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What is Skolarships?

Skolarships is an e-learning platform designed to provide secure, transparent, and engaging educational experiences. It offers both free and paid communities where creators can develop and share content, including courses, resources, and interactive features amongst community members. Skolarships also leverages blockchain technology to scale payments and provide its platform worldwide.

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How does Skolarships differ from other platforms like Skool, Circle, & Whop?

Skolarships offers worldwide support and integrates blockchain technology for enhanced security and transparency. It offers global access through PSPs (payment service providers) worldwide, decentralized payments, incentivizing rewards in both digital and physical form, and immutable records on the blockchain for verification. Unlike Skool and Circle, Skolarships emphasizes blockchain benefits and provides unique rewards for engagement and achievements. Skolarships also focuses heavily on tier-based systems to optimize and maximize the user experience of the platform, benefiting the ecosystem as whole based on the work put in. Taking all of the better, working parts from its competitors, Skolarships aims to scale community and education all under one roof where everybody eats, not just creators.

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What types of content can creators offer on Skolarships?

There are very few limits to what content is allowed on Skolarships. Creators can build communities based on fitness, business skills, personal development, professional development, nutrition, knowledge hubs, public speaking, dating, and so much more. As long as no one is building courses and a community similar The Anarchist Cookbook (and abides by the company ToS), anything is possible.

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How do creators make money on Skolarships?

Creators can get paid on Skolarships by building subscription-based communities around their passions and skills, participate in lucrative affiliate programs, earn tips from community members, mint lifetime access passes, and upselling on additional services and offers.

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Can regular members (not creators) make money on Skolarships?

Yes. Through 2 forms of affiliate programs, regular members can aid and assist both Skolarships and communities on the platform through a system of referrals. Skolarships offers a 50/50 split with every creator onboarded and a customizable community referral program for members based on the creator's preferences. Community members can also monetize their assistance by earning tips from other members by providing value to discussions.

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What are the key features of Skolarships' paid communities?

Paid communities on Skolarships typically offer more premium content, advanced courses, personalized support, high-value discussions, and enhanced interaction tools such as livestream sessions and prompt support. Members can gain access to premium features and resources that are not available in free communities. It is dependent on the creator of the community to showcase the quality of value within the community itself.

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What role does crypto & blockchain have in Skolarships?

Blockchain technology in Skolarships ensures data security, transparency, and immutability. It enables decentralized payments for the underbanked, token incentives for engagement, and verifiable certificates for course completion. This technology enhances trust and accountability within the platform. The economy will leverage major cryptocurrencies as payments methods as well as its own $SKO token for additional discounts and rewards.

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What gamification does Skolarships offer to enhance user engagement?

Skolarships offers gamified elements such as points, status, and leaderboards to drive engagement. It also includes discussion forums, live webinars, private messaging, and interactive assignments to foster a collaborative learning environment amongst community members. Giving community members more opportunities to engage and participate in features amongst the entire platform.

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How are payments and transactions managed on Skolarships?

Payments and transactions on Skolarships are streamlined through both traditional PSPS like PayPal, Stripe, and Payoneer alongside crypto features, ensuring secure and decentralized processes with reduced fees and faster processing times. The platform offers a variety of payment options, including credit cards, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and cryptocurrencies, providing flexibility for users. Integrating with notable Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Skolarships simplifies transactions and payouts, allowing users to easily connect their bank accounts and start monetizing instantly. Payouts can be processed via crypto, SEPA, ACH and IBAN transfers and can be scheduled daily, weekly, monthly, or at the user's preference, ensuring full control over earnings.

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Who is the team behind Skolarships?

The executive team leading Skolarships is Ashton Wolfe and Felix Mohr.

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How do I stay updated with new courses and updates?

You can follow the progress of Skolarships by signing up to the newsletter on Skolarships.com and following the company on X.

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