# Stop Paying Skool's $99/mo Tax for Features You Don't Use.**The cold, hard truth:** Skool is a gamified chatroom. If you are running paid live cohorts or high-ticket masterclasses, you don't need to force your audience into a 24/7 digital treehouse. Why are you paying a flat $99/month just to get access to a calendar feature and a forum your audience doesn't actually want to check? If your revenue model is based on live events, live coaching, and cohorts, the "community" aspect is often just a distraction from the main event. Popup strips away the noisy forums and gamification BS. We give you a sleek, aggressive platform to sell, host, and upsell during live events. No $99/mo overhead tax just to exist. ### The Breakdown: Live Revenue vs. Gamified Chatrooms Feature Popup Skool Core Value Live event sales & upselling 24/7 Community forum & gamification Monthly Tax Pay for performance Flat $99/mo regardless of sales Audience Focus Zero distractions, pure content Endless notifications and leaderboards Upsell Mechanics Native, frictionless in-event buys DMing people links *“I was forcing my cohort students to join a Skool group just so I could host my weekly calls. It was overkill and expensive. Popup let me sell the cohort and run the live sessions without the babysitting.”*— **Brad, Marketing Expert**### Sell the event, not the chatroom.Stop paying for a bloated community platform when all you need is a high-converting live engine. **[Start Selling Live on Popup]**