Guide

How do I sell a course to a company by the seat?

Give each company that buys a site of its own, with the number of seats it bought. Its managers see their own people, and you invoice the company at your price.

Start your 14-day free trial5 seats, one site and 1 GB for 14 days. A card is needed, and nothing is charged unless you buy.

Without TrioLMS

YouCheckoutOne at a time

One learner, one card, one at a time
No managers and no company records

With TrioLMS

Youcompanya.triolms.comCompany A200 seatslearn.companyb.comCompany B80 seatscompanyc.triolms.comCompany C40 seats

A site for each company, with the seats it bought
You invoice each company at your price
TrioLMS bills you once a month

The problem

Course platforms are mostly built for selling to one person at a time, with a card at checkout. A company buying for 200 staff wants something else: one invoice, its staff added in bulk, managers who can see progress, and certificates for its records.

Sending the SCORM file instead means losing control of it, as the guide on keeping control explains.

What people usually try

A course shop. It suits individuals, but it’s awkward for a company that wants to add its staff and see their progress.
Sending the zip with a licence agreement. It’s simple, until you need to know how many people used it.
A separate LMS for each customer. It works, but every customer is another system to run and another bill.
A course platform built for selling to individuals, such as Thinkific or Teachable. They sell well to single learners by card, but a company buying seats for its staff usually means workarounds.

How it works in TrioLMS

How TrioLMS works

Your accountOne bill and one pool of seats A site for each clientAt their name or their own address Their people sign inWith a code from their email You see who has finishedReports and certificates

Make a site for each company that buys, at its own address.
Give the site as many seats as the company bought, and move seats between sites as orders change.
Upload your course to the site: the same file for every company.
Add the company’s staff from a spreadsheet, or let its own admin do it, and make its team leads managers who see only their own people.
Their staff take the course, and each pass gives a certificate with a code anyone can check.
Invoice the company yourself, at your price. TrioLMS bills you monthly for your account.

A company’s group and its people, with who has confirmed their address.

What it doesn’t do

There’s no checkout for your customers. TrioLMS never takes payment from them, so you invoice them.
It isn’t for selling to members of the public one at a time.
It isn’t white-label: the TrioLMS name shows in places.

What it costs

Each company is a site on your account, with the seats it bought. The worked example for a studio with 15 clients shows the price in your currency, and what you charge each company is up to you.

See the price for 15 clients