Migrate from Thinkific to Heights Platform
Thinkific creators often come to Heights when they want a more flexible student experience with communities, projects, engagement features, bundles, AI assistance, and a platform that feels centered around learner progress.
The best Thinkific migration is planned product by product. Recreate the course experience first, test the student journey, and import students only when the new Heights platform is ready. This avoids the most common migration problem: students receiving access before the new learning home feels complete.
This guide covers the practical steps: content organization, course rebuilding, domain and payment setup, welcome email updates, student import, and migration help from Heights.
Free migration help is available with annual plans.
Free Thinkific migration help
Annual Heights customers can get free hand-migration support from our team. If your Thinkific account includes multiple courses, communities, students, and downloadable resources, this can save significant time.
Step 1: Decide what should move
Audit your Thinkific courses, communities, bundles, memberships, digital products, downloads, and active student groups. Keep the active offers and current student resources. Retire or archive outdated material instead of moving everything blindly.
Think about the student experience rather than the old admin structure. A Thinkific product, bundle, and community may need to become a Heights bundle that includes a course, community channel, digital product, and certificate. The goal is to preserve the customer promise, not duplicate every old setting.
Write down access rules before you build. Which students are enrolled in which courses? Which members have subscriptions? Which cohorts need access to private spaces? This map prevents confusion when you import students later.
Step 2: Download videos and resources
Export or download lesson videos, PDFs, templates, workbooks, slides, images, audio files, and other resources. Organize them by product and module. This keeps the rebuild clean and helps the Heights team assist if you use free annual-plan migration help.
Do not skip the cleanup step. Rename lessons, remove outdated files, update resource links, and decide whether the old module order still makes sense. Many creators use migration as a chance to tighten the path from first lesson to student outcome.
Step 3: Recreate courses and communities in Heights
Build each course as modules and lessons. Add downloads beside the lessons where students use them. Recreate Thinkific community spaces as Heights community channels connected to the appropriate product or membership. Add projects and certificates if completion or implementation matters.
If you offered multiple Thinkific products together, use Heights bundles to recreate that access in a clearer way. If you used Thinkific Communities to support courses, connect the new community prompts directly to lessons and student projects so discussion supports progress.
Step 4: Prepare the business settings
Connect your payment setup, rebuild products or bundles, add pricing, and connect a custom domain if you want students to log in through your branded academy URL. Review the checkout and first-login experience before inviting students.
Customize the new-student welcome notification so it clearly states that Heights is the new home for course content. Add a short orientation lesson that shows where to find courses, downloads, community, and support. Clear communication prevents support tickets.
Step 5: Import students after the new experience is ready
Then import students into the correct products. If you have many courses, migrate the highest-value offer first, test with a small group, and then repeat the process. This keeps the move controlled and gives you time to improve the process before moving your entire student base.
Thinkific to Heights checklist
| Area | Migration action |
|---|---|
| Course content | Download videos/resources and rebuild modules in Heights. |
| Communities | Map Thinkific community spaces to Heights channels. |
| Products | Rebuild courses, bundles, subscriptions, and digital products. |
| Students | Import after the new experience is ready. |
| Communication | Update welcome emails and add an orientation lesson. |
FAQs: migrating from Thinkific
Can Heights help migrate Thinkific courses?
Yes. Free hand-migration is available on annual Heights plans.
Can I move my Thinkific community?
Yes. Recreate the key spaces as Heights community channels and invite students once access is ready.
Should I migrate outdated Thinkific courses?
Usually no. Move what still supports current students or current offers.