diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/features/ui/course-landing-page/components/editor/pricing-form.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/features/ui/course-landing-page/components/editor/pricing-form.svelte
index 3ff1906f..5367a37a 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/features/ui/course-landing-page/components/editor/pricing-form.svelte
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/features/ui/course-landing-page/components/editor/pricing-form.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   import type { Course } from '$features/course/utils/types';
   import { t } from '$lib/utils/functions/translations';
   import { isCourseFree } from '$lib/utils/functions/course';
+  import { toFiniteNumber } from '@cio/utils/functions';
 
   import { InputField } from '@cio/ui/custom/input-field';
   import { TextEditor } from '$features/ui';
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@
 
   let { course = $bindable(), setter }: Props = $props();
 
-  let discount = $derived(get(course, 'metadata.discount', 0));
   let paymentLink = $derived(get(course, 'metadata.paymentLink', ''));
-  let showDiscount = $derived(get(course, 'metadata.showDiscount', false));
-  let giftToggled = $derived(get(course, 'metadata.reward.show', false));
+  let showDiscount = $derived(Boolean(get(course, 'metadata.showDiscount', false)));
+  let discount = $derived(toFiniteNumber(get(course, 'metadata.discount', 0)) ?? 0);
+  let giftToggled = $derived(Boolean(get(course, 'metadata.reward.show', false)));
 
   function handleChange(content: string) {
     setter(content, 'metadata.reward.description');
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
     setter(paymentLink, 'metadata.paymentLink');
   });
   $effect(() => {
-    setter(discount, 'metadata.discount');
+    setter(toFiniteNumber(discount) ?? 0, 'metadata.discount');
   });
   $effect(() => {
     setter(giftToggled, 'metadata.reward.show');
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/functions/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/functions/index.ts
index c1c70430..8b1c5698 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/functions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/functions/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from './array';
 export * from './currency';
 export * from './fileValidation';
+export * from './number';
 export * from './sanitize';
 export * from './slug';
 export * from './transcript-vtt';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/functions/number.ts b/packages/utils/src/functions/number.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9a0cfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/functions/number.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Coerces a number or numeric string to a finite number.
+ * Does not coerce booleans, arrays, or other types (unlike bare `Number()`).
+ * Empty, null, and invalid values return undefined.
+ */
+export function toFiniteNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
+  if (typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value)) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === 'string' && value.trim()) {
+    const parsed = Number(value);
+    if (Number.isFinite(parsed)) {
+      return parsed;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/validation/course/course.ts b/packages/utils/src/validation/course/course.ts
index 90604126..10efaf21 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/validation/course/course.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/validation/course/course.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as z from 'zod';
 
+import { toFiniteNumber } from '../../functions/number';
 import { ALLOWED_CONTENT_TYPES, ALLOWED_DOCUMENT_TYPES } from '../constants';
 import { ZCourseCalloutInput } from './callout';
 import { ZCourseType } from './course-type';
@@ -321,6 +322,15 @@ function preprocessCourseMetadata(value: unknown): unknown {
     metadata.allowNewStudent = true;
   }
 
+  if (metadata.discount === null || metadata.discount === '') {
+    metadata.discount = undefined;
+  } else if (typeof metadata.discount === 'string') {
+    const parsedDiscount = toFiniteNumber(metadata.discount);
+    if (parsedDiscount !== undefined) {
+      metadata.discount = parsedDiscount;
+    }
+  }
+
   return metadata;
 }