Free Guide from Course Creator Profit Lab

Your launch went well. Now make sure you actually get paid.

A free guide for course creators who sell through Stripe, PayPal, or their course platform and want fewer surprises: no sudden payout holds, no frozen funds in the middle of a launch, and a clear plan for keeping more of what they earn.

Inside "Get Paid and Stay Paid," you'll learn:

  • What a dedicated merchant account is and how it differs from the "sign up in five minutes" processing that most course platforms connect to.
  • Why Stripe and other aggregators can freeze or hold funds, and why launch spikes, pre-sales, and refund requests can make a course business look riskier to them.
  • How holds and rolling reserves work, what triggers them, and how to plan your cash flow so a reserve doesn't catch you off guard.
  • Surcharging and dual pricing explained in plain English, including the card network rules and state restrictions you need to know before passing fees on to students.
  • How to protect yourself from chargebacks, from clear course descriptions and access logs to the evidence that helps you respond to disputes.
  • A step-by-step migration checklist for moving to a dedicated merchant account without disrupting your course platform, bundles, or payment plans.

Free download. Written for course creators, not for payment-industry insiders.