Teachable

Teachable hosts your course, takes payment and delivers the lessons. It suits an expert who wants to sell a course or coaching without building a site. If you want to keep all the revenue and control every page, a self-built site may suit you better.

On the maker's pricing page, the plans are Starter at US$39 a month (US$29 on annual billing), Builder at US$89 (US$69 annually) and Growth at US$189 (US$139 annually). Starter carries a 7.5% transaction fee, and the higher plans list 0% fees, with a note that payment-processor fees still apply. Product limits are 5 on Starter, 10 on Builder and 50 on Growth, and each plan lists a 7-day free trial. We did not find a free plan. Our price above is converted to Australian dollars.

• Starter: a cheap way to launch, but the fee takes a share of every sale.
• Builder or Growth: worth it once your sales make the fee more than the price gap.

• Start the free trial and create your first course with an outline of the lessons.
• Upload a free preview lesson so buyers can see what they get.
• Set your price and connect your payment details.
• Write the sales page and test the checkout yourself.

There is no free plan, and the Starter fee reduces your earnings on each sale. Work out your break-even point between the plans before you launch. Check what you own: keep copies of your lesson files and your student email list.

Kajabi, Thinkific and Podia are similar. Simple courses can be built on Ghost with paid memberships, or sold with Kit, which can sell digital products.

Teachable delivers the course in the Online Course Creator stack.