LifterLMS integration
Run affiliate and revenue-share programs on LifterLMS
Siren is the incentive layer for LifterLMS. Run classic affiliate programs, share revenue with instructors, and design custom partner incentives, all on the same WordPress site as your courses and memberships.
Free to start. Paid tiers from $229/year per site.
What programs can you run on LifterLMS?
Affiliate, referral, instructor revenue-share, and royalty programs. Siren is a WordPress plugin that runs natively inside LifterLMS, reading enrollment, transaction, and completion events so partners and instructors are credited the moment a course sells. Start free on Lite.
What running incentive programs on LifterLMS fixes
Most affiliate plugins stop at track-a-link, pay-a-flat-percentage. That breaks the moment you want to reward instructors and partners differently.
Without Siren
- One flat rate for every course, regardless of margin
- No way to pay instructors for the content they create
- Completions and engagement that never affect payouts
- Spreadsheet math to split revenue at the end of the month
With Siren
- Per-course and per-membership commission rules
- Instructor revenue share, split by engagement automatically
- Rewards that can fire on completion, not just the sale
- Payouts calculated and ready: store credit or real money
How Siren connects to LifterLMS
It is the same WordPress site, so there is nothing to connect. Install Siren alongside LifterLMS and it listens directly to enrollment, transaction, and completion events. No API keys, no middleware.
LifterLMS
A student enrolls, buys a course, or renews a membership.
Native plugin hook
Siren reads the LifterLMS event on the same site, instantly.
Siren attributes
Credits the right partner or instructor by link, coupon, or assignment.
Payout
Pays as store credit, or real money via Stripe Connect on Plus.
What Siren does with LifterLMS
Every capability this integration implements, and which edition supports it. Not all of them live in every edition.
Track course and membership sales
Read LifterLMS transactions, enrollments, and membership renewals as conversion events.
Reward lesson and course completions
Fire rewards on course or lesson completion, not only on the sale.
Pay instructor revenue share
Pool a share of revenue each period and split it among instructors by engagement.
Pay real money via Stripe Connect
Partners self-onboard Stripe Express and get paid automatically on the Plus tier.
What you can track, reward, and run on LifterLMS
The events Siren reads from LifterLMS, the rewards it can pay on them, and the program types you can build.
Events Siren tracks
- Course or membership purchase
- Membership renewal
- Course completion
- Lesson completion
- Lead capture (Gravity Forms)
- Free enrollments with no payment
Rewards you can pay
- Flat or percentage commission
- Per-course or per-membership rates
- Recurring on renewals
- Instructor revenue share
- Completion-based rewards
Program types
- Affiliate program
- Instructor revenue share
- Course creator royalty
- Student referral program
- Multi-tier partner program (Pro)
Starter recipes for LifterLMS
Pre-built program setups to start from and adjust, not from a blank page.
Recipe
Pay instructors for the courses they create
Pool a percentage of revenue each period and split it among instructors by completion engagement, so the people making great content share in the upside.
Recipe
Reward referrals to a membership
Pay a partner when a referred student joins a recurring membership, on the first payment or on a defined set of renewals.
Recipe
Tie rewards to students finishing
Fire a reward on course or lesson completion, not just the sale, to align payouts with the outcomes that matter.
“Finally, a WordPress solution that allows you to turn your learning site into a Netflix or Udemy clone. This is the future of affiliate marketing and partnerships for the eLearning and WordPress industries.” Chris Badgett · CEO, LifterLMS
Programs you can run on LifterLMS
Pre-built recipes that work on LifterLMS. Install one in a click, or open its page for the LifterLMS-specific details.
Course Affiliate Program
Percentage commission on every referred course sale.
Affiliate program on LifterLMS EssentialsInstructor Revenue Share
Split a pool of revenue among instructors by engagement.
Revenue share on LifterLMS EssentialsCreator Royalties
Creators earn a percentage when their assigned courses sell.
Royalty program on LifterLMS EssentialsCourse Platform Starter
A ready-made set of programs for a course marketplace.
Marketplace on LifterLMSWhich edition you need
LifterLMS runs on the editions marked below. Here is what each gives you, what it costs, and what you will need to get going.
Editions
- WordPress Available
Self-host the plugin on the same site as LifterLMS and own your data. Tracks course events out of the box.
Free Siren Lite tier. Paid plans from $229/year per site.
- Cloud Coming soon
Coming soon. The hosted, sign-up-yourself edition will run LifterLMS with the same capabilities as the WordPress plugin, with no site of your own to manage. Not live yet.
- Full-Service Available
Prefer it managed? Siren Cloud runs the same engine for your LifterLMS site, hosted and supported by our team.
Custom. Hosted and managed.
What you will need
- A WordPress site with LifterLMS active.
- For renewal and membership rewards: the Essentials tier.
- For instructor revenue share and the Collaborator Portal: Essentials and up.
- For automatic real-money payouts: Plus (Stripe Connect).
- Completion-based rewards and instructor revenue share use the Distributor feature on Essentials and up.
- Multi-tier and cascading commissions are a Pro-tier feature.
LifterLMS questions answered
Does Siren work with my existing LifterLMS site?
Yes. Siren is designed to connect to an existing LifterLMS site so you can start tracking affiliates, referrers, and partners without rebuilding your courses.
Do I need a developer to set this up?
Most setups do not. If you are comfortable installing WordPress plugins and configuring LifterLMS, you can get Siren running. If your site is heavily customized, we are happy to advise.
Can I pay different rates for different courses or memberships?
Yes. You can create per-product commission rules so high-ticket offers, memberships, and lower-priced courses can each have their own structure.
Can I run both an affiliate program and instructor revenue share?
Yes. Siren lets you define different programs so you can pay affiliates for referrals and pay instructors for their role in creating and maintaining content.
Does Siren support recurring commissions for memberships?
If your LifterLMS setup sells recurring memberships, you can choose whether partners earn on the first payment only or on a defined set of renewals.
Can I migrate from another LifterLMS affiliate plugin?
In many cases, yes. You can bring over your partner list and start tracking new referrals through Siren going forward. Historical data import depends on what your current tool can export. We will help you in support.
What happens if someone cancels or gets a refund?
You control when commissions are approved. If a student cancels or gets a refund within your policy window, you can automatically or manually prevent that commission from being paid.
Is Siren only for affiliates?
No. Siren is designed for affiliates, referrers, instructors, ambassadors, and JV partners. It is a full incentive engine for your LifterLMS site.
WordPress edition
Start your LifterLMS affiliate program free
Install Siren on your WordPress site, connect it to LifterLMS in minutes, and run your first program on the free Lite tier. Upgrade only when your program does.
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