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Sell courses in your Shopify store with the Shopify LMS integration
Sell LearnWorlds courses through your Shopify store and enroll buyers automatically with the Shopify LMS integration.
TL;DR
The Shopify integration turns your courses into Shopify products, so buyers check out in your store and get a LearnWorlds account and enrollment without manual work.
Skip manual signups. Shopify billing details create the learner’s LearnWorlds account
Fill one cart with several courses. Buyers get enrolled in every one
Stop re-listing courses by hand. One click on Sync pushes them to Shopify
Best for: Course creators who already run a Shopify store and want to sell courses there.
Available on all paid plans. Shopify handles one-time sales only.
What you can do with Shopify and LearnWorlds
Use Shopify as your gateway
Process your LearnWorlds sales through Shopify. It calculates taxes, including VAT, from the learner’s location.
Sync courses as products
Click Sync in the Shopify tab to create products for paid and coming soon courses. Free and private courses stay out.
Run Shopify discount codes
Share the coupon codes you create in Shopify. Your school’s built-in coupon codes don’t apply at a Shopify checkout.
Connect several schools to one store
Sync products from more than one school into one Shopify account, even when course slugs match.
How LearnWorlds and Shopify integrate
See what moves between your school and Shopify. Course data goes to Shopify when you click Sync, and purchases come back as accounts and enrollments.
| LearnWorlds | Shopify | Type of trigger |
|---|---|---|
| You click Sync in the Shopify tab | Eligible courses and learning programs appear as active products, LearnWorlds to Shopify only | Conditional |
| Course title or price changes | Product updated after you click Sync again | Conditional |
| Course switched to private or draft | Product stays active until you deactivate it in Shopify admin | Conditional |
| Account, enrollment, and invoice created for the buyer | Buyer pays for one or more courses at checkout | Automatic |
What teams ask before connecting
Does a Shopify purchase automatically create a learner account and enroll them in the course?
Yes. The billing details entered at Shopify checkout create a user account in your school, and buyers are enrolled automatically, even in several courses from one cart. The order and invoice show in the learner’s profile.
Can I keep Shopify as my storefront and still use LearnWorlds for course delivery?
Yes. Synced courses appear as products in your Shopify store, and buyers get enrolled in LearnWorlds. Keep in mind that Shopify then becomes your only payment gateway and handles one-time sales only.
Do I need a developer to set up the enrollment workflow, or is it point-and-click?
It’s point-and-click, with values you copy between the two platforms. You create a custom app in the Shopify Dev Dashboard, copy the scopes and redirect URL from your school into it, and paste its Client ID and Secret back into LearnWorlds. Stores that belong to a Shopify organization may need extra steps in the Partner Dashboard.
How to set up the LearnWorlds and Shopify integration
You need a Shopify store and access to the Shopify Dev Dashboard. At the end, your courses sell in Shopify and buyers get enrolled in LearnWorlds.
1. Create a Shopify custom app
In the Shopify Dev Dashboard, create an app and add your school URL as the App URL. Uncheck Embed app in Shopify admin. Requires: a Shopify store.
2. Copy scopes and redirect URL
Copy the Scopes and Redirect URL from Settings → Financial → Payment Gateway → Shopify in your school into the app, then click Release.
3. Connect Shopify in LearnWorlds
Toggle Activate Shopify on and enter your .myshopify.com store URL. Paste the app’s Client ID and Secret, click Save, then click Connect with Shopify.
4. Install the app
Approve the install in Shopify. If you see that the app hasn’t been reviewed, click Install. You return to your school once it’s installed.
5. Set email-only checkout
In Shopify, set Customer contact to “Customers can only check out using email”, since LearnWorlds links purchases to accounts by email.
6. Sync and test
Open the Shopify tab, click Sync, and make a test purchase. For the full setup guide, see the Shopify help article.
What the Shopify integration handles automatically
Create learner accounts
LearnWorlds automatically creates a user account from the billing details when a buyer completes a Shopify checkout.
Enroll buyers in purchases
LearnWorlds automatically enrolls buyers in every course in their cart when they check out in Shopify.
Record orders and invoices
LearnWorlds automatically records the order and invoice in the learner’s profile when a Shopify purchase goes through.
Calculate taxes at checkout
Shopify automatically calculates taxes, including VAT, from the learner’s location when they pay.
| What LearnWorlds handles automatically | What your team configures |
|---|---|
| Creates accounts and enrollments from Shopify orders | Creates the custom app and connects the store |
| Records orders and invoices in learner profiles | Clicks Sync after new courses or price changes |
| Calculates taxes through Shopify at checkout | Sets email-only checkout in Shopify |
| Turns off other gateways while Shopify is active | Deactivates synced products in Shopify by hand |
Who uses the Shopify integration and how
Shopify merchants adding courses to their store
Sync your courses into the store you already run. Buyers check out in Shopify, and LearnWorlds creates their account and enrollment without a manual handoff.
Academies running several schools on one store
Sync products from each school into one Shopify account, even with matching course slugs, and sell them all from one storefront.
Creators selling several courses in one order
Buyers add several courses to their Shopify cart and pay once. LearnWorlds enrolls them in each course automatically.
What our customers are saying
“If in a week our team could onboard five companies, now they can onboard ten companies in one training session, in one day.”
Lara Oliveira, Community Learning Experience Specialist, Blip
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“I’ve been very impressed with LearnWorlds’ level of service so far. They’ve been very helpful with technical issues I don’t have the skills to deal with. It’s easy to use, and the initial setup was pretty easy.”
“We love how it has improved communications with our students. Daily tracking of student activity is vital to our programs and the reporting options help us see where all students are in the push of a button.”
“The wide range of features, responsive support, and regular platform updates. The value is good for the price, especially considering the range of features, regular updates, and responsive customer support.”
“The platform is really configurable, giving us a huge amount of flexibility about how to lay out our course. It’s allowed us to deploy our course in a drip feed format, which is fantastic for our learners.”
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“Many features and almost everything can be customized, which makes it very easy to configure it the way you like.”
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“There are a lot of unique and user friendly features. The system is very customizeable.”
FAQs
All paid plans include Shopify as a payment gateway, from Starter to High Volume and Corporate. Compare other options on the LearnWorlds integrations page.
No. Shopify handles one-time product sales only. Subscription plans in LearnWorlds run through Stripe. Shopify needs every other gateway to be off, Stripe included.
No. Shopify accepts only the coupon codes you create in your Shopify account, so share those with your learners instead.
Paid and coming soon courses, plus draft courses with a price, sync as active products. Free courses, private courses, and draft courses without a price don’t sync.
The connection between LearnWorlds and Shopify breaks. To stop selling a course in Shopify, set its product to Draft instead.
Deactivate and uninstall it in LearnWorlds. If you only deactivate it, Shopify purchases still trigger payment webhooks and users still get enrolled in courses.
Yes, if you already sell through Shopify. After a one-time app setup, each Shopify purchase creates the learner’s account and enrollment automatically. You only click Sync when courses change.
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