What it is
Skool is a platform for running paid online communities. A group owner gets discussion, courses, a calendar and gamification in one place, and pays Skool a monthly subscription. It is used mostly by course creators, coaches and membership operators.
The deal
Every Skool account already has an affiliate tab in settings, so there is nothing to apply for. You take a cut of the subscription paid by any group created through your link, and Skool states plainly that the cut continues for the life of that group rather than stopping after a set period. Because Skool sells two plans at very different prices, the same percentage is worth roughly ten times more on a Pro group than on a Hobby one — which plan your referral picks matters far more than click volume. There is also automatic attribution in the other direction: if a member of your own group goes on to create their own group, that referral is credited to you without a link. Attribution is last touch, and two rules quietly kill a live commission — if the group owner transfers the group to someone else, or archives it, the payments stop.
Getting paid
Payouts are self-service. You connect a bank account, verify your identity with documents and an SMS-capable phone number, then trigger a payout whenever a balance is available. New commissions sit pending for two weeks first so refunds can be reversed before you are paid. Skool publishes no minimum balance and no fixed payment date.
The rules
Referring yourself does not work and is prohibited. Running ads against the Skool brand keyword is also prohibited; no other paid search rules are published.
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