Thinkific
Offer Partial.ly payment plans on your Thinkific courses, bundles, and certification programs — and automatically enroll or unenroll students as their plan opens, completes, or defaults. Connected through Zapier, with no code required.
What's Included
Auto-Enroll on Plan Open
The moment a student opens a Partial.ly plan, they're enrolled in the matching Thinkific course or bundle.
Auto-Unenroll on Default
If a plan defaults or is canceled, course access ends automatically — no manual revoking.
No-Code Buy Button
Add a "Pay with Partial.ly" button to any course page with Thinkific's native button block.
Built for Certifications
Designed for the drone, yoga, dog-training, and compliance certifications Thinkific is known for.
Who it's for
Thinkific is home to a dense concentration of certification and licensed-training programs — drone piloting, yoga teacher training, dog training, and professional or compliance courses. When a program runs $500–$2,000+, a flexible payment plan is often what turns an interested student into an enrolled one. Partial.ly is built for exactly that: merchant-controlled installment plans on your highest-value courses and bundles.
How the automation works
Partial.ly connects to Thinkific through
Zapier— two simple Zaps keep course access in sync with every payment plan.
A plan opens → student enrolled
When a customer opens a Partial.ly payment plan, a Zap fires Thinkific's Enroll User action — creating the student if needed and enrolling them in the mapped course or bundle instantly.
A plan defaults → access ends
If a plan defaults or the customer cancels, a second Zap runs Thinkific's Unenroll User action, so course access always matches payment status.
Why Thinkific creators choose Partial.ly
Certifications, not just courses
Frame financing around the outcome — "get certified now, pay over time" — the message that resonates for licensed and professional training.
You set the terms
Choose the down payment, term length, and frequency. Partial.ly handles recurring charges, reminders, and failed-payment retries automatically.
No code, no plan gate for the button
Thinkific's native button block links to any custom URL — drop in your Partial.ly checkout link on the course page in minutes.
We'll set it up for you
As a registered Thinkific Partner, our team can request access and add the button for you — no shared passwords and no extra team seats used.
Get set up in an afternoon
No developers required. Prefer to hand it off? Our team can set it up for you — email support@partial.ly.
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In Partial.ly, create the Offer (down payment, term, and frequency) that backs your Thinkific course's payment-plan option.
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Connect Partial.ly to Zapier: point a webhook at a Catch Hook URL subscribed to the plan_opened event.
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Add Thinkific's Enroll User action, mapping the customer's name and email and selecting the target course or bundle. (Thinkific's Zapier Actions require the Grow plan or above.)
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Repeat for the unenroll Zap — trigger on plan_defaulted (and optionally plan_canceled) with the Unenroll User action.
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Add a "Pay with Partial.ly" button to your course page using Thinkific's native button block, linked to your Offer's checkout URL.
Partial.ly gives Thinkific creators a flexible-payment option built for higher-ticket certification and training programs — the kind of tuition that's far easier to sell in installments than as one upfront charge. Unlike buy-now-pay-later services, you set the terms, keep the customer relationship, and let automated collections do the chasing.
Course access stays perfectly in sync: enrolled when a plan opens, removed if it defaults. No manual enrollment, no spreadsheets, no reconciling who has paid.
Works With Your Stack
Partial.ly connects to the other tools in your workflow through automation platforms and our API.
Ready to Get Started?
Create your free account and start accepting flexible payments today.