Sell Products & Services alongside a Course

Sell Products & Services alongside a Course

Learn how you can sell Products & Services alongside your Courses or as a stand-alone purchase

Enhance your Course offering by selling related Products and Services alongside. This guide walks you through creating and associating Products & Services with your Courses, to provide additional services and products to your customers directly from your online shopping basket!

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Please Note
Product & Services is an additional Module, if you are interested in more information about this module, please get in touch with your Customer Success Manager.

Follow this page to learn how to create a Product & Service, and associate it with your Courses to sell it alongside them within your Basket.



Create a Product & Service

This step will run through how to create the Product & Service you will be selling alongside your Course

 

  1. Select ‘Product & Services’ from the Main Navigation Menu

    Product and services from main navigation menu

     

  2. Click the ‘Add Product & Service’ button

    add product and services button

  3. This will open the Product & Service form

    product and service form

  4. Begin by selecting the correct Training Provider for your Product & Service from the drop-down menu (this is only required if you operate with multiple Training Providers)

    Training provider drop down

  5. Next, add the ‘Label’

    training provider label

  6. Select the 'Type' from the drop-down menu

    training provider type

     

  7. Optional - add an image to represent your Product & Service

    image

  8. The next step is to add the Cost of your Product & Service

    costing details section

    a. Cost Per Unit - This is the Cost per Product or Service
    b. Tax Exempt - check this checkbox if this Product or Service is exempt from Tax otherwise leave it unchecked for Inclusive of Tax
    c. Tax Code - You may want to add a Tax Code for your Product or Service
    d. Cost Centre - This is used to label what part of your organisation this Product or Service belongs to for accounting purposes
    e. Nominal Code - Nominal Codes are for accounting purposes and can be added into this field if required

  9. The next section is to determine stock levels, whether it is mandatory and if a Shipping Address is required or not

    other section

    a. Unlimited Stock - Select this checkbox if this Product or Service is unlimited
    b. Stock Level - If the Product or Service is not unlimited, add the number of units that will be available
    c. User is Mandatory for Purchase - Select this checkbox if a User IS required for this Product or Service, for example, an accredited certificate would need an assigned User, whereas a textbook may not
    d. Requires Shipping Address - Select this Checkbox if your Product requires a Shipping Address

Please Note
If User Is Mandatory For Purchases is not selected, a Product and Service will not be available to transfer if a Delegate is Transferred from one Course to another. 

 

  1. Optional - add a Description

    description

     

  2. Press the ‘Save’ button

    save button

  3. When you press Save, you will notice additional options become available within the Product & Service Management Menu

    additional options in management menu

     

  4. The Mappings option allows you to Map an existing Course or Course Template to your Product or Service

    mappings

    If you already have your Course Template created, please see the section titled ‘Add a Product & Service to an existing Course Template’.

  5. The Purchases option, will show you a list of any Users/Delegates who have purchased the Product or Service

    purchases


Add the Product & Service to a Course Template

To sell this Product & Service alongside a Course offering as standard, this step will show you how to map your Product & Service to an existing Course Template. This means that the Product & Service will be automatically assigned to any Courses you schedule using this Course Template.

If the Course Template has not yet been created, please see the ‘Create a new Course Template’ guides available from the Related Help Guide Pages.

 

  1. To edit a Course Template, select 'Product & Services from the Course Template Management Menu

    Product and service option within Course Template

     

  2. This will open the Product & Service DataGrid for the Course Template

    product and service mappings

  3. Click the ‘Add Product & Service Mapping’ button

    add product and service mapping button

     

  4. This will open the Product & Service Mappings form

    product and service mapping form

     

  5. Under the ‘Details’ section, add the Product & Service you created earlier by clicking the ‘Select’ button

    product and service field

     

  6. This will open the Product & Service DataGrid popup

    Datagrid pop up

  7. Using the Search Bar, search for the Product or Service you want to map to an existing Course Template

    datagrid pop up search bar

    You can also filter the Datagrid if required, please see our dedicated page on how to add a Filter to a DataGrid

  8. Select and highlight the Product & Service you created earlier and press the ‘OK’ button

    option highlighted

     

  9. This will now populate the Product & service field

    product and service field populated

  10. Check to make sure the correct Course Template has populated the Mapped Object' field. This should show the Course Template you have just created in the previous step

    mapped object populated

  11. Next, you will need to choose whether this Product or Service is Mandatory when purchasing the Course, you can do this by selecting the Checkbox or leaving it blank

    mandatory checkbox

     

  12. Chose whether or not you would like to keep the label of the Product or Service as it is or whether you want to add an Alias and override the name of the Product or Service

    Alias

     

  13. Add the Cost of your Product or Service (this is per unit)

    cost per unit field

     

  14. Add a description if required

    description box

     

  15. Press the Save & Close button

    save and close button

     

  16. You will now see your Course or Course Template listed in the Product & Service Mappings DataGrid

    product and service showing in product and service mappings datagrid


 


Add the Product & Service to a Course

To sell this Product & Service alongside a specific Course only, this step will show you how to map your Product & Service to an existing scheduled Course. Following these steps will assign the Product & Service to one Course event only.

