What Skool is (in plain English)

• Skool is an all‑in‑one home for your community, courses, and events so you can build, grow, and monetize around your expertise without stitching together five different tools. Think social‑style feed + classroom + calendar + built‑in payments, all under one login. (apps.apple.com)

Who it’s great for

• Creators, coaches, agencies, and niche communities that want a clean space to teach, meet, and sell—without heavy tech or custom integrations.

• Back Office‑minded teams that care about smooth payments, roles/permissions, receipts, and simple reporting so operations don’t get messy as you scale. (help.skool.com)

What you can do in Skool

• Run your community with posts, comments, categories, mentions, media, and push/email notifications that keep people engaged. DMs are built in for quick support or coaching. (apps.apple.com)

• Teach with a classroom that organizes modules, lessons, resources, and progress tracking—right next to the community so completion rates go up. (apps.apple.com)

• Host live sessions with the Calendar plus native Skool Call for meetings and Skool Webinar for one‑to‑many broadcasts. Set recurring events, add links or in‑app calls, and manage time zones cleanly. (help.skool.com)

• Boost engagement with gamification—members earn points, level up, appear on leaderboards, and you can unlock courses/areas at higher levels. It’s fun and it works. (help.skool.com)

• Monetize in one place with subscriptions and one‑time course purchases (great for upsells, events, or standalone products). (help.skool.com)

• Use it anywhere with the official mobile apps (iOS/Android) for posts, courses, calendar, and chat—plus push notifications. (apps.apple.com)

Why Skool helps you build a solid Back Office

• Centralized payments and taxes: Prices are in USD, Skool manages sales tax/VAT collection and remittance where required, and you get weekly payouts to your bank via Stripe Express. That keeps finance ops far simpler. (help.skool.com)

• Clear roles and permissions: Use Owner, Billing Manager, Admin, and Moderator roles to separate duties between finance, ops, and community teams. (help.skool.com)

• Member self‑service: Members can self‑cancel (fewer inbound tickets), and you can issue refunds when appropriate. Receipts go out automatically under your community name. (help.skool.com)

• Operational hygiene: Unlimited members/courses, custom URL, and the ability to hide suggested communities keep your environment organized and brand‑first. (skool.com)

Pricing that actually makes sense (as of November 15, 2025)

• Hobby — $9/month: All core features, 1 admin, 10% + $0.30 per transaction. Ideal for testing or small communities. (skool.com)

• Pro — $99/month: All features, unlimited admins, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on payments ≤ $900 and 3.9% + $0.30 on payments ≥ $901. Best for scaling and teams. (skool.com)

Quick break‑even check (Hobby vs. Pro)

• If most of your payments are under $900, moving from 10% to 2.9% saves about 7.1% of your monthly volume. Pro effectively pays for itself once your processed revenue is roughly $1.3k/month (because 7.1% of ~$1,270 ≈ $90). Two $1,000 one‑time sales on Pro save about $122 in fees vs. Hobby, which already offsets most of Pro’s monthly cost. (Math based on Skool’s published fee tiers.) (help.skool.com)

How money flows (so finance doesn’t chase details)

• Charge in USD; members pay in USD, you get weekly payouts in your local currency. First payout may take a bit longer for verification—then it’s on a rhythm. VAT/sales tax is handled by Skool. (help.skool.com)

• Stripe Express handles onboarding, verification, and payouts—no separate Stripe setup or subscription add‑on required. (help.skool.com)

Engagement mechanics that reduce churn (and support ops)

• Points, levels, leaderboards give members reasons to keep showing up. You can unlock content at higher levels to reward contribution, which naturally lowers support load and improves outcomes. (help.skool.com)

• Calendar reminders and native live options (Skool Call/Webinar) increase show‑up rates without juggling extra meeting tools for every event. (help.skool.com)

What Skool replaces in your stack

• For many teams, Skool can replace a separate forum, basic LMS, event hub, and payment portal—one login, one profile, one search—which means fewer integrations to maintain and a cleaner Back Office. (apps.apple.com)

Bottom line

• If you want a simple, human‑friendly platform that **runs your community