How to Sell your Workbooks
Wobo makes it easy for creators to monetize their content by enabling payments through Stripe. With just a few steps, you can set up your Stripe account, put a price on your workbook, and start selling.
Both Wobo free trial and paid plan creators can set up a Stripe account and start selling their workbooks.
1. Set Up Your Stripe Sales Account
Before you can sell your workbook, you'll need to onboard with Stripe.
How to get started:
- Go to your Wobo account Settings → Sales section.
- If you haven't onboarded yet, your account status will display as Not Started.
- Click Setup Sales Account to begin Stripe onboarding. You'll be redirected to Stripe’s onboarding flow.
1.a. Alternatively, click Enable Sales option for a workbook in your creator dashboard to go to your account Settings → Sales section.
During onboarding:
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- Enter your Stripe account email and password.
- Complete two-step authentication using a secure code.
- Provide required details:
- Business Location
- Personal and Business Details
- Bank and Public Information
- Climate Contributions
- Tax Information
- Click Agree and Submit to complete Stripe account onboarding. You’ll be redirected back to Wobo Sales section.
After submission:
- You’ll see a banner that says "Your information is in review."
- Payments transactions table will appear, but it will be empty until verification is complete.
- Refreshing the page may show a message like “Verify your email” or "Update your business information" with an Update button for ID verification.
- Verify the email for your Stripe account by clicking on Verify email button in your inbox.
- Complete the liveness verification with Stripe.
- Once approved, the Stripe action banner disappears.
You can access your Stripe dashboard anytime via the Go to Stripe button on the Sales page.
2. Enable Payment for a Workbook
Once your Stripe account is set up, you can start charging for your workbooks.
To set a price:
- Click the Sell Your Workbook option to open the Share Link modal for a workbook in your creator dashboard.
1.a. Alternatively, go to your Workbook Editor, click on the Share button to open the Share Link modal.
- Enable the Payment Options toggle button to set a price for your workbook.
- Set a custom price for your workbook in USD.
- Your workbook price must atleast be $0.50 USD.
- Click Set Price. A success message will confirm the update.
- When pricing is enabled, a Paid tag with the set price appears for the workbooks in your dashboard.
Want to offer your workbook for free again? Simply disable the Payment Options toggle button — your workbook will be freely accessible.
Disable workbook payment options
As a creator, you have the flexibility to disable payments for any of your workbooks at any time:
- Go to the specific workbook’s settings.
- Locate the Payment Options setting.
- Simply turn off the blue toggle next to Payment Options.
Once payment options are disabled:
- The workbook becomes freely accessible again to anyone with the link.
4. Workbook Purchase Flow for Users
Once a workbook is published with a price, users can purchase and access it through the creator's shared workbook link.
User authentication:
- Users can access the workbook landing page via the creator’s shared link.
- Logged Out State:
- Users can sign up via email or Google SSO to purchase the workbook.
- Users can also log in via email or Google SSO to purchase the workbook.
- Logged In State:
Purchase and access:
- Users will complete the payment through Stripe checkout.
- A success message appears after the payment is processed.
- Post-purchase, users can access the workbook, and:
- Users receive an email receipt from Stripe containing the correct workbook title.
If your Wobo account free trial or paid plan expires:
Logo branding
- The Stripe Checkout page displays your uploaded logo from Stripe, providing a branded payment experience for your users.