Our Tech Stack for Teacherpreneurs

We get a lot of questions from teachers about what tech they need to start and run their business. We also get a lot of comments about how much it costs to start and run an online teaching business. 

We thought that at first, too, and then we realized you can do almost everything for free. At first that is, and then when your business is earning regular income, you can upgrade in some areas to optimize efficiency. 

With that in mind, we’re going to share our entire tech stack - what we use to run a lean business. We’ve divided this into two parts: (mostly) free starter pack and cost-effective upgrades later. 

The best advice of all really is to use what you know, are comfortable with, and know how to use. 

Here’s what we use (some of these links are affiliate links to resources we love. No extra cost to you, and it helps support what we do). 

Our recommended starter pack:

• Landing Page - Carrd (free)

• Email Marketing - MailerLite (free) 

• Course Host - Thinkific (free account)

• Classes - Zoom ($20/month) 

• Payment Processor - Stripe (free)

• Class/course recordings host - Google drive (free) or Vimeo (free plan)

• Content creation - Canva (free)

• Video editor - iMovie (free on mac) or Shotcut (free on PC) 

• Class/Meeting Scheduler - Calendly (free)

You can start and run a very profitable teaching business for $20/month. 

Here’s what we use to run our entire business:

• Website - Squarespace

• Course host - Skool

• Email Marketing - MailerLite

• Scheduling - *Trafft and Calendly 

• Video Recording and Hosting - Vimeo

• Custom Integrations - Zapier

• Payment Processor - Stripe 

• Meetings - Zoom 

• Email - GSuite 

• Content Creation  - Canva (pro) 

• Video editor - Final Cut Pro (mac only) 

*see the appsumo lifetime deal for Trafft booking