Sell art & craft courses on Shopify.

Turn a make into a step-by-step video course.

The drag-and-drop builder mirrors the way you already teach a project: a course holds sections, sections hold lessons. Map each stage of the make to a section and each step to a lesson, then fill it with the rich lesson editor — demo video, pattern PDFs, reference images, a technique quiz. Duplicate lessons to spin up a "beginner" and an "advanced" version of the same project in minutes.

Turn on "Require completion before next lesson" so makers finish the foundation before the fiddly bits, and "Center lesson title" for a clean reading layout. Everything is built in the Shopify admin — no separate course tool, no second platform.

Host long HD demos without the file limit.

Craft teaching lives in the close-up — the hands, the angle, the exact moment the glaze pulls. Those demos run long and large, past Shopify's 1 GB / 10-minute-per-video file limit. The Unlimited Pro plan adds Alva Video Hosting: 50 GB of storage and no per-video caps, so a full HD technique demo uploads once and streams in the storefront course player. Or embed from YouTube, Vimeo or Loom if your footage already lives there.

Downloadable patterns and templates in every lesson.

A make needs more than a video — it needs the printable. A PDF block sits right inside the lesson, so a knitting chart, sewing pattern, cut list, glaze recipe or supply sheet downloads exactly where the student needs it. No separate download portal, no email attachment to chase. Update the PDF any time and every enrolled maker has the latest version. Add reference images and an audio note in the same lesson if it helps.

Drip the build so makers don't skip ahead.

A six-week make only works if students master the basics before the hard part. Drip scheduling releases a step a set number of days after enrolment, so each stage unlocks once the last is in hand. Run a live workshop cohort by scheduling lessons to publish on fixed dates, keep later steps as Draft, and set an access deadline for a seasonal or workshop course — Alva Courses tracks it on the member page, and you end access by removing students or with Shopify Flow's Revoke course access action. Pacing the project lifts completion — and completed makers come back for the next one.

Certificates & quizzes that mark the finished make.

Build a quiz into a lesson to check technique before the next step. When a student finishes the project, Alva Courses automatically awards a custom-designed completion certificate they can download — and you can switch on an email that sends it as a PDF. Edit the template to carry your studio's brand. Makers love sharing a finished-project certificate — they post it with a photo of the make, and their crafting circle sees your next course.

Discussions and branded delivery, in your store.

A native per-lesson comment system lets students post a photo of their work-in-progress and ask questions where the content lives, with moderation tools and an optional email ping when someone posts. Enrolment and certificate emails send from your own custom domain, and makers watch lessons and grab patterns in a branded storefront course player inside your Shopify customer account — no second login, no third-party community to herd people into.