Guides
The money side of online coaching
No-fluff guides to fees, taxes, and profit — the things coaches actually search before their first tax bill. All numbers are illustrative or published rates; your accountant has the final word.
- Stripe fees for coaches, explained What Stripe actually charges on a coaching payment: the 2.9% + $0.30 standard rate, the international-card surcharge, and how the fixed fee bites hardest on small payments.
- PayPal vs Stripe for coaches How Stripe (2.9% + $0.30) and PayPal goods & services (3.49% + $0.49) compare on a coaching payment, and when each one makes sense for getting paid.
- Do coaching platforms take a cut? Many coaching platforms add their own percentage on top of the payment processor's fee. Here's how the two stack, and why your effective cost can be higher than you think.
- Coaching platform fees compared How to compare the real cost of coaching platforms: separate the flat monthly subscription from per-transaction percentages, and add the processor fee underneath.
- How to take payments without platform fees You can't avoid the payment processor's published fee, but you can cut out a platform's extra percentage by collecting directly in your own Stripe account.
- How much to charge to take home X Work backwards from the take-home you want to the price you need to charge, accounting for processing fees and the tax you should reserve.
- Quarterly taxes for online coaches Why self-employed coaches owe estimated taxes through the year, how to reserve for them from each payment, and how to avoid the tax-season surprise.
- Tax-deductible expenses for coaches Common business expenses online coaches may be able to deduct — software, equipment, education, marketing — and why logging them lowers the profit you're taxed on.
- Gross revenue vs take-home Your gross coaching revenue is not what you keep. Here's the gap between the headline number and your real take-home after fees, tools, and tax.
- Online coaching profit margin guide What profit margin means for a solo online coach, the costs that erode it — fees, tools, tax — and how to see your real margin without a spreadsheet.
Or jump to the take-home calculator and run your own numbers.