Why hello.fan + store.fan is our pick
- Weekly sessions repeat at the same time every week, which suits ongoing coaching clients.
- Booked sessions inside your working hours are paid up front.
- Per-minute calls let a client check in for five minutes without paying for an hour.
- store.fan sells programs, memberships and paid communities, with payments to your own Stripe.
- With a store.fan shop on a paid plan linked to hello.fan, you keep up to 70% of what clients pay.
What does a coach need from a platform?
Coaching runs on two things: time with the client, and a structure they follow between sessions. A good setup gets you paid for both without chasing invoices.
hello.fan covers the time. Clients video call, voice call or chat with you 1:1 and pay per started 15 seconds, only while you're both connected. store.fan covers the structure: a program, a membership or a paid community that clients buy from your link-in-bio shop.
- Life coaches: weekly check-in calls, plus a journaling workbook as a download.
- Fitness coaches: form-check video calls, plus a training plan or a membership.
- Business coaches: strategy sessions, plus a course or a set of templates.
We run both platforms, so this is our own recommendation, not an outside review. Learn more on hello.fan for creators and our store.fan overview.
How do weekly and booked sessions work on hello.fan?
Your working hours decide when you're available, and hello.fan takes you online and offline at those times on its own. Inside those hours, clients can book a session and pay up front, so a booked slot is already paid by the time it starts.
For clients on a longer program, weekly sessions repeat at the same time every week. That gives both of you a rhythm without rebooking every Sunday night.
Between sessions, a client who just needs a quick word can call while you're online and pay only for the minutes used. Chat can be priced below voice or video, or even free, which suits short accountability messages.
- Open office hours. Clients who heart you are alerted as soon as you're online, so you can announce an hour for quick questions.
- Off-hours notes. A client can send an Icebreaker for 10 credits while you're away, and you reply once.
Calls stay private: nothing is recorded, phone numbers stay private, and block and report are in every call. See the details on hello.fan for creators.
What should a coach sell on store.fan?
store.fan gives you seven ways to sell from one link: digital downloads, online courses, 1:1 coaching calls, webinars, memberships, paid communities and physical or made-to-order items. For coaches, these tend to matter most:
- Programs as online courses, with hosted course videos on Pro.
- Memberships for clients who want ongoing material between calls.
- Paid communities for group accountability.
- Webinars for group workshops.
If you'd rather sell fixed-price coaching calls with a calendar, store.fan syncs with Google Calendar and adds Google Meet links automatically. Its inbox and customer CRM keep client conversations in one place.
Start small. One program or one membership is enough to