The Blogging CMS for Selling Courses and Downloads

Most creators end up renting three tools — one to write, one to host the course, one to take the money. Each one takes a cut, and none of them talk to each other. What if your blog just… sold your work, and delivered it, on its own? Let me show you.

Everything sits under Products. I add a new one and set the type to digital — that's the key. This is my design course, so I give it a name, a price, and a short description. No inventory, no shipping to worry about; it's a file, not a box.

Then the deliverable — the thing they're paying for. Each product carries the file to hand over: the course video links, a PDF workbook, a template pack, whatever it is. You point it at the download, and VeloCMS holds it securely until someone buys. No public Dropbox link to leak.

Here's a nice touch for a course. Write a companion post about it and tag it 'course' — VeloCMS notices and adds Course structured data automatically. That's the machine-readable label search engines use for course rich results. You tagged a post; you got the schema for free.

Now the buyer's side. They check out, pay through your Stripe, and the download email lands on its own — with the secure link. No 'DM me for the file', no you-at-2-a.m. sending attachments. It's the boring, reliable part that keeps refunds down.

And one more that surprises people — gift cards. Someone can buy store credit for a friend, and it works with partial payments, so it stacks on top of a purchase. It's a genuine little revenue channel most creator tools just don't have. It's right there in the shop.

Write, sell, deliver, gift — all from one blog, all on your own Stripe. Start selling your work on the 14-day trial at velocms dot org.