence in our email service provider (we\u2019ve used Drip, but Automator connects to a ton of different services<\/a>)<\/p>\n Now everytime that a member passes the assessment, they will automatically be granted access to the bonus course. Pretty cool right!?You\u2019ve now created a sophisticated upsell drip – with absolutely no need for a paid 3rd party payment plugin, or anything else. And that\u2019s really just the tip of the iceberg – if you can imagine it, then you can build it. <\/p>\n You can use Automator to open up access to additional Apprentice products in a number of scenarios but one that I particularly value is opening up extra learning resources when a member fails an assessment. It could be extra learning materials or even a \u201cbeginners course\u201d to help them pass the assessment.<\/p>\n Absolutely nothing changes for your customers. The outstanding checkout experience you\u2019ve created, the workflows, and the upsells: you can recreate them all with Stripe, just with one added bonus: you cut out the middleman. <\/p>\n Even better, you\u2019re putting your payments in the hands of one of the most trusted brands in the world: Stripe. This gives your customers a feeling of confidence at checkout and will ensure potential customers don\u2019t drop out because of reservations about the checkout process.<\/p>\n Despite building out our long awaited and amazing Stripe integration we also recognise that there are countries or scenarios that will just not work with Stripe. To make your life easier we have introduced Custom Payment Links to the Access Requirement of our Apprentice products.There\u2019s nothing particularly \u201csmart\u201d about this option but it does save you from needing to build custom checkout pages for other third party payment services and configure them for every product (unless you want to do that of course).To use the feature, open a product in Thrive Apprentice and click on \u201cAccess Requirements\u201d and then \u201cCustom Payment Link\u201d. You can then insert your custom payment link from third parties like PayPal or any other service that supports them.<\/p>\n Now, all you need to do is connect your Custom Payment Links to the \u201cbuy now\u201d button on your course pages by configuring your \u201caccess restriction rules\u201d. This means that a customer can be redirected to make a purchase directly from a course overview or course list without first being redirected to a custom checkout page.As we know, \u201cless clicks means more sales,\u201d and this will streamline your checkout process. To close the loop and ensure that paying customers are granted access to your products you will need to configure Thrive Automator to receive webhooks or \u201cimmediate payment notifications\u201d (IPN\u2019s) and grant or revoke access accordingly.Our documentation team has put together a great step-by-step guide for integrating Thrive Apprentice with PayPal and we have updated it to use this new feature, you can check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve offered up some great news for Thrive Apprentice customers, so what about Thrive Architect<\/a>?Well, this release is all about convenience for you.It\u2019s great building and designing your pages with a visual builder, but it\u2019s a bit annoying when you have to flick back to the WordPress editor to edit minor details like the meta description or update custom fields. So, we brought the WordPress settings into the visual builder. <\/p>\n When you\u2019re creating your pages and posts, just click the WordPress icon in the right-hand sidebar and a new Lightbox will open. You\u2019ll be able to edit a whole host of WordPress settings so you can take care of the little things that make a big difference to your website performance. <\/p>\n We\u2019re not adding any new functionality with this feature, but the improved user experience is certainly going to save you time and hassle. <\/p>\n If you can think it, we want you to be able to achieve it. Whether that\u2019s creating a unique design, trying out a new marketing strategy, or experimenting with sales funnels, we want you to do it on your site with ease. It\u2019s a long-term mission, and it\u2019s one we\u2019re always going to be working towards, but hopefully, our continued updates bring you a step closer to being able to run your site your way. We think the Stripe integration for Thrive Apprentice is a big step in the right direction and we\u2019re looking forward to hearing how you all use it to take your businesses to the next level. Make sure you\u2019ve updated Thrive Apprentice and Thrive Architect to the latest versions and get these new features implemented on your site. If you\u2019re not a Thrive Themes customer yet, then there\u2019s no better time to join our community of budding entrepreneurs using the best tools to grow their businesses<\/a>. I would love to hear what you think of the latest updates and how you plan to make use of the new features. Drop a comment below!<\/p>\n Chris Winfield-BlumOperations Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This update has been in the works for some time now and we have been really struggling to contain our excitement. 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<\/span><\/p>\nPro tip<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nPower feature<\/h4>\n
The Same Great Experience for Your Students, Greater Control for Course Owners<\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\n2. Custom Payment Links for Apprentice Products Open Up New Selling Approaches <\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\n3. WordPress Settings Come into the Thrive Architect Visual Builder<\/h2>\n
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Your Site, Your Way: It\u2019s What We\u2019re Working Towards<\/h2>\n