---
title: "How to use Product Add-Ons"
description: "Add-on's expand the functionality of your main product"
url: https://help.kourses.com/en/articles/89-how-to-use-product-add-ons
collection: "Products"
updated: 2026-02-18
language: en
---

# How to use Product Add-Ons

Add-on's expand the functionality of your main product

Add-ons allow you to extend any product with additional content types - without creating separate standalone products. They work across all product types and give your members a seamless, unified experience.

### **What Can You Add?**

**Common examples include:**

-   A support community attached to a course
    
-   A digital download library or resource archive for course materials
    
-   A content page for community guidelines to a community
    
-   Any combination of content types under a single product umbrella
    

### **How to Enable Add-Ons**

**To add an add-on to a product:**

-   **Open your product** and navigate to the **Add-Ons** section.
    
-   Use the toggles to activate the add-ons you want - for example, a Community or a Digital Download.
    
-   Once activated, each add-on will appear as its own tab within the Add-Ons section, ready to configure.
    

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**Note:** Toggle an Add On to activate it.

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**Note:** Once an Add-On is activated a tab will open for the Add-Ons settings and options.

### **Configuring Your Add-Ons**

**After activation, click on the add-on name to access its settings:**

-   **Community:** Manage all community settings directly within the product.
    
-   **Digital Downloads:** Upload files and manage your download library and homepage — all nested under the parent product.
    
-   **Content Page:** Add a custom page to the product for additional content of your choice.
    

### **What Your Members See**

In the members area sidebar, your members will see the main product (e.g. the course) listed first. Any add-ons you've activated appear below it, keeping everything neatly grouped under one product.

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**Note:** In this sidebar the “Lessons” are the Course (main product), “Downloads Library” is the Digital Download Add-On, “Community” is the Community Add-On and “Community Rules” is the Content Page Add-On.

**Tips**

-   Add-ons are available for all product types, not just courses.
    
-   You can activate multiple add-ons on a single product.
    
-   Add-ons are managed per-product, giving you flexibility to tailor each offering independently.