Your most engaged members become your best customers.
Sell memberships, courses, and downloads from one space. Members earn XP for showing up, and their level unlocks the discounts and free products you choose.
No monthly fee. 4% per sale plus Stripe's fees. See pricing
Engagement that pays off for both of you
- 1
Members show up
Posts, comments, finished lessons, and passed quizzes earn XP in your space. Daily caps keep it honest.
- 2
Levels unlock your perks
You set the ladder: 10% off the course at level 3, the template pack free at level 5.
- 3
You see what it earned
Your dashboard shows the revenue that came from perk checkouts, so you know engagement is paying.
Sell
- Memberships, billed monthly or yearly
- Courses with modules, progress, and quizzes
- Downloads delivered by private, expiring links
Gather
- A members-only feed that updates live
- Weekly and all-time leaderboards
- Daily streaks that bring people back
Skool charges you before your first sale. We don't.
4%
per sale
No monthly fee. Yoink takes 4% of each sale. Stripe's fees come out of your own Stripe account: 2.9% + 30¢ per US card payment, plus 0.7% on memberships (Stripe Billing).
- Members pay the price you set. No added buyer fees.
- Yoink keeps its 4% on refunds and lost chargebacks.
- Payouts go straight to your Stripe account.
One sale, every cent
A $20 membership, bought with a 10% level 3 perk.
- Member pays
- $18.00
- Yoink (4%)
- −$0.72
- Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢)
- −$0.82
- Stripe Billing (0.7%)
- −$0.13
- You keep
- $16.33
yoink. No monthly fee$91/mo |  Skool | Patreon $144/mo |  Circle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | $0 | $9 | $0 | $89, billed yearly |
Platform fee per sale (what this means)What the platform keeps from each sale, before card processing. | 4% | 10% + 30¢ | 10% | 2% |
Card processing (what this means)What the payment processor charges on each card payment. | Stripe: 2.9% + 30¢, plus 0.7% on memberships | Included | Extra (estimated at 2.9% + 30¢) | Stripe: 2.9% + 30¢, plus 0.7% on memberships |
Total per month (what this means)Everything above for the sales you picked, sold as $20 memberships on US cards. | $91 | $124 | $144 | $160 |
| Community feed and comments | Included | Included | Chats and comments | Included |
| Levels and leaderboard | Included | Included | Not listed | Gamification |
| Paid membership access | Included | Included | Included | Not listed |
| Courses | Included | Included | Not listed | Included |
| Quizzes | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| One-time products | Courses and downloads | Not listed | Included | Payments included |
Levels unlock products (what this means)Reaching a Level gives a Member a product for free. | Included | Courses by level | Not listed | Not listed |
Levels earn discounts at checkout (what this means)A Member's Level takes a set percentage off a product, applied at checkout. | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
Revenue from Perks shown to you (what this means)Your dashboard shows the revenue from checkouts that used a Level discount. | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
Who processes payments (what this means)On Yoink, sales land in your own Stripe account (direct charges). | Stripe, on your own account | Skool | Patreon | Not listed |
| Member billing portal | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Member email export | Not included | Not listed | Included | Not listed |
Totals assume $20 memberships on US cards. Yoink's figure includes Stripe's card processing and 0.7% Stripe Billing. Above about $2,100 a month in membership sales, Skool Pro costs less. Whop's fee per sale is lower than Yoink's. “Not listed” means the company's own pages don't mention it.
- Skool: Pricing; Help center: subscriptions FAQ (the 30¢); SkoolPrep: levels and leaderboards (third-party). Read October 18, 2026.
- Patreon: Pricing. Read October 18, 2026.
- Whop: Fees; Sell on Whop. Read October 18, 2026.
- Circle: Pricing. Read October 18, 2026.
- Kajabi: Pricing. Read October 18, 2026.
- Mighty Networks: Pricing. Read October 18, 2026.
Skool, Patreon, Whop, Circle, Kajabi and Mighty Networks are trademarks of their owners. Yoink isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them. Prices and features as published on each company's site on October 18, 2026.