Circle vs. Lockers
A Circle alternative where you can sell courses, events and community access.
Free includes unlimited members and courses. Basic adds unlimited video and course and ticket sales for $7 a month. Pro adds paid community access, Live, quizzes, certificates, your own domain and the API for $67 a month.
The community page: left navigation, category tabs, a feed with a pinned welcome post, and a right rail with a getting-started checklist, the community card and the newest members.
Courses
Sell your first course
Create lessons in the course studio and set a one-time course price on Basic or Pro.
Tickets
Reach people beyond your members
Guests buy tickets to your events with a free Lockers account, without joining your community.
Membership
Paid community access on Pro
Charge monthly or annually for membership that includes every course and member events.
Sell courses and tickets on Basic, and memberships on Pro
Sell a course or a ticket on Basic
Set a one-time course price in a free-to-join community, or sell tickets to an in-person, hybrid or online event. Guests buy an event ticket with a free Lockers account and stay outside your community. One ticket covers the whole event.
- Course sales run in a free-to-join Locker on Basic or Pro.
- 5% of each sale on Basic or 1% on Pro, plus Stripe processing.
Charge for membership to your community
Pro, at $67 a month, lets you sell a monthly or annual membership. Membership includes every course, the feed, messages and member events. Payments go to your own Stripe account, with a 1% Lockers fee on each membership payment, renewals included, plus Stripe processing.
- In a paid-membership Locker, every course comes with the membership, and free-to-join Lockers sell courses one at a time.
- Each Locker has its own Free, Basic or Pro plan.
Turn your videos and files into a course
Drop files into the course studio to create lessons, then reorder and preview them before publishing. Every plan includes unlimited courses, saved progress and lesson discussion. Pro adds quizzes, written assignments with your feedback, completion certificates, drip release and an AI tutor that answers from your lesson text and transcripts.
- Publish changes when your course is ready.
- A certificate has its own verification page.
Keep the conversation going after a course or event
Members post questions in the feed and answer one another, and they can look up anyone in the member directory and send a private message. You name the discussion categories and pin a welcome post that new members see first. Pro adds your own web address and an API for connecting the tools you already use.
See a sample community
The course and community features you get with Lockers
Lockers includes unlimited members and courses on Free. Unlimited video and course and ticket sales start on Basic at $7 a month. Paid memberships, Live, quizzes, certificates, your own domain and the API require Pro at $67 a month.
| Feature |  LockersStart my free community | Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan you keep | Included | |
| Unlimited courses on every plan | Included | |
| Unlimited members | Included | Included |
| Completion certificates | Included | |
| Written assignments | Included | |
| Quizzes | Included | Included |
| Drip release | Included | Included |
| Discussion feed | Included | Included |
| Private group chats | Included | Included |
| Events calendar | Included | Included |
| Your own domain | Included | Included |
| Sell single courses | Included | Included |
| Paid memberships | Included | Included |
| Member export | Included | Included |
| Sell event tickets to non-members | Included | Public ticket sales; buyers join the community, Circle source page, opens in a new tab |
Get the details before you start your community.
What can I sell on Lockers?
What does Pro include?
How do I move my community?
Related pages
Open your free Locker and add selling when you are ready.
Build on Free. Move to Basic to sell courses and tickets, or to Pro to charge for community membership.
