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ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY review

ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY publishes 210 course modules on Skool. It charges $99 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY, and nothing below is a verdict.

ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY is a Skool group for barbers, created in March 2025, covering cutting, client building and pricing.[1] It is the community of Learn To Cut Essentials, which Alexi Michael built for barbers focused on craft, pricing and brand, and new members can start with a free seven-day trial.[1][2]

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Members
376
Published price
$99
per month
Members, last 29 days
-54
3 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026
Size rank in niche
#71
of 112 sellers listed in trades and local services, by published members
Price rank in niche
#4
of 41 priced in Trades and local services listed here, highest first
Niche
Trades and local services
125 listed here
Created
25 Mar 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
30
since 24 Aug 2026

About ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY

Members get more than 50 hours of haircutting tutorials, a full branding blueprint and weekly live coaching with hot seats and feedback.[1] Annual members also receive two bonus modules, The Precision Cutter Blueprint and How to Raise Prices the RIGHT Way.[1]

Learn To Cut, the wider brand, teaches what it calls a precision-based system for modern haircuts alongside building a personal brand.[3] Its curriculum rests on four pillars: mindset, technique, the chair and identity.[3] Besides on-demand video and live feedback sessions, it runs in-person workshops, including a programme called Build Without Limits, with direct instruction from Alexi Michael.[3] The site names Skool and Discord as the programme's home and also sells barbering tools and apparel.[3]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/learntocutessentials, as collected 28 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: learntocutprogram.com, retrieved 1 Oct 2026
  3. Official website: learntocut.com, retrieved 1 Oct 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheTrades and local servicesFormatCommunity

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
210
Courses
13
Posts, all time
2,331
People running it
10

Counts published by ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY on its own page, read on 16 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by aleximichael.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 2 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 5ac5ee7605fd.
Observable monthly ceiling
$99
monthly price
376
published members
$37,224
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the trades and local services niche

Percentile among the other 124 trades and local services listings here.

Price · further right is cheaper8th
most expensivecheapest

Held at $99 per month for every week we have tracked it, since August 2026.

  • Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Present in every one of the 11 weeks recorded since August 2026, with no week missing.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 376 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
Website

Tracked over time

Member change
-17-4.3%over 4 days-54-12.6%over 29 days
Price change
Unchanged at every reading

30 observations over 70 days.

Member count
38039040041042043037624 Aug 20262 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$99$9924 Aug 20262 Nov 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
2 Nov 2026376-17$99 per month$37,224
29 Oct 20263930$99 per month$38,907
29 Oct 2026393-8$99 per month$38,907
27 Oct 2026401+3$99 per month$39,699
25 Oct 20263980$99 per month$39,402
25 Oct 2026398-6$99 per month$39,402
23 Oct 2026404-13$99 per month$39,996
19 Oct 2026417-2$99 per month$41,283
18 Oct 2026419+2$99 per month$41,481
15 Oct 20264170$99 per month$41,283
14 Oct 2026417-2$99 per month$41,283
13 Oct 2026419-1$99 per month$41,481
12 Oct 2026420+3$99 per month$41,580
11 Oct 2026417-12$99 per month$41,283
9 Oct 2026429+1$99 per month$42,471
9 Oct 2026428+3$99 per month$42,372
7 Oct 2026425-5$99 per month$42,075
5 Oct 20264300$99 per month$42,570
5 Oct 20264300$99 per month$42,570
3 Oct 2026430+7$99 per month$42,570
1 Oct 2026423+15$99 per month$41,877
28 Sept 2026408+5$99 per month$40,392
23 Sept 2026403+2$99 per month$39,897
21 Sept 20264010$99 per month$39,699
20 Sept 20264010$99 per month$39,699
14 Sept 2026401-7$99 per month$39,699
7 Sept 2026408-1$99 per month$40,392
5 Sept 2026409+1$99 per month$40,491
31 Aug 2026408-23$99 per month$40,392
24 Aug 2026431$99 per month$42,669
Average per week, last 29 days3 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026-13
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 2 Nov 2026-5

Common questions about ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY

What is ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY?
ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY is a Skool group for barbers, created in March 2025, covering cutting, client building and pricing. It is the community of Learn To Cut Essentials, which Alexi Michael built for barbers focused on craft, pricing and brand, and new members can start with a free seven-day trial.
How much does ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY cost?
ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY charges $99 per month on Skool, read 2 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 8% of the other priced trades and local services listings here.
How many members does ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY have?
ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY lists 376 members, read 2 Nov 2026.
How has ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY's membership changed?
From 431 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 376 on 2 Nov 2026: down 55, or 13%.
How does ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY compare with other trades and local services communities?
At $99 a month, ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY sits above the $34 median of the 40 priced trades and local services listings here. The niche median is 512 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What else does ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY's seller list?
The same seller has 1 other listing we track: Learn To Cut.
What do you get inside ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY?
ESSENTIALS COMMUNITY publishes 210 course modules, 13 courses, 2,331 posts, 10 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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