Analysis and guides
Two kinds of writing: what the tracked data shows about paid communities, and how to read what is on this site.
- Analysis
Skool vs Whop: what the two platforms look like from a member’s seat
Skool vs Whop from a member’s seat: what each platform publishes about its communities, what you can check before paying, and where the figures differ.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
Content rewards and clipping communities: what they actually sell
Content rewards and clipping communities: how campaigns that pay per view work, what the communities selling access sell, and what to check before joining.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to check a paid community before you pay
How to check a paid community before you pay: what you can verify without taking anyone’s word for it, and what nobody can verify at all.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Analysis
What different niches charge, and how large their communities get
What different niches charge: the niches we classify side by side, with what communities in each charge, how many publish a price, and how large they get.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to make money on TikTok, and what the shortcuts actually cost
How to make money on TikTok: the routes people are sold, what each asks of you, and what the communities teaching them charge, read from public listings.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to start dropshipping, and what the courses around it charge
How to start dropshipping: what the model is, why it is taught so heavily, and what the ecommerce niche that includes it charges. Dated figures.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to start a YouTube channel, and what the communities around it cost
How to start a YouTube channel: the parts that are free, the parts people pay for, and what content communities charge, from public listings.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Analysis
Online business ideas, priced
Online business ideas side by side: the niches people are taught, what the communities in each charge and how large they get.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
Content creator jobs: what is actually being advertised
Many content creator jobs are campaign work paid against views. What that means, who runs the campaigns, and what access to them costs.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
Day trading for beginners: what it involves and what the rooms charge
Day trading for beginners: what the activity involves, what the communities around it sell and what they charge. Read from public listings, not advice.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to start an online business, and what the communities teaching it charge
How to start an online business: the early decisions that matter, and what the communities teaching each route charge.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
How to become a UGC creator, and what the communities teaching it charge
How to become a UGC creator: what user generated content work is, how it differs from influencing and clipping, and what the communities teaching it cost.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
What is day trading? The activity, and the industry around it
What is day trading? A plain definition, how it differs from investing and from swing trading, and what the communities selling it charge. Not advice.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Analysis
Day trading strategies: which ones are actually being taught
Day trading strategies, counted: which methods the trading communities listed here say they teach, read from their own listings. Not a guide to any.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
Is dropshipping worth it? What can actually be checked
Is dropshipping worth it? What can be checked: what the teaching costs, how large the communities are, and what nobody can tell you.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Analysis
Dropshipping in 2026: what the communities cost and how big they are
Dropshipping in 2026: what the ecommerce niche that includes it charges, how large its communities are, and the largest of them, read from public listings.
Check the Course · 24 Sept 2026
- Guide
What Check the Course is, and how to use it
What Check the Course is: an index of paid online communities, with prices, sizes and ratings read from public listings and dated, and how to read it.
Check the Course · 13 Sept 2026