Hi Guys, @bradleytmorris @andyfreist
I’m leaning towards using Teachable as a platform, which is interesting as I was all set to DIY in WordPress as I know it much better. (My website is in WordPress).

Is there any way you know of that I can see inside a teachable course to know what it looks like. Or can you describe the set up. I know that I could just sign up and play around with it but I’m interested to know if there is a way that I can visually see what it looks like, beyond the sign up page I’ve seen examples of on the website. It would be nice to do this before making a final decision.

One thing that appeals to me about teachable is that it seems to address the newish VAT Moss regulations in the UK and Europe. I think I’m right in saying that payments are made through the platform so that I wouldn’t need to set up payments via something like click bank who also cover all the new EU VAT regulations, which seem like an absolute headache.

A couple more questions you might be able to answer about Teachable…
Why no need for video hosting such as vimeo?
If I buy into the option with a custom domain and I decide to upgrade everything later will the domain stay with me or Teachable? (Sorry, hope this isn’t a dumb question)

Hi @penny, @bradley and @andy,
Thank you so much for your reply Penny and for covering my questions in the coaching call guys, it really helped.

Perhaps we can have an individual post somewhere, (not sure where the best place would be to park it), about EU VAT regulations.

From my research so far, I know it is a headache but as things unfold I think there will be some solutions. I’m in England, so right in the middle of it and need to take it in to account from the get go.

Don’t quote me on this, but, my understanding is that if you use a payment platform like click bank or paddle they will pay the required VAT on your behalf and will hold records of transactions so that you don’t have to worry about it. As with any platform it comes with a cost attached.

There was also something I read, which I need to clarify, that if your digital product has an element of live coaching to it, such as you guys are doing with the coaching call, then I think that it is considered more coaching than digital product and might get through on that loop hole. The ecourse learning part being considered more in support of the coaching than the other way round. Again, don’t quote me on it but this might be a viable route to avoid the headache as it seems it’s not then classed as a digital product.

So there may be advantages beyond creating community with the live coaching element. If your course is a self teach offering then it’s a different matter. Something to consider when deciding on your delivery. I’d love more clarity from an expert on the subject, it’s definitely something that’s evolving and has killed off a lot of small kitchen table businesses, which is tragic! Especially since the big guys who it was intended for don’t seem to have been affected in the same way!!

Anyway… More research to do. I’ll double check on whether teachable has this covered and will report back.

@andy feel free to move this thread to a more appropriate place if you think it would help to have an EU VAT Regulations thread somewhere where we can pool our knowledge and research.

Thanks again all. 😊

Silly me @pennyclaringbull, I just reposted the ultimate guide link that I obviously saw way back when You posted it! Such good stuff though.

I’m looking into switching from Zippy Courses to LifterLMS. My zippy license just ended and I was surprised when the plugin simply disappeared from the dashboard, it’s a good thing I’d saved all the content elsewhere!

I thought it signaled a good moment to review my platform, and LifterLMS seems like it’s got soooo much more customer support and features than the Zippy option. I like how the put connecting to students as their #1 priority. It’s mine too!

How is Teachable working out for everyone?

Ok I just downloaded LifterLMS…loving their open source free download for your 1st course…I’ll report back on how it goes!