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Teachable instructors face high costs and missing community features

.85
Demand — how loud & how many (score)
Willing to payExplicit
Momentum (7d) 20.4%
Cluster35 posts · 24 people
MarketplaceThinkific App Store
Updated3d ago
The story

The pain

We're paying a premium for Teachable but still need to add separate community tools like Discord to get decent course completion rates. The platform promised its own community feature years ago but never delivered, so we're stuck paying for two subscriptions. On top of that, integration problems with Zapier and Mailchimp and slow customer service make the high monthly fee even harder to justify.

Evidence

What people said · 35 complaints, 24 people

Paying them $200/month and not generating enough sales to justify the expense. Also been having some major problems with integration with Zapier and Mailchimp. Customer Service can be painfully slow as well.
RedditTop_Fudge2104Jan 9
The main issue arises because Teachable customers do not automatically transition to Discord after their purchase. The platform experiences a 40% user join rate, but only half of these users stay active.
Redditbookmarking721Oct 15
Teachable said they were building their own community, but it has been several years and...crickets. So, many of us are left paying for both aspects.
RedditmasgrimesOct 6
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Score breakdown

Reach
how many people
1.0
Recency
how fresh
.32
Engagement
upvotes & replies
.92
Willingness to pay
people said they'd pay
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