Okay, @Faith Adebayo inspired me again. This is a post for premium tier members. I'll be sending notifications here. If you're on the premium tier or just curious about what this is all about, please click the 🔔 icon in the top right of this post. This is a workaround, so that I can communicate with the members on the premium plan without spamming the members on the free plan 🙏 Because personally I don't like when someone talks about something, sends me a link and then it turns out it's behind a paywall. With the tools I have available, I'll try to minimize those kinds of situations.

I did another comparison video with all the updates 🤗 If you're looking to start a Skool community get your free 14-day Skool trial here. All links in this post are referral links. Skool Hobby Plan vs Pro Plan — here's the breakdown (with the math Skool doesn't show you up front) Just posted a full comparison video going through both plan comparison screens on Skool. Wanted to share the key things here too because a few of these surprised me when I first found them. The big one nobody talks about: It's not just 10% vs 2.9% transaction fees. There's also a 30 cent per transaction fee that isn't listed on the comparison screen. So if you're running a $1 community, on the Pro plan you're actually getting about 67 cents back per member. On 1,000 members paying $1 that's around $670 — not $1,000. Worth knowing before you set your pricing. The financial tipping point: Once you're bringing in around $1,200 a month from your community or courses, the fee savings from Pro roughly cover the cost of the plan. Before that, the Hobby plan at $9/month (or even cheaper annually) is honestly a solid place to start. What you're actually giving up on Hobby: * Webinars (one-to-many broadcasting with guests — Pro only) * Affiliate program for your members (Pro only) * Unlimited admins and moderators (Hobby caps you at one) * Custom URL * Auto DMs (this one I'd say is the biggest loss if you care about onboarding) * Sidebar links * Advanced analytics (blurred on Hobby) * Suggested community ads shown to your members (competitors can show up there) What I personally stay on Pro for: Honestly it comes down to three things — the custom URL (skool.com/educate looks way cleaner than the default), the auto DMs for onboarding new members, and the sidebar links. That's it. The affiliate program and webinars are nice but I don't use them as much.

You know the call, click the 🔔 icon, if you'd like to follow the comments in this post. I'll be posting all the February & March updates I find out about here in the comment section. ➡️ If you want a free 14-day trial for your new Skool community, click here instead 🤪

Hey everybody, thank you for making this happen!

I wish you a wonderful new year!