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Alva Courses for coaches and consultants

Alva Courses is a Shopify app that coaches and consultants use to package their signature programs, frameworks and client onboarding into paid online courses sold alongside 1:1 sessions. Alva Courses supports a drag-and-drop course builder, drip-released cohorts, Zoom-link and button blocks for live calls and booking, completion certificates, quizzes, per-client progress tracking, member management with CSV import, native per-lesson discussions, and branded enrolment emails from your own domain. Two paid plans — Unlimited at $9.99/mo and Unlimited Pro at $14.99/mo with Alva Video Hosting — each with a 14-day free trial. 5.0 stars from 13 Shopify App Store reviews.

Alva · For coaches & consultants
Programs · Cohorts drip release · sell alongside 1:1

Alva Courses for coaches & consultants

Your frameworks live in slide decks, call recordings and a Notion you keep meaning to tidy. Every new client gets the same onboarding from scratch, and you trade hours for the parts that should run themselves. Alva Courses is a Shopify app that lets coaches and consultants package signature programs, frameworks and client onboarding into paid online courses — sold right beside your 1:1 sessions. Drip-release modules to match your calls, link out to Zoom and booking, and award a completion certificate clients are proud to share.

Install on Shopify A coach's workflow →
★★★★★ 5.0 · Built for Shopify · 13 App Store reviews · 14-day free trial · By , Founder
Drip cohorts
Paced
Release modules week by week
Sells with 1:1
Hybrid
Zoom & booking link blocks
Certificate
On finish
A credential clients share
Lives in
Shopify
Your store, one checkout
A day in the life

How a coach's Shopify + Alva Courses program runs without you in the room.

08:00 · BUILD

Map the framework into sections.

Open the course builder in the Shopify admin. Your six-phase method becomes six sections; each step becomes a lesson. Drop in a video walk-through, a PDF worksheet and a short quiz. Drag to reorder. The whole signature program is structured before the first coffee is cold.

08:40 · PACKAGE

Price it as self-paced and hybrid.

Create two Shopify products: the self-paced course at $390 and a hybrid with four 1:1 calls at $1,200. Inside lessons, a Zoom-link block points to the live calls and a Button block links to your booking page. Turn on drip so one module unlocks each week.

13:05 · ENROL

A client buys. Onboarding fires itself.

The order is paid and Alva Courses enrols the client instantly. A branded welcome email arrives from hello@yourcoaching.com, the thank-you page invites them to start, and module one is waiting in their Shopify customer account. No onboarding call needed to hand over the basics.

18:30 · COACH

Show up to the call already briefed.

Before the weekly group call you open the Members Overview: who has finished module two, who is stuck, who hasn't started. You spend the live hour on the high-leverage questions instead of re-teaching the framework. Clients post follow-ups in the lesson discussion afterwards.

What coaches actually use

Alva Courses, re-angled for a coaching or consulting practice.

01 / 06Productize

Turn your signature framework into a course.

The drag-and-drop builder mirrors the way you already think about your method: a course holds sections, sections hold lessons. Map each phase to a section and each step to a lesson, then fill it with the rich lesson editor — video, PDF worksheets, audio debriefs, a quiz. Duplicate lessons to spin up a "starter" and a "premium" version of the same program in minutes.

Turn on "Require completion before next lesson" so clients work through your framework in the right order, and "Center lesson title" for a clean reading layout. Everything is built in the Shopify admin — no slide exports, no separate course tool.

02 / 06Hybrid offer

Sell the course alongside your 1:1 work.

The self-paced course handles the teaching; your live time handles the coaching. A Zoom-link block inside a lesson drops clients straight into the group or 1:1 call, and a Button block links out to your booking page, intake form or a discovery call. Sell a pure course and a higher-priced hybrid package as two Shopify products from the same store — the curriculum is identical, only the live access differs.

03 / 06Drip & pace

Drip cohorts that match your call schedule.

A 12-week container only works if clients don't binge it in a weekend. Drip scheduling releases a module a set number of days after enrolment, so each week's lesson lands right before that week's call. Run a live cohort by scheduling lessons to publish on fixed dates, keep future modules as Draft, and set Limited-time access so a coaching container closes after its window.

04 / 06Credential

Certificates & quizzes that prove the work.

Build a quiz into a lesson to check understanding between sessions. When a client completes the program, Alva Courses automatically awards a custom-designed completion certificate and emails it to them. Edit the template to carry your brand. For consultants, that certificate becomes a shareable credential — clients post it on LinkedIn, and their network sees your program.

05 / 06Onboarding

Client onboarding & progress, automated.

The moment an order is paid, a branded enrolment email welcomes the client and module one is in their customer account — no manual handover. The per-course Members Overview shows progress bars, completion rate and status for every client; add a member by hand, bulk-import a cohort by CSV, or export the roster. You walk into each call already knowing who's done the work.

06 / 06Community

Discussions and branded delivery, in your store.

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

The course builder — your framework as sections and lessons, with drip, scheduled and draft controls per item.
Pricing, coach-sized

What plan does a coaching practice actually need?

Alva Courses has no per-sale fee and no per-student fee — both plans carry unlimited courses, members and comments. So the only real question for a coach is your video. Slide-and-talk recordings and short walk-throughs sit fine within Shopify's hosting on the Unlimited plan. Long, high-quality masterclass footage that exceeds Shopify's 1 GB / 10-minute-per-video file limit is the one thing that points you to Pro.

