Product types
Every product type you can create in Zanfia, what it contains, where its list lives, and which types are bundles or legacy.
The product type decides what the product delivers and which editor the first tab of the product hub opens. You pick it once, when you create the product; the type label shown to clients can be renamed later in the product's Settings.
How to pick a type
Click Create product on any products list. The type picker (/products/new) asks What do you want to create? and shows the types below, with Course and Community marked Popular. The link Don't see what you need? Create a custom product → starts a custom product. Creating from a typed list, for example Courses (/courses), skips the picker and opens the AI creation surface for that type; add ?wizard=1 to the URL to fill in the details by hand instead. Custom products always use the manual wizard.
The types
| Type | Sidebar list | What the client gets | Content tab in the hub |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Courses (/courses) | Video, audio or text lessons grouped into modules, with quizzes and optional completion certificates. | Course: modules and lessons; Manage course opens the lesson editor (/courses/<productId>/lessons) |
| Community | Communities (/communities) | A space where members post, chat and comment in channels. | Community: the community dashboard; Manage community opens the community editor |
| Digital download | E-books and downloads (/downloads) | Files such as e-books, templates or presets, delivered right after checkout. | Files: the file list |
| Newsletter | Newsletters (/newsletters) | Paid or free email issues sent to subscribers, with an archive they can read. | Newsletter: the issue archive (/newsletters/<productId>/archive) |
| Consultation | Consultations (/consultations) | 1:1 calls or coaching that clients book. | Content: session details and How clients book |
| Event | Events (/events) | Tickets to a live workshop, webinar or in-person session. | Content: event details |
| Service | Services (/services) | A custom or done-for-you service sold through a simple checkout. | Content: service details |
| Knowledge base | Knowledge bases (/knowledge-bases) | A searchable library of articles and resources. | Content: the article editor (/knowledge-bases/<productId>/articles) |
| Custom | Custom (/custom-products) | A blank product with no built-in content. Use it to sell and grant access to something you deliver outside Zanfia. | Content: no editor; the tab reads "Content editing for this product type is coming soon." |
Every type shares the rest of the hub: Add-ons & Plans, Checkouts, Pages, Access, Workflows and Settings. Prices are the same for all types except digital downloads, which accept one-time prices only.
Coming soon
On a consultation, How clients book offers Zanfia calendar and External scheduling link. The built-in Zanfia calendar is marked as coming soon and cannot be selected yet; use External scheduling link to point clients at the booking tool you already use.
Bundles
A Bundle is an offer that grants access to several products at once. It has no content of its own: its first tab, Bundle contents, is the list of included products and tiers. Bundles are created and listed under Offers → Bundles (/bundles) and never appear in the products lists or in the type picker. A bundle with no products cannot be published.
Legacy type: Membership
Older workspaces may still hold Membership products. The type is retired: it cannot be created any more and its content tab only points to the community it grants access to. Memberships are listed on the Communities screen. For new work, create a Community and, if you need tiers, use Add-ons & Plans (see Plans and prices).
Good to know
The type label your clients see can be changed per product: open the product's Settings tab and fill in Product type label. This does not change the editor or the sidebar list, only the wording on public pages and in the library.
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