Skool has Hobby and Pro subscription plans.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“Skool currently offers two plans”
Both are recurring after a 14-day free trial.
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Skool
Community + course platform that handles subscription billing for paid communities and group programs.
Creator platform MoR / reseller Marketplace
Hobby is $9/month with 10% transaction fee.
2026-05-24
pricing_fees
high
“Hobby$9/month”
Pricing page also lists 10% transaction fee.
Pro is $99/month with 2.9% transaction fee shown on pricing page.
2026-05-24
pricing_fees
high
“Pro$99/month”
Payments FAQ adds 2.9% + 30c up to $899 and 3.9% + 30c above $900.
Skool processes payments on Skool's merchant account.
2026-05-24
payment_handling
high
“All payment processing happens on the Skools merchant”
Stripe Express is used for creator payouts, not as a regular creator Stripe account.
Skool explicitly says it is merchant of record.
2026-05-24
mor
high
“Yes. Skool is MoR.”
Payments FAQ also says this is because Skool is merchant of record.
Skool collects/remits VAT and sales tax where applicable.
2026-05-24
tax
high
“Skool captures the appropriate VAT amount and remits it”
VAT FAQ says Skool is a qualifying platform/marketplace.
Creators remain responsible for member support.
2026-05-24
platform_responsibility
high
“Creators are responsible for supporting their members in Skool”
Useful caveat for MoR Finder profile.
Caveats
- • MoR evidence is strong for Skool-hosted transactions, but scope should be verified for all products, countries, and one-time course purchases.
- • Skool is platform-specific; not a general-purpose independent MoR for external SaaS checkout.
Accepted or likely accepted
- Communities Accepted
- Group coaching Accepted
- Online courses Accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- Digital downloads Refused
- SaaS Refused
- Downloadable software Refused
- AI tools Refused
- Ebooks Refused
- Templates Refused
- Mobile apps Refused
- Games Refused
- Marketplaces Refused
- Physical goods Refused
Unclear
- 1:1 coaching Unclear
- Consulting Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Verify
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Verify
- Australia GST
- Verify
Official help docs state Skool is MoR for Skool transactions and handles VAT/sales tax where applicable.
Product features
- Hosted checkout
- Yes
- API
- No
- Subscriptions
- Yes
- One-time payments
- Yes
- Installments
- No
- Usage-based billing
- No
- Refund handling
- Yes
- Chargebacks
- Yes
- Affiliate system
- Yes
Geography and payouts
- Seller countries
- Creators worldwide.
- Customer countries
- Worldwide.
- Payout countries
- Wide via Stripe.
- Payout currencies
- USD primary.
Source links
- Skool docs
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