How to grant access to a course on a specific date

In this article, you’ll learn how to grant access to a course on a specific date.

What you will need:

A systeme.io account
An order form
A course

Setting a date for your course launch

To set a specific date for your course launch, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Order form step of the sales funnel you’re going to use to sell your course and select the Digital product offer type (1).

Then click on the (+) button in the Resources tab (2).

2. Choose the Courses resource. Select your course and the access type you want to grant. Then, toggle the Grant access on specific date switch.

3. Select the access date of your choice, then save.

Notes:

Your students will gain access to the course on the selected day at 12:00 AM (midnight) in your time zone.
You could also set an expiration delay if you select Full access or Partial access instead of Drip content (learn the difference between the two here).
Expiration delays are set in days.
Your students will receive an email providing them with access to the course immediately after payment, but the course will only be unlocked on the specified date.

Here is an example of scheduled access to a course:

In the payment page of the sales funnel we’re using to sell our course, we selected resources settings and set the following values:

The date to grant access to the course is March 1, 2026.

The expiration delay is set to 30 days

Students will have access to the course from March 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM until March 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM. This provides 30 full days of access.