Meet the new Teachable Payments

Checkout is where a sale is won or lost. For anyone selling courses, coaching, or memberships, the moment between wanting a product and paying for it decides how much you keep, how much of your week goes to admin, and how many students around the world can buy from you at all.

Most creators end up assembling that moment themselves. One tool runs the checkout page, another handles taxes, a spreadsheet reconciles the numbers, and a separate processor covers anyone paying from abroad. Every extra piece adds a fee, a login, and one more thing to fix late at night.

Teachable rebuilt its checkout on Stripe so you start with all of that handled. You keep more of every sale, you spend less time on payments and taxes, and you can sell to students across most of the world from your first launch. Your students see a clean, familiar checkout. Underneath, it runs on the same Stripe technology behind a large share of online commerce, and it does the operational work for you.

The timing works in your favor. Goldman Sachs Research projects that the creator economy could roughly double to $480 billion by 2027, up from $250 billion. More of that money will move across borders, on phones, and in local currencies. Teachable Payments was built for that.

Your checkout should earn you more, hand back your weekends, and let you sell anywhere. That is Teachable Payments.

Your checkout should make you more money, give you your weekends back, and let you sell anywhere in the world. That is the new Teachable Payments.

What you get with Teachable Payments

Here is what comes built in from your first sale, next to what selling with a separate payment tool usually looks like.

More money in your pocket

The first thing you feel is how much you keep. Your rates start below standard processing, and creators selling internationally see the biggest reduction. Talk with our team to see your exact rate, then read the full breakdown on our pricing page.

Selling more from the same traffic matters just as much as the rate. Built-in order bumps add around 20% in revenue on the transactions that use them, Buy Now, Pay Later lifts sales by about 25%, and tax-inclusive pricing can raise checkout conversion by up to 22%. These tools come with your checkout, with nothing extra to install.

“When you are just starting, giving up a small percentage may not seem significant. But as your business grows, every percentage point starts to matter.” — Stefan Kunz, founder of Stefan Kunz Studio

Rates start as low as 2.5% + $0.30 based on where you are and how much you process. Talk with our team to see your exact number, then read the details in our Teachable Payments help guide.

Hours of your life back

Next, you stop being your own accountant. On every sale, sales tax, VAT, and GST are calculated, collected, and remitted for you across 45+ countries. 

There are no forms to chase, no spreadsheets to reconcile, and no separate tax app to connect. Tax handling runs on Stripe Tax, so it keeps getting stronger over time.

Sell to anyone, anywhere

Your students should pay the way they already do. Teachable Payments gives them more than 35 ways to check out. On a phone, that means one tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay and no card entry. With local currency display, buyers see prices in their own currency automatically, so a student in Sao Paulo or Warsaw feels at home at checkout.

When a buyer sees their own currency and their usual payment method, more of them finish the sale.

Subscriptions that keep paying you

Recurring revenue runs on Stripe Billing. Failed payments get retried automatically, and many are recovered before you would notice. You get smart dunning, proration, and tax-aware invoicing from day one. For anyone selling memberships, coaching, payment plans, or drip courses, recurring payments can raise lifetime student value by around 43%.

Faster payouts, with fraud protection built in

Your money should reach you quickly. Eligible creators get instant payouts, with funds arriving in minutes through eligible debit cards or bank rails. Every transaction runs through Stripe fraud protection, so risky charges get caught early, before they turn into a costly chargeback.

Getting set up is simple

There is no migration and no separate processor to connect. Teachable Payments is part of the platform, so it is on from your first product, and setup takes minutes. It is powered by Stripe for reliability and security.

You also get a named Customer Success Consultant who knows your setup and answers you directly, plus warm intros to other creators and invitations to Teachable events around the world.

Educators are already selling worldwide with Teachable

Creators are already growing across borders on Teachable, and these payment features fit exactly how they sell. For Stefan Kunz, having payments built into the platform mattered from day one. He could open enrollment without wiring up a separate processor, which kept his attention on his students.

“It felt like a platform that would let me focus on creating and teaching rather than managing technology.” — Stefan Kunz, founder of Stefan Kunz Studio

Stefan has taught more than 8,000 students across 25-plus launches, reaching learners on nearly every continent, with Teachable handling tax and local payment methods for him. 

With students from 188 countries, tax compliance could have been a nightmare. Teachable handles it all, so we can focus on helping our members build their data skills. — Leila Gharani, XelPlus Academy

Youness School has supported more than 2,000 engineering-prep students across Morocco and France, plus another 20,000 reached through free lessons, on a platform that travels with the student wherever the signal goes. For more stories like theirs, browse our creator success stories.

Start selling with Teachable Payments

The new Teachable Payments gives you better rates, less admin, and more buyers, all inside the platform you already use. 

See the new Teachable Payments and talk with our team, then see how creators are already selling worldwide with it.

Teachable DOES NOT provide legal or tax advice to users of Teachable Payments. By using Teachable Payments, You are solely responsible for obtaining any such legal advice and tax advice that You consider appropriate in connection with Your use of Teachable Payments.