Courses overview
What a Sygil course is, when to use one instead of a vault item, and how the pieces fit together.
2 min read · Updated October 2026
A course is an ordered set of video lessons that a fan enrolls in. Videos stream inside Sygil with protected playback, so you can sell a real curriculum from your link in bio without building a website.
Course or vault item?
| Use a course when… | Use a vault item when… |
|---|---|
| You teach a skill over several lessons. | You are delivering one thing: a file, a code, an answer or a call. |
| Students should watch in order and come back. | The product is complete in one download. |
| You want free preview lessons to sell the course. | You want an instant, low-effort product. |
| You want cohorts with a seat limit and a start date. | You want a quantity of copies instead. |
Many creators use both. A course is the main product, and vault items sit around it: a free checklist, a ₹199 starter pack and a ₹999 feedback call for students.
What a course has
- Title and description
- Title up to 120 characters, description up to 2,000.
- Thumbnail
- A cover image for the course card.
- Price
- Your selling price, or 0 for a free course. Optional original price shown crossed out.
- Level
- Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced.
- Lessons
- Video lessons, each with a title, optional description and an optional Free Preview switch.
- Seats
- Unlimited, or a fixed number for a cohort.
- Release
- Unlocked when published, or scheduled for later with pre-orders.
- Status
- Draft (only you see it) or Published.
How a student experiences it
- 1
Finds the course
On your Courses tab, from a link, or from a drop alert.
- 2
Watches free previews
Anyone can watch lessons you marked as previews.
- 3
Enrolls or pre-orders
Pays with UPI, card or net banking, and can apply Fan Points as a discount.
- 4
Watches inside Sygil
Lessons stream in a player. Only enrolled students can play the paid lessons.
- 5
Rates the course
Enrolled students can leave a rating and a review.
The course guides
Create a course
Title, thumbnail, price, seats and release.
Upload lessons and previews
Add videos, track encoding, mark free previews.
Price, seats and cohorts
Choose a price and cap enrolments.
Publish, pre-order and launch
Open pre-orders and alert your followers.