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🔥 Quick Summary
Challenges on Nas.io are structured, interactive experiences designed to boost engagement, accountability, and growth within your business. You can create Fixed Dates challenges (with a set start and end) or Always-On challenges that members can join anytime. Each challenge includes checkpoints, optional gamification like leaderboards and feeds, and tools to manage participants and engagement, all built into the Nas.io platform.
📺 Here's a detailed walkthrough from our team
⭐ What Are Nas.io Challenges?
Challenges are goal-oriented activities that members can complete over time. They help:
Build connection among members
Drive engagement with structured tasks
Encourage accountability with progress tracking
Support growth as members complete challenges together
📌 Two Challenge Types
Fixed Dates (Time-Bound): Start and end on specific dates.
Always-On: Members join anytime and progress based on their join date
🛠️ How to Create a Challenge
Log in as a business manager.
Go to Products → +Create → Challenge.
Enter basic details: title, cover image, and pricing (free, fixed, or flexible).
Choose challenge duration: Fixed dates or Always-On.
Set up checkpoints (daily/weekly/custom).
Customize your challenge sales page (description, pricing, chat, access).
Add optional features like Welcome Checkpoint, Leaderboard, or Challenge Feed.
Publish when ready — members can now join.
💸 Can I Add Discounts to Challenge Pricing?
Yes. You can apply discounts to paid challenges using Nas.io’s built-in discount tools. This allows you to offer promo codes, limited-time discounts, or special pricing for specific audiences (for example: early access or returning members).
Discounts can be managed from your dashboard and apply automatically at checkout when the conditions are met.
👉 Here’s a quick guide on Nas.io Free Trials & Discounts Guide
📍 What Are Checkpoints?
Checkpoints are steps in your challenge — each represents a task or goal participants must complete. You can add:
Text instructions
Video or image attachments
Submission forms (text/file/video).
💡 Engagement Tools
The Leaderboard keeps participants motivated by showing progress and rankings, which encourages consistency and friendly competition throughout the challenge.
The Challenge Feed creates engagement and accountability by giving participants a space to share updates, submit progress, ask questions, and support each other.
Together, they:
Increase completion rates
Keep members active and returning daily
Reduce drop-off during longer challenges
Help creators build community momentum and trust
These tools turn a challenge from a static experience into an interactive, high-engagement journey.
👥 Managing Participants
From the Challenge dashboard you can:
Add members manually
Track checkpoint completion and participation status
Mark participants as failed (blocks further progress, but retains history)
🔁 Duplicate a Challenge
Reuse successful challenges by duplicating them — checkpoint structure and content are copied automatically, saving setup time.
📝 In Summary
Challenges are versatile engagement tools built into Nas.io that help you motivate your members through structured activities and checkpoints. Whether time-bound or ongoing, challenges increase participation, build business connection, and can be tailored with checklists, rewards, leaderboards, and activity feeds. Setup is fully integrated with your Nas.io dashboard and requires no technical skills. +1
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: What’s the difference between Fixed Dates and Always-On challenges?
A: Fixed Dates run on a specific schedule with a start and end date. Always-On challenges let members join and progress at their own pace.Q: Why would I choose "Fixed Date" over "Always On"?
A: It depends on the experience you want to create:Use Fixed Date (Cohort) when you want high energy and community interaction.
Examples: "New Year 30-Day Reset," "Live Coding Bootcamp," or a "Summer Fitness Shred." (Everyone does it together).
Use Always On (Evergreen) when you want automation and convenience.
Examples: "New Member Onboarding," "7-Day Intro to Meditation," or a standard "Welcome Challenge." (Members do it on their own schedule).
Q: What are the different types of challenges I can run?
A: There are two main structures:Fixed Date (Cohort): Everyone starts and finishes on the specific dates you set.
Always On (Evergreen): Members can join at any time and the "Day 1" content starts immediately for them individually.
Q: Can I switch a challenge from "Fixed Date" to "Always On" (or vice versa) later?
A: No. Once a challenge is created, its structure is locked. Because these two types function very differently (cohort-based vs. self-paced), you cannot convert one into the other. If you want to change formats, you will need to create a new challenge.Q: Can I edit the start and end dates after a challenge has launched?
A: It depends.Start Date: You cannot change the start date once the challenge has officially begun.
End Date: Yes, you can usually extend the end date if you want to give your members more time to finish.
Q: Can I make a challenge free?
A: Yes — simply set the pricing to zero during setup.Q: Can participants join after a challenge has started?
A: Yes — if you allow it in challenge settings. Otherwise, participants can join before start or with Always-On challenges.
Q: What can checkpoints include?
A: Text, attachments (files/videos), and forms that participants complete to progress.Q: Can participants share results?
A: Yes. Participants can share their results directly inside the Challenge Feed. This includes posting updates, completed tasks, progress photos, reflections, or milestone wins (depending on how the challenge is set up).Q: How do I engage participants further?
A: Use features like Leaderboard and Challenge Feed to gamify progress and highlight activity.Q: Can I add someone to a challenge manually?
A: Yes — business owners can add existing members directly from the Challenge dashboard.
💬 Contact Support
If you have questions or need help, you can:
Use the chat widget inside the platform (bottom right corner) or whatsapp
Email us at help@nas.io