LifterLMS × Revenue share
Run revenue share on LifterLMS
Pool a share of your LifterLMS revenue each period and split it among the instructors who teach, weighted by the <strong>lesson and course completions</strong> their content earns. Here is how it works on LifterLMS, and the recipe to install it.
Runs on the Essentials tier. Installs from a recipe and distributes on a schedule you set.
Can you run instructor revenue share on LifterLMS?
Yes. Siren is a WordPress plugin that runs natively inside LifterLMS, so it reads transaction and completion events on the same site. A distributor pools a percentage of revenue each period and splits it among instructors by the engagement their courses generate, then distributes on the schedule you set. Revenue share runs on the Essentials tier.
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How revenue share runs on LifterLMS
The same recipe everywhere. Here is the path a referral takes through LifterLMS.
Students learn
They enroll, pay, and work through courses and lessons on your LifterLMS site.
Siren scores engagement
Each lesson and course completion is attributed to the bound instructor and weighted into their score.
The pool is split
A set percentage of qualifying revenue forms a pool, divided in proportion to each instructor's share of total completions.
Instructors are paid
On the schedule you set, as store credit or real money via Stripe Connect on Plus.
What is specific to LifterLMS
The LifterLMS details that change how this program runs.
Events
Completions, not just sales
Siren reads LifterLMS course and lesson completions natively, so the split tracks the engagement instructors earn, not only the moment a course sold.
Pool
A percentage of real revenue
Filter the pool to subscription and membership income so one-time sales and unrelated revenue stay out of the instructor split.
Attribution
Instructors bound to courses
Add each instructor as a collaborator and bind them to the courses they teach. Completions credit the right person automatically.
What you can reward, and what counts
The reward options and the LifterLMS events that trigger them for this program.
Ways to reward
- Instructor revenue share
- Performance-weighted pool by completions
- Course completion weighted above lesson completion
- Scheduled, recurring distribution
What counts on LifterLMS
- Course completion
- Lesson completion
- Course or membership purchase
- Membership renewal
Real ways teams run it
Course marketplace
Pay your best instructors more
On a multi-instructor LifterLMS site, the instructors whose courses students actually finish take a larger slice of the monthly pool.
Memberships
Split subscription revenue
Pool a percentage of recurring membership income each period and divide it among instructors by the completions their courses drove.
New courses
Reward content that performs
A course published mid-period starts earning engagement points the moment it is bound, so its instructor's share adjusts on its own.
Instructor Revenue Share
Split a percentage of monthly revenue among instructors by the student engagement their courses earn.
The exact configuration. Install it on your LifterLMS site in one click.
What you need
To run this on LifterLMS
- A WordPress site with LifterLMS active.
- The Essentials tier, which runs the Distributor feature behind revenue share.
- Instructors added as collaborators and bound to the courses they teach.
- Plus for automatic real-money payouts via Stripe Connect.
Revenue share on LifterLMS questions answered
How is each instructor's share of the LifterLMS pool decided?
By the completions their courses generate. Siren scores every lesson and course completion attributed to a bound instructor, then splits the pool in proportion to each instructor's score. An instructor whose courses drove 40 percent of tracked completions earns 40 percent of the pool.
Why weight course completions above lesson completions?
Lesson completions reward steady engagement throughout a course, while a full course completion is the outcome you most want to pay for. The recommended weighting counts a course completion ten times a single lesson completion, so instructors whose students finish are paid the most.
Can I limit the revenue share pool to subscription income only?
Yes. Configure the pool filters to include only subscription and membership transactions. One-time course sales and any other LifterLMS revenue then stay outside the instructor split, so you control exactly what is shared.
How are instructors connected to their courses?
Each instructor is added as a collaborator in Siren and bound to the courses they teach. When a student completes a lesson or course on your LifterLMS site, Siren attributes that engagement to the bound instructor automatically. No manual tracking each period.
How and when do instructors get paid?
On the schedule you set for the distributor, such as the first of each month. Payouts go out as store credit, or as real money through Stripe Connect on the Plus tier, where instructors self-onboard and are paid automatically.
Can I run revenue share alongside an affiliate program on the same site?
Yes. Siren lets you define separate programs, so you can pay affiliates a commission for the sales they refer and pay instructors a share of revenue for the courses they create, both on the same LifterLMS site.
Other programs on LifterLMS
Same platform, different reward shape. Each has its own page and recipe.