Skool
Community platform behind $2K setups and $1,500+/mo management retainers
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What Skool is
Skool combines community, courses, events calendar, and gamification in one flat-priced platform with payments built in. Coaches and creators are launching paid communities on it in droves — and most of them will pay an operator to set it up, seed engagement, and run it month to month.
Key features
- Community feed, courses (classroom), and event calendar in one product
- Built-in payments for paid memberships — 2.9% fee on Pro, 10% on Hobby
- Gamification: points, levels, and leaderboards that drive engagement
- Unlimited members, courses, and videos on every plan
- Native affiliate tooling so members can promote the community
- Discovery marketplace for organic community growth
💰 Sell it as a service
The offer
Sell community setup + management: build the client's Skool (classroom content, gamification rules, onboarding flow), then run it — posting prompts, moderating, and managing the events calendar.
What to charge
$1,500–$2,500 setup, then $1,500–$3,000/mo management depending on posting cadence and member count. For paid communities, add 10% of membership revenue as a performance kicker.
How it gets delivered
Setup is a 1–2 week build including course migration. Management runs on a weekly content calendar: 3–5 prompts, event hosting support, and a monthly engagement report. One operator can run 3–4 communities.
This is one offer. AI Operator Academy is where operators build the full stack — packaging, pricing, fulfillment, and a peer group selling the same services. $999/yr.
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