If the Course has not yet been scheduled, please see the ‘Schedule a new Course’ guides available from the Related Help Guide Pages.

 

  1. Select ‘Courses' and then ‘Class’ from the Main Navigation Menu

    Course - Class from the main navigation menu

     

  2. Use the available DataGrid Filters and/or the search to find the Course to add your Product & Service

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  3. Right-click on the Course and select ‘Edit’ from the context menu

    image-20250129-120750.png

  4. Select ‘Product & Services’ from the Course Management menu

    product and services from course management menu

  5. This will open the Product & Service DataGrid for that Course, click to add a new Product & Service Mapping

    product and services datagrid showing product and service created earlier

     

  6. Click the ‘Add Product & Service Mapping’ button

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  7. This will open the Product & Service Mapping pop-up box

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  8. Select the Product & Service you created above by pressing the ‘Select’ button and choosing the Product or Service from the DataGrid.

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  9. Once selected, press the ‘Ok’ button

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  10. Check that the ‘Mapped Object’ is the Course you want to add the Product or Service to

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  11. The next step is to select whether the Product or Service is Mandatory or not.
    By selecting the checkbox, means that the Product or Service will be mandatory as part of the Course and will appear as mandatory within Checkout/Shopping Basket, If you choose to leave the tick box unchecked, then the Customer will have the ability to select whether they would like to add the Product or Service during Checkout/Shopping Basket

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  12. Optional - You can add an Override Alias, Cost Per Unit and Description if required. This means you can Override the Name and Cost per unit for the Product & Service. For example, if it is labelled ‘Consultation - 1 hour’ you may wish to change it to ‘Maternity Consultation - 1 hour’

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  13. Press the ‘Save & Close’ button to save your changes

    image-20250129-122352.png

 

Top tip

You can see which Courses and Course Templates each of your Products & Services are mapped to, by opening it’s ‘Mappings’ page from the Product & Service DataGrid

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FAQs

How do Products & Services appear in the Basket when they are sold alongside a Course?

When a Product & Service requires User information for Purchases, and the Product & Service is listed as ‘Mandatory’ on a Course, here is how it appears within the Checkout Basket:

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  • The quantity always matches the quantity of places being booked

  • The Booking User does not need to select which Delegates will be assigned the Product & Service

  • It is not possible to make a Placeholder booking for the Course, as the Product & Service requires the names of the people that will attend the Course

Examples of Products & Services that fit this criteria:

  • Mandatory Exams

Products & Services that are optional and where User information is Mandatory for Purchases

When a Product & Service requires User information for Purchases, and the Product & Service is listed as ‘Optional’ on a Course, here is how it appears within the Checkout basket:

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  • The Booking User selects which Delegates will be assigned the Product & Service

  • The quantity will matches the quantity of Delegates that have been selected to buy this Product & Service

Examples of Products & Services that fit this criteria:

  • Optional Exams

  • Hotel / Travel Services

  • Printed Certificates

Products & Services that are mandatory and where User information is not required for Purchases

When a Product & Service doesn’t require User information for Purchases, and the Product & Service is listed as ‘Mandatory’ on a Course, here is how it appears within the Checkout basket:

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  • The quantity will matches the quantity of Delegates that have been selected to buy this Product & Service

  • The Booking User does not need to select which Delegates will be assigned the Product & Service

Examples of Products & Services that fit this criteria:

  • Booking Fees

Products & Services that are optional and where User information is not required for Purchases

When a Product & Service doesn’t require User information for Purchases, and the Product & Service is listed as ‘Optional’ on a Course, here is how it appears within the Checkout basket:

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  • The quantity is a drop-down box where the Booking User can choose how many of the Product & Service they would like to buy, they are not limited by the number of Delegates they are booking

  • The Booking User does not need to select which Delegates will be assigned the Product & Service

Examples of Products & Services that fit this criteria:

  • Book and other learning materials

  • Course related equipment (for example, first aid kits)

 

 


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