[Portfolio Demo]Quietshift Academy is a fictional cohort academy created byUpstate Web Co.— enrollment numbers, revenue figures, and quotes are illustrative.

Application

Tell us about
your pivot.

Review takes 1-3 business days. We're honest — if a cohort isn't the right fit (you're earlier than mid-career, you'd benefit from the self-paced version, you need a fundamentals course first), we say so.

What happens next

  1. 1. We confirm receipt by email within 24 hours.
  2. 2. Application review takes 1-3 business days. The instructor reads every application personally.
  3. 3. If accepted, we send a Stripe payment link. Tuition $1,200 in full or 3 monthly installments.
  4. 4. Once paid, you receive cohort onboarding 1 week before the start date.

/ The rest of the funnel — visible up front

Step 2 of 3 · Tuition payment

If your application is accepted, you receive a Stripe payment link by email. The link looks like this:

checkout.quietshift-academy.com

SECURE

Order summary

Quietshift Academy · Spring 2026 Cohort

Tuition · 8-week cohort

$1,200

Card: •••• •••• •••• 4242 · expiring 12/29

Demo build — illustrative checkout. Production uses real Stripe Checkout.

Step 3 of 3 · Welcome to the cohort

After payment confirmation, you land on this welcome page and receive your onboarding email within sixty seconds.

Cohort confirmed

You're in. Spring cohort starts May 19.

Cohort has 18 of 24 seats filled. You're seat 19. The instructor will email a kickoff packet on May 12 with the pre-reading list, the cohort Slack invite, and your peer-review pairing for week 1.

  • ✓ Onboarding email sent to your inbox
  • ✓ Stripe receipt sent (download from your portal)
  • ✓ Pre-cohort Slack DM from the instructor in 1 business day
Open your portal →

Showing the full funnel up front so you know what you're committing to before you submit the essay above.