Providing a smooth and engaging experience is key in eLearning.Success for educators and course creators relies on employing the right tools.

LearnDash is one of the most widely used learning management systems with many plugins that can greatly benefit your eLearning website. In this article, you’ll explore three major LearnDash plugins that can increase sales, improve the learning experience, and provide customizable pricing.

1) Upsells For LearnDash

UpSells for LearnDash allows you to show courses similar to the course listing being watched by the customer. So, let's say you have 3 similar courses created by different authors. Let's say you have 3 courses: 

• "Basic CSS" course by Williams T 
• "Css 101" by Artur W
• " Basic + Advanced CSS" By Ryan G

So, Upsells will allow you to set other courses in one of these listings as "Related courses" under that course listing. This allows potential customers to know all the different types of courses that are available under a similar topic which is CSS in this example. 

Alternatively, let's say you want to sell a course which has different offerings. For example : Let's say you have a CSS course with 3 different offerings such as: 

1. CSS Basics
2. CSS Basics +  CSS Quiz
3. CSS Basics + Weekend Online Meetups

So, it's ideal that a potential customer is made aware of all such similar offerings and then they can decide what offering is best for them. This is where UpSells for LearnDash allows you to show these offerings in a way that helps customers discover the offering that is best suited for them.

Highlighted features of this plugin are:

1.  Easy Upsell Setup - Select and Edit the course you want to set upsells for, choose the courses to upsell, save, and you're done.
2. Integrates with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads(EDD) - Upsell for LearnDash plugin seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce and EDD.
3. Flexible Widget Placement -  By default, the upsell widget appears after the course description, but you can use a shortcode to place it anywhere you like.
4. ‘Show more’ Button - When you want to display multiple courses in Upsell Widget, you can display a few courses first, and when the customer clicks on Show More button, additional upsells would appear. If you disable this feature, then by default, all courses will be displayed in the Upsell widget.
5. Custom Widget Title - Set your own heading for the Upsell Widget.

Pricing– This plugin offers a free version and the premium version is priced at $80.

2) Frequently Bought Together For LearnDash (FBT)

The Frequently Bought Together for LearnDash plugin boost sales by allowing the bundling of related courses, enabling learners to discover other different courses usually bought together in a single transaction. 

If you offer a Cooking Fundamentals course, you can bundle it with 'Healthy Recipes' and 'Baking Techniques' as Frequently Bought Together. This appeals to customers' interests, and adding a discount on the bundle makes it even more attractive.

Alternatively, physical and digital products can also be bundled together along with your courses. For example, you could bundle a Chief’s Hat and Recipe e-book with 'Baking Techniques' and 'Healthy Recipes’ courses in Frequently Bought Together, to create an ultimate offer!

If you dislike the default widget placement after the course description, this plugin allows you to place the FBT section anywhere on the course page, using a shortcode. Also, this plugin provides seamless integration with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads(EDD) with which FBT widget can be shown on WooCommerce as well as EDD product listings. 

With LearnDash development, you can tailor the plugin to meet your specific requirements and seamlessly integrate it with your existing e-learning system.

Highlighted features of this plugin are:

1. Quick Setup - Once you’ve connected all LearnDash courses with their corresponding WooCommerce or EDD product listings, you can easily configure the ‘Frequently Bought Together’ section for each course from the backend.
2.  Offer Discounts on Bundled Courses - Once you have selected the courses you want to display in the FBT section, you can choose to apply discounts to them. You can add discounts in two ways: by a fixed price or by a percentage.
3. Pair Physical and Digital Products - Let’s say you want to set frequently bought together products for a Computer Science course—like a t-shirt (physical), a Notes PDF (digital), and an ML course. It is now easier to bundle different product types together with our plugin.
4. Flexible Widget Placement -  By default, the FBT widget appears after the course description, but you can use a shortcode to change its location.
5. Seamless Integration - Frequently Bought Together Plugin seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads to help sell your courses.

Pricing– This plugin offers a free version and the premium version is priced at $80.

3)  Name Your Price for LearnDash

In a world where education needs to be accessible and flexible, having different pricing options helps make learning more inclusive. What if one was able to attend classes without paying the full price advertised?

Assuming you are selling the course for $50 but giving learners the option to pay as low as $20. This flexibility offers learners the option to buy the course if they cannot afford $50 but are willing to pay $20. For example, they could choose to pay $25 or $30 instead of the full price, making it more accessible while maintaining a lower limit.

Another option is to set a maximum and suggested price for your course. For instance, if a well-known instructor delivers content that is highly relevant and impactful, learners could choose to contribute more than the listed price.  With the Name Your Price plugin, you can choose to pay above the listed value or even suggest an amount for the course.

Additionally, you don’t have to worry about the placement of Name Your Price widget; you can choose to display it either on the WooCommerce page or directly on the LearnDash course page. 

If you are looking for a similar solution, you can explore LearnDash custom development services.

Highlighted features of this plugin are:

1. Enable your custom price in seconds - You can effortlessly configure minimum, maximum and suggested price settings. By offering these pricing options, you provide the customer with flexibility while maintaining control over the pricing structure of your course product.
2. Prominent Pricing - You can select the prices that you want to show prominently on WooCommerce product page and LearnDash course page. If you don’t want to show minimum, maximum or suggested price prominently, you could select the ‘None’ option.
3. Display Flexibility - You can choose to display ‘Name Your Price’ on the WooCommerce page or directly on the LearnDash course page for better diversity. 
4. Error Messages - This feature helps you to display your error messages that customers sees when they enter an amount below the minimum or above the maximum allowed. Assuming the maximum price of the course is $100 and you try to buy this course for $120. A message would be displayed saying: “Thank you for your enthusiasm, but the price cannot exceed the maximum limit."
5. Custom Label - This plugin allows you to customize pricing labels for minimum, maximum, and suggested prices to align with your brand.

Pricing - This plugin is priced at $80.

Wrapping Up!

Adding such robust LearnDash plugins to your website for e-learning can push your course offerings to the next level and give learners an engaging and easy-to-use learning experience. With the assistance of Upsells for LearnDash, you can promote related courses so that customers can explore all their options and pick the best one for them.

With LearnDash Frequently Bought Together, you can bundle products and courses and provide attractive bundles that boost sales and maximize the learning process. And finally, the Name Your Price for LearnDash plugin provides variable pricing so that your courses are more affordable for more individuals while you maintain pricing flexibility.