How do I make a discount code for my course?
Make a code such as EARLYBIRD that takes a percentage or an amount off, and buyers type it on your payment page. It takes about a minute.
Updated 18 October 2026
Press + Add a code
Press + Add a code under Discount codes on the Selling page. To get there, open Products, Courses, Manage on your course, Publishing, then Open beside How people get in (on a phone, press the menu button at the top right first).
+ Add a code, under Discount codes.
Fill in the code
Type the Code, choose A percentage or An amount under Takes off, type How much, choose Where it works, and press Add the code. Payment plans too takes the discount off every payment of a plan.
EARLYBIRD, 20% off, on the one-off price.
Check it is on the list
Look under Discount codes, where each code says what it takes off and how many times it has been used.
EARLYBIRD on the list, not used yet.
Turn a code off when the offer ends
Press Turn it off, then Turn it off again in the box. A code cannot be turned back on or changed, so make a new one instead.
Turn off EARLYBIRD?
See where buyers type it
Open your payment page: after Continue to payment, buyers press Have a discount code? above the card details.
Have a discount code?, above the card details.
Check the code works
Type the code and press Apply. The page says Code applied and how much they saved, before they pay.
Code applied: you saved $19.40.
The form has no end date and no limit on how many people can use a code, so turn an early-bird code off on the day it ends. Codes use letters, numbers, hyphens or underscores, with no spaces, and a code for The one-off price only cannot be used by someone paying by instalments or subscription.
How do I test my payment page, then take real payments?
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