A: Hey danielagvanegas, thank you for the question.
The sales commission rate is a transactional fee that is applied to the sales that you do through your Academy (using Stripe or PayPal). So, when you sell a course (or any other product), a percentage fee ranging from 2-10% is applied (depending on your lifetime deal plan).
Feel free to reach out through the live chat if you have any other questions.
Why would you get any sales commissions if you do not market the courses, do you do any marketing outside to help generate a sale tu be entitled for a sales commission?
Instead of limiting courses, storage, or students like most lifetime deals, we chose a small transactional fee, so you only pay when you make sales. This keeps our lifetime deal sustainable without restricting growth. While we don’t actively market individual courses, we continuously improve the platform, optimize sales processes, and add features that help creators sell more effectively.
I agree with this sentiment and don't agree with the platforms forced commission. They should be receiving sales of any kind from there own efforts of getting customers. Mentioning that you'll continue to build that platform should happen regardless. Unless your building the platform around my needs I'm better off paying a fee on a bigger platform equivalent to the commission rate they would get.
Q: You provide your own video hosting. Correct?
I can upload videos into your platform and users will consume from your servers. Am I correct?
Yes, you can upload your videos directly to Forento, and they'll be hosted with us (at no extra cost). You can also choose to embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo.
1. which tier in appsumo allows me to sign up manually products to customers? 2. did you implement a newsletter tool yet? 3. Which tier allows me to drip content?
1. There's no lifetime deal tier that allows you to manually assign products to customers. Anyone is welcome to sign up for your academy and access the free products you've got published, or purchase the premium ones you've put behind a paywall. If you'd like to give free access to paid products to members, then you can use the discount codes feature.
2. There's no direct newsletter feature in Forento. We did, however, very recently introduce the "Community post email". This email template allows you to send a customizable (HTML) email to all your community members when you (or any of your co-admins) post within the community. A great way to share news, announcements, or special offers.
3. The content dripping feature for courses in Forento is limited to the Scale plan. The Scale plan is $149/month on our website but is offered as an exclusive addon to anyone with a lifetime deal redeemed for as little as $50/month with occasional discounts.
That's right! As a lifetime deal member of any plan, you can get the Scale plan for as little as $50/month, at times with additional discounts as well.
Q: Howdie amazing team!
Is there a way to avoid paying the fees on the site? I remember reading it in the comments but am having no look finding it. am i able to add my own payment link without the use of zapier?
Yes! The No Commission Addon allows you to sell products on your Forento academy without paying any sales commission fees. The addon is available on the Billing & Plans page (only visible if you've got a lifetime deal redeemed since it's an exclusive offer).
If you subscribe to the addon, you'll be able to:
1. Accept external payments and manually assign & revoke product access to members 2. Sell directly on your academy (using Stripe & PayPal) without paying any sales commission fee. 3. Connect to Zapier to automate processes of accepting external payments and assigning access.
Let me know if you need help setting it up, or have additional questions! There's a live chat on our website where we are happy to help!
Hey Zook. The addon referred to above (No Commission Addon) is $19 - $29/month, depending on your lifetime deal plan. The $50/month addon is the Scale addon, which includes a bunch of additional features to the ones mentioned above.
So if I'm clear on what I'm reading, no matter what you pay for this deal we'll still pay a monthly fee regardless, right? Once you actually calculate the costs we're paying the monthly fee anyway at the cost of being on a bigger platform.
Hey @Sumoling88, There's no monthly fee associated with any of the lifetime deals that we sell. The addons discussed in this thread are optional, and exclusively offered to lifetime deal customers. The only fee associated with Forento (other than the purchase through AppSumo) is the transactional fee of 2-10% per sale.
Q: What is the monthly cost to access the Zapier integration?
The Zapier integration is not included in the Basic or Start plan, since it’s primarily used for:
- Accepting external payments and automatically assigning access to products. - Sending user data from Forento to external tools (e.g., adding new signups to an email marketing tool).
If you're on a lifetime deal, it's part of the "No Commission Addon", which costs $19–$29/month, depending on your tier. It’s included in the Scale addon at $50/month (no extra cost).
Q: What is the sales commission rate?
What do you mean by sales commissions rate?
Adrian-forento.io
Apr 1, 2025A: Hey danielagvanegas, thank you for the question.
The sales commission rate is a transactional fee that is applied to the sales that you do through your Academy (using Stripe or PayPal). So, when you sell a course (or any other product), a percentage fee ranging from 2-10% is applied (depending on your lifetime deal plan).
Feel free to reach out through the live chat if you have any other questions.