PLANPRICEFITS
Unlimited$9.99/moMost coaches and consultants. Unlimited programs, clients and discussion comments, drip cohorts, certificates, Limited-time access and branded email. Video hosted on Shopify within a 1 GB / 10-min-per-video limit. 14-day free trial.
Unlimited Pro$14.99/moEverything in Unlimited plus Alva Video Hosting — 50 GB and no per-video limits. The right plan once your masterclasses are long-form HD that outgrows Shopify's native file caps. 14-day free trial.

Both plans include the full builder, drip scheduling, quizzes, certificates, member & progress management, CSV import/export, discussions, instant delivery and the custom email domain. See the full breakdown on the pricing page. Each plan starts with a 14-day free trial.

Setup path

From scattered framework to sellable program in 4 steps.

You already have the content — it's in your decks, your call recordings and your head. The work is shaping it into something a client can buy and follow without you in the room for every step.

  1. 01

    Outline the framework as sections.

    In the course builder, create one section per phase of your method and one lesson per step. Use "Create Multiple" to add a batch of lessons at once. Don't perfect it yet — get the skeleton in, then fill each lesson with the rich editor.

  2. 02

    Add video, worksheets and a quiz per lesson.

    Record a short walk-through per step — upload it to Alva, or paste a YouTube, Loom or Vimeo link. Attach a PDF worksheet, add a quiz to check understanding, and drop a Zoom-link or Button block where a live call or booking belongs.

  3. 03

    Bind it to a Shopify product and set drip.

    Connect the course to a Shopify product — a self-paced price, and optionally a hybrid product with 1:1 calls. Turn on drip so modules release week by week, set Limited-time access if the container closes, and edit the enrolment and certificate emails to send from your domain.

  4. 04

    Enrol your existing clients and launch.

    Bulk-import your current roster via CSV or add members by hand so existing clients get access on day one. New clients enrol automatically when they buy. Watch the Members Overview fill with progress, then point your email list at the new product page.

Shopify App Store reviews

What merchants say

“Cannot recommend it enough. Finding Alva Courses after migrating to Shopify was the best thing I’ve done — the support is second to none and Tom is exceptional.”

— Matt Jackson Photography, United Kingdom · Shopify App Store review

“So glad I found this app. It integrates with Shopify, building my courses was clear and easy, and Tom has been a great help throughout.”

— Kim Knoll Art, United States · Shopify App Store review

“Very easy to use and customizable, and it works seamlessly for selling online courses on Shopify. The support is outstanding and genuinely responsive.”

— Tokos, Canada · Shopify App Store review
FAQ for coaches

Questions coaches and consultants ask.

Yes. Most coaches use Alva Courses for the self-paced part of their offer and keep 1:1 sessions live. Sell the course as one Shopify product and a hybrid package as another. Inside lessons, a Zoom-link block points clients to live calls and a Button block links to your booking or intake form. Clients learn the framework on their own time, then arrive at sessions ready to apply it.
Alva Courses uses a drag-and-drop builder: a course holds sections, and each section holds lessons. Map your framework's phases to sections and each step to a lesson. Add a video walk-through, a PDF worksheet, an audio debrief and a short quiz per lesson using the rich lesson editor. Reorder by dragging, duplicate lessons across programs, and turn on 'Require completion before next lesson' so clients move through your method in order.
Yes. Drip scheduling releases lessons or sections a set number of days after enrolment, so a 12-week container unlocks one module a week and matches the pace of your coaching calls. You can also schedule a lesson to publish on a fixed date for a live cohort, or keep lessons as Draft until you're ready. This stops clients racing ahead and keeps the program aligned with your sessions.
Yes. Alva Courses automatically awards a custom-designed completion certificate when a client finishes the course, and emails it to them. You edit the certificate template to carry your coaching brand. For consultants, this becomes a shareable credential clients can post on LinkedIn — useful social proof that quietly markets your program to their network.
Each course has a Members Overview showing total members, active enrolments, completions, completion rate and a progress bar per client with enrolment date and status. You can add a client manually, bulk-import a roster via CSV, or export the list. Branded enrolment emails welcome clients the moment their order is paid, and the global Members view tracks everyone across every program from one screen.
Everything runs natively inside Shopify. You build courses in the Shopify admin, clients buy through your existing checkout, and they watch lessons in a branded storefront course player from their customer account — no second login and no separate platform. You own the customer data and pay a flat $9.99 or $14.99 per month with a 14-day free trial, instead of a standalone platform's higher fees.
Further reading

Guides for coaches selling courses on Shopify.

Guide

How to sell online courses on Shopify (2026 guide)

The full setup walkthrough — from building your first course to taking your first enrolment with Alva Courses.
Guide

How to price an online course

How to set a self-paced price and a higher-priced hybrid that bundles your 1:1 coaching time.
Guide

Drip-feeding course content: when and how

Why dripping a cohort week by week keeps clients in step with your calls — and lifts completion.
Install in 90 seconds

Package your program this week.

Install Alva Courses from the Shopify App Store, build your framework into sections and lessons, bind it to a Shopify product, and place a test enrolment — watch the welcome email land and module one appear in the customer account. Sell it self-paced, or as a hybrid with your 1:1 time, from the store you already run. The 14-day free trial starts when you do.

✓ Drip cohorts paced to your coaching calls ✓ Zoom & booking blocks to sell alongside 1:1 ✓ Certificates clients are proud to share
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