Do I really own it?
Yes, and that's the point. The accounts are in your name, payments go to
your bank, the member list is yours to export, and you keep the code, along
with the documentation needed to hand it to someone else. There is no exit
fee and nothing to untangle from us first.
I'm not technical. Will I be able to run this?
If you can write an email and drag a file, yes. Adding a lesson is: choose
the video, type a title, press save. Length, thumbnail and subtitles happen
without you. And whatever you'd rather hand over, the care plan covers:
small changes done for you, up to four hours a month.
What about VAT? Ablefy handles it for me as a reseller.
It does, and that's a real convenience. It's also the most expensive way
to sell. As a reseller Ablefy takes 7.5 % + €0.50
of every sale; in your own name 3.9 % + €0.25.
On your own academy the only cut is your payment provider's, around
1.5 % + €0.25.
On a €490 course sold a hundred times a year that's roughly
€3,725 in reseller fees,
€1,936 in your own name, or
€760 on your own academy. The first year's
saving alone can cover the build.
The trade is honest: you or your Steuerberater handle the VAT
registrations instead. Tax is calculated per country from the start, but
the paperwork is yours. If you'd rather pay 7.5 % to never think about it,
stay where you are.
Isn't a German platform cheaper and already GDPR-compliant?
Cheaper, yes, and they host in Germany with a DPA, same as this does.
We're not selling compliance as a feature; it's the baseline. What they
can't give you is your own domain and brand, paid 1:1 booking against your
calendar, an assistant that knows your lessons, or something that keeps
running if you stop paying us.
What language is the academy in?
Whichever language you teach in. German and English are ready today;
any other is a translation file, not a rebuild. Members switch for
themselves with a toggle in the header, and the assistant and subtitles
follow automatically.
