Communities

Hey GHL team — I wanted to share an idea that could seriously level up the Communities feature. Right now, Communities is great for structured posts and announcements, but what it’s really missing is a real-time group chat option, like WhatsApp or Telegram groups. Posts are awesome for updates, but people crave fast, casual, and personal conversations too — and that’s where chat shines. To give you some context, over 70% of WhatsApp users open the app daily, and group chats usually get replies in under 2 minutes. Compare that to post-based platforms where comments often come in hours later, if at all. When you’ve got people in a community, having both options — posts for announcements and a chat for conversations — keeps everyone way more active and connected. Use cases would be things like quick class coordination, real-time Q&As, live event chats, polls, or just letting members casually bond. I’ve seen this work wonders in education groups, coaching programs, and membership sites. Fun fact — communities with real-time chats see twice the daily active users compared to those with just posts Adding chat inside Communities would give GHL users a full package — organized content through posts and instant, lively engagement through chats — making it super easy to build tight-knit, responsive, and profitable communities. Would love to see this happen!

Right now a new member must first access the Portal than join the Group. It is confusing to clients.

Super important, this is too limited and not branded to each business.

We have a community with 500 members all paying a monthly fee, and it is easy for everyone to know how much the creator is making just by multiplying the number of members x $20/mo. The total members needs to be hidden.

Could we please have the option of doing a poll inside the community like we can do inside FB groups?

I am a bit amazed that there is no apparent way to see a list of community members who have registered for an event calendar event.

Watch my video: https://rec.refocus.ly/NQumjWE4 ❗ Problem: Currently, there’s no option under “Learning” in Communities to add a custom payment link (like Stripe with correct tax calculation) similar to the “Buy Now” feature. As a result: Courses can only be unlocked manually or must be offered for free to everyone. Automation via an external payment link with webhook (e.g., High Level Form) and automatic course access (Grant Offer) doesn’t work, because: - Grant Offer only provides access in the clientl portal, not in the Community Learning Tab. - The course must be added manually in the Learning Tab. - There’s no option to insert individual payment links. 💡 Solution: Please add an option to set a custom payment link under “Visibility” for each course, working just like the “Buy Now” button: Course is initially locked 🔒 User clicks the payment link and pays externally (with correct automatic tax calculation) 💳 After successful payment, a webhook triggers automatic course access (Grant Offer) 🤖 The course appears automatically and correctly in the Learning Tab of the Community – no manual steps needed 🎯 ✨ Benefits: Flexible payment processing (including proper tax handling for EU countries) 🌍 Fully automated and seamless user experience 🚀 No need to offer courses for free as a workaround 🙅‍♂️ ❓ Question: Is this feature planned, or is there a workaround? This would be a real game-changer for anyone wanting to sell courses automatically! 💥