Community for an online school: learning that isn't solitary
Community in Softbook is a feed, profiles, direct and group chats, and gamification on one student base: students talk to each other, support each other, and stay motivated to reach the end.
- Conversation inside the platform
- Points and rewards
- 30 days free
Feed and profiles
Feed and profiles — the school as a living space
Every member has a profile with their activity and posts, and the feed gathers school and student publications into one stream. People comment, react, and talk — learning stops being something you do alone.
- Student profile: posts, friends, and activity inside the school
- A real-time feed of school and student publications
- Reactions and comments under posts
- Paid publications — for exclusive content
Messenger
A messenger that keeps the conversation where the course is
Students don't head elsewhere to talk: the discussion about the course stays where the course is, and you can see what's happening in the group instead of hearing about it last. A full messenger works inside the platform, with direct and group chats, and a chat for a study group is created with one button from "Student groups" — everyone is already in it.
- Replies to messages, reactions, pinning, read receipts, and typing indicators
- Message search and file sharing
- Group chats with admins and invitations by link
- A "Create group chat" button right inside a study group
- Fine-grained privacy: a student sees only their own group, and direct messages can be turned off
Paid posts
A paywall right in the feed — money beyond courses
You start earning from what you used to give away: a breakdown, a template, a closed post — none of it has to be packaged into a course, publishing is enough. A post can be made paid: an amount, a currency, and a choice of payment providers, with the content opening after payment.
- A paid post in the feed: amount, currency, choice of providers
- The content is hidden until payment, with the price on the button in plain view
- Runs on the same student base as your courses and sales
Gamification
Gamification is a set of rules, not a pile of badges
You reward not "for showing up," but for what the school actually needs: brought a friend, bought a product, reached the end — the reward becomes a growth tool instead of profile decoration. A rule is assembled from triggers with and/or logic: you decide what it fires for, and for whom.
- Nine triggers, among them signing up through your link and buying a product
- And/or logic, a "specific course" or "any N courses" mode, targeting by group
- Your own reward images; a reward can award points
- Two leaderboards: by points and by rewards
Around the courses
Everything around your courses — on one student base
Conversation, support, and gamification live where the courses live. The student stays in the school, closer to the material and the group, and gets to a result.
- Community and courses — on one student base
- Conversation is tied to groups and to the learning
- The conversation stays where the learning is — and retention goes up
Real schools. Real results. Real people.
Founders and creators on what works best for them in Softbook.
"We picked Softbook because we needed one platform for selling courses and managing students. What we value most: video uploads, clear pricing with no surprises, and support that actually listens and acts."
Mike Pritula
Mike Pritula Academy
"The team moved all my lessons over by hand — I have no idea how I would have done it myself. They were careful about it. They keep improving the platform, they listen to what you ask for, and they genuinely look after every client."
Tanya Mykhalchenko
PPC advertising school
"Before we switched, we tried selling video lessons through Instagram, but without an admin it was impossible. Here I uploaded the courses, set up automatic payments — and the system runs itself. The courses bring in steady income without me being involved every day."
Olga Miller
Director, recruiting school
"We built a big knowledge base for our students on Softbook. No more 'live' sessions with speakers — everything is recorded and laid out in modules with tests and assignments. Our instructional designers can finally breathe."
Alexey Dinar
Personal coach
"Your platform solved a problem I had been struggling with for a long time. I uploaded a few courses, set up automatic payments — and stopped worrying about the technical side. I can see the courses selling and bringing in income every month."
Alla
Massage therapist
"Softbook let us scale our cleaning school into new regions with no extra spend on technology."
Yevhen Sukharev
Founder, Kyiv School of Cleaning
"In two years with Softbook we have built a full agency with an education arm. The platform covers everything we need."
Myroslav Liaskovets
Founder, LeadMarketing
Questions about community and engagement
No. The feed, profiles, and messenger work inside the platform, on the same student base as your courses. An external chat isn't needed.
Yes. In "Student groups," one button creates a group chat and immediately adds every student from the group.
A rule is assembled from triggers with and/or logic — nine triggers, among them signing up through your link and buying a product. A reward can award points, and there are two leaderboards: by points and by rewards.
Yes. A post in the feed can be made paid: you set the amount, the currency, and the payment providers, and the content opens after payment.
Yes, if the option is turned on: students write to each other and in shared chats, react, and reply to messages. Direct messages can be turned off, and visibility can be limited to a student's own group.
Points and reward statistics are in gamification. End-to-end analytics of engagement and progress is on the control and management page → Control and management
Build a living community around your courses
30 days free, no card. Feed, chats, and gamification — in the same place as your courses.