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Safeguard Online Course Platform SSL for Teachable and Kajabi

As an online course creator, your custom domain is essential for student access and secure payments. Ensure your students can always learn and purchase without interruption or security concerns.

The problem

Online course creators on platforms like Teachable, Kajabi, or Thinkific often use custom domains to brand their schools and provide a consistent student experience. An expired SSL certificate on this domain means students cannot access course content, login pages, or payment gateways. This directly leads to frustrated students, a surge in support tickets, potential refund requests, and significant revenue loss from new sales.

Student trust is critical, especially when they are investing in high-value courses and entering payment information. A "Not Secure" warning on your course platform's custom domain instantly erodes this trust, making students hesitant to continue with their purchase or even log in. Relying solely on the platform's automatic SSL renewal without an independent verification layer leaves course creators vulnerable to unexpected outages that directly impact their business.

How Certfly solves it

1
Receive proactive alerts for SSL certificate expirations on your custom domain for Teachable, Kajabi, or Thinkific courses.
2
Verify the certificate's integrity and chain, ensuring secure access for your students and uninterrupted payment processing.
3
Get detailed expiry information, allowing you to troubleshoot DNS or platform-related SSL issues well before downtime occurs.

Concrete example

Course Platform: learn.mycourse.com

Status: Operational

Issuer: Amazon

Expires: 2024-10-20 (in 100 days)

Platform: Kajabi (CNAME target)

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Frequently asked questions

What happens if my custom domain's SSL expires on Teachable or Kajabi?
Students will be unable to access your course content, login pages, or make new purchases. Their browsers will display severe security warnings, leading to a breakdown in trust, increased support queries, and direct revenue loss.
My course platform claims to handle SSL for me. Why is Certfly necessary?
While platforms automate SSL, Certfly acts as an essential independent monitor. It catches edge cases like DNS propagation delays, misconfigurations, or rare platform-specific errors that could still lead to your custom domain’s SSL expiring, giving you crucial advance notice.
Can I monitor multiple custom domains if I have several courses or schools?
Yes, Certfly supports monitoring multiple hostnames. You can easily add custom domains for all your different course platforms or branded schools to your Certfly dashboard for comprehensive, centralized certificate management.

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