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Do not choose a yoga platform by looking at its feature grid. Choose it by running two tests: Can I operate here next month? Can I leave here next year?
This scorecard takes about thirty minutes per platform and exposes financial obligations that a monthly subscription price alone hides.
Most options resemble one of three models:
Category labels are not verdicts. A marketplace might offer discovery you cannot create alone. A generic tool may provide control while requiring more setup. A storefront could simplify delivery while limiting exports. Score the contract and workflow, not the category name.
Give each row a weight from 1 (minor) to 5 (critical). Then rate the platform from 0 (missing) to 5 (strong). Multiply weight by rating.
| Criterion | Questions to answer | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Student relationship | Who does the student believe they subscribed to? Can you contact active students for service messages? | 1–5 |
| Data export | Which records export, in what format, and without a support ticket? | 1–5 |
| Payments | Who processes charges, handles refunds, controls payout timing, and carries disputes? | 1–5 |
| Total cost | Monthly fee, commission, processor fee, storage, email, video, and migration work | 1–5 |
| Delivery | Live scheduling, on-demand programmes, access controls, and embeds you actually use | 1–5 |
| Accessibility and support | Captions, keyboard operation, student support, teacher support, and incident response | 1–5 |
| Exit cost | Content download, domain changes, subscription migration, and cancellation terms | 1–5 |
The maximum score is the sum of each weight multiplied by five. Record raw answers alongside the numbers; a neat total based on guesses remains a guess.
“Own your audience” is marketing language until you define the verbs.
Ask whether you can:
Do not assume that possessing an email address permits every future message. Export ability, privacy obligations, and marketing consent are distinct questions.
The ICO portability guidance describes structured, commonly used, machine-readable formats like CSV, XML, and JSON, while also explaining that the legal right applies only in particular circumstances. Use this as a technical benchmark, not as legal advice that every business export must contain every field.
Write down four names: the student, teacher, platform, and payment processor. Then map who handles each part of the transaction.
Stripe Connect documentation shows why “payments included” is not a complete answer: platforms can configure connected accounts, payment routing, and payouts in different ways. Ask which configuration applies to you and verify it in the platform's current agreement.
Calculate total cost using your own numbers:
Calculate your total expenses using monthly software, video and storage costs, email tools, payment fees, platform commissions, and administrative time.
Run the calculation at three revenue levels. A cheap flat fee can strain your budget before revenue grows, whereas a percentage cut can become expensive after growth.
List the next four things you intend to sell. For each item, mark the exact workflow you need to complete the sale.
Ignore features that do not serve a specific job on that list. You are buying an operating system for a teaching business, not collecting toggles.
Pretend you are leaving the platform on Friday. Ask the vendor to show you, rather than merely promise, how you would retrieve your core business assets.
Time the process carefully. Note which steps require support, which formats are produced, and which relationships cannot transfer automatically. This migration drill often changes the score more than a standard feature demo.
Prime Tempr publicly states that each teacher receives their own storefront, can publish programmes and live offerings, and keeps 85 percent of subscription revenue under the current 15 percent flat commission. The current teacher terms and pricing explanation are the first-party sources for those details, including the statement that students subscribe to a teacher rather than a competing house subscription and may stack teacher subscriptions.
These are current first-party terms and do not replace your own due diligence. Verify the live agreement, settlement status, export workflow, support expectations, and every scorecard row before deciding. Applying to teach is an optional next step after comparison, not a substitute for it.
Set three non-negotiables before you contact vendors. For example, you might require direct access to student emails, zero platform commissions, or an automated CSV export.
Reject any option that fails a non-negotiable, even if its weighted total is high. Among the remaining options, choose the highest score only after completing the migration drill and reading current terms.
Model your actual expected revenue and fixed costs. A percentage reduces fixed costs when revenue is low but scales upward with sales, while a flat fee behaves in the opposite way. Payment processing and add-on costs may apply to either model.
No. A data export and a payment-subscription migration are separate technical processes. Ask both platforms and your payment processor what elements can successfully transfer.
No. A marketplace can provide discovery and shared infrastructure. Score the value it provides against the relationship, data, fee, and exit terms you must accept.
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