/Adrian at Forento
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Why would you get any sales commissions if you do not market the courses, do you do any marketing outside to help generate a sale tu be entitled for a sales commission?
Instead of limiting courses, storage, or students like most lifetime deals, we chose a small transactional fee, so you only pay when you make sales. This keeps our lifetime deal sustainable without restricting growth. While we don’t actively market individual courses, we continuously improve the platform, optimize sales processes, and add features that help creators sell more effectively.
I agree with this sentiment and don't agree with the platforms forced commission. They should be receiving sales of any kind from there own efforts of getting customers. Mentioning that you'll continue to build that platform should happen regardless. Unless your building the platform around my needs I'm better off paying a fee on a bigger platform equivalent to the commission rate they would get.
Q: You provide your own video hosting. Correct?
I can upload videos into your platform and users will consume from your servers.
Am I correct?
Adrian-forento.io
Apr 1, 2025A: Hey ilyasseisov, thank you for the question.
Yes, you can upload your videos directly to Forento, and they'll be hosted with us (at no extra cost). You can also choose to embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo.
/Adrian at Forento
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Q: Which tier in App Sumo?
.. Hi there,
1. which tier in appsumo allows me to sign up manually products to customers?
2. did you implement a newsletter tool yet?
3. Which tier allows me to drip content?
That you so much,
With warmth, Benjamin
Adrian-forento.io
Mar 20, 2025A: Hey ben.kurtz, thank you for the questions!
1. There's no lifetime deal tier that allows you to manually assign products to customers. Anyone is welcome to sign up for your academy and access the free products you've got published, or purchase the premium ones you've put behind a paywall. If you'd like to give free access to paid products to members, then you can use the discount codes feature.
2. There's no direct newsletter feature in Forento. We did, however, very recently introduce the "Community post email". This email template allows you to send a customizable (HTML) email to all your community members when you (or any of your co-admins) post within the community. A great way to share news, announcements, or special offers.
3. The content dripping feature for courses in Forento is limited to the Scale plan. The Scale plan is $149/month on our website but is offered as an exclusive addon to anyone with a lifetime deal redeemed for as little as $50/month with occasional discounts.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
/Adrian at Forento
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Thank you Adrian, 3. That means any Lifetime tier plus the scale upgrade will upgrade me to the scale plan?
That's right! As a lifetime deal member of any plan, you can get the Scale plan for as little as $50/month, at times with additional discounts as well.
Q: Howdie amazing team!
Is there a way to avoid paying the fees on the site? I remember reading it in the comments but am having no look finding it. am i able to add my own payment link without the use of zapier?
Adrian-forento.io
Mar 19, 2025A: Hey Zook, thank you for the question.
Yes! The No Commission Addon allows you to sell products on your Forento academy without paying any sales commission fees. The addon is available on the Billing & Plans page (only visible if you've got a lifetime deal redeemed since it's an exclusive offer).
If you subscribe to the addon, you'll be able to:
1. Accept external payments and manually assign & revoke product access to members
2. Sell directly on your academy (using Stripe & PayPal) without paying any sales commission fee.
3. Connect to Zapier to automate processes of accepting external payments and assigning access.
Let me know if you need help setting it up, or have additional questions! There's a live chat on our website where we are happy to help!
/Adrian at Forento
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Thank you. Is the add on $50 a month?
Hey Zook. The addon referred to above (No Commission Addon) is $19 - $29/month, depending on your lifetime deal plan. The $50/month addon is the Scale addon, which includes a bunch of additional features to the ones mentioned above.
So if I'm clear on what I'm reading, no matter what you pay for this deal we'll still pay a monthly fee regardless, right? Once you actually calculate the costs we're paying the monthly fee anyway at the cost of being on a bigger platform.
Hey @Sumoling88, There's no monthly fee associated with any of the lifetime deals that we sell. The addons discussed in this thread are optional, and exclusively offered to lifetime deal customers. The only fee associated with Forento (other than the purchase through AppSumo) is the transactional fee of 2-10% per sale.
Q: What is the monthly cost to access the Zapier integration?
Adrian-forento.io
Mar 19, 2025A: Hey! Thank you for the question.
The Zapier integration is not included in the Basic or Start plan, since it’s primarily used for:
- Accepting external payments and automatically assigning access to products.
- Sending user data from Forento to external tools (e.g., adding new signups to an email marketing tool).
If you're on a lifetime deal, it's part of the "No Commission Addon", which costs $19–$29/month, depending on your tier. It’s included in the Scale addon at $50/month (no extra cost).
Let me know if you have any other questions!
/Adrian at Forento
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