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MiloTree vs Teachable: Why Big Online Courses Are Dying (And What to Sell Instead)

ByJillian Leslie

If someone is telling you to build a big online course, they are lying to you.

They’re selling you a fantasy from 2019 — and they want you to pay $69 or $100 or $150 a month for expensive software to do it.

Here is the truth: course completion rates are between 5 and 15%. For every hundred people who buy your course, maybe 10 finish it. The rest feel guilty, ask for refunds, and never buy from you again.

That is not a business model. That is a trap. And platforms like Teachable? They’re built for that trap.

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The “Build a Course and Get Rich” Era Is Over

There’s so much free content on YouTube now — why would anyone pay hundreds of dollars for pre-recorded videos?

So when someone tells you to spend months building a big course, ask yourself: who benefits from that advice? You, or the platform charging you monthly while you build something nobody finishes?

Here’s what people actually pay for now:

  • A $27 guide that solves a real problem today
  • A $97 workshop where you show up live
  • A $150 coaching call where you actually talk to someone

Quick wins. Real humans. Not 12-week video libraries.

Teachable’s Problem: Built for a Dying Model

Teachable’s entire platform is built around the big course model — modules, lessons, quizzes — all supporting a format fewer and fewer people want to buy.

And their pricing? They just raised prices and killed their free plan:

  • $29/month for one product with a 7.5% transaction fee
  • $69/month for five products and no fee
  • $139/month for 25 products
  • $309/month for 100 products

Every time you grow, you pay more. And they cap your students — too many sign up and they charge you extra. You’re literally penalized for selling too much.

MiloTree: Built for What’s Actually Working

MiloTree is built for the products creators are actually selling right now — digital downloads, workshops, coaching, memberships, subscriptions, and templates.

And it’s $25/month for unlimited everything. Unlimited products. Unlimited customers. Unlimited freebies. No transaction fees beyond Stripe.

(Note: In the video I say $19/month — we’ve since updated pricing to $25/month. Still a fraction of what Teachable charges.)

FeatureMiloTreeTeachable
Price$25/month$29-$309/month
ProductsUnlimited1-100 (depends on plan)
Transaction feesNone (just Stripe)7.5% on basic plan
AI sales pages✅ Built in❌
Order bumps & upsells✅ Built inLimited
Coaching with calendar booking✅ Calendly & Acuity❌
Freebies & tripwires✅ Built inLimited
Student capsNoneCapped by plan

How to Set Up and Sell a Product in 15 Minutes

Here’s how easy this is with MiloTree:

  1. Choose what kind of product to sell — digital download, workshop, coaching, membership
  2. Give your product a name, price, and description
  3. Upload your digital file
  4. Click one button — MiloTree’s AI writes your sales page
  5. Tweak the text, swap in images — the heavy lifting is done
  6. Share your sales page link everywhere — Pinterest, emails, Facebook groups, DMs

When someone buys, MiloTree handles the payment and delivers the product automatically.

Build a Product Ladder (This Is Where the Real Money Is)

With MiloTree, you can turn a $27 customer into a $150 customer:

Freebie → paid customer in one click. That’s the digital product ladder strategy in action.

If You’re a Coach

Create a coaching product, connect your Calendly or Acuity account, and when someone buys, they book their call right on the thank-you page. No back-and-forth emails. No scheduling headaches.

To Be Fair: When Teachable Makes Sense

Teachable does offer structured course hosting with modules, quizzes, and completion certificates, plus student progress tracking and a built-in community.

If you genuinely need a full learning management system — like a certification program or corporate training — Teachable can do that.

But ask yourself honestly: do you need that? Or did someone tell you that you needed that?

Start Small. Sell Something Today.

This is my best advice: test your ideas fast. Sell something today. See what your audience actually wants before you invest months into something most people won’t finish.

MiloTree does what most creators actually need:

  • ✅ Sell your stuff easily
  • ✅ Collect payments
  • ✅ Test ideas fast
  • ✅ Book your coaching calls
  • ✅ Grow your email list

And it’s $25/month. Unlimited everything. You could set this up this afternoon.

Start free on MiloTree — no credit card required →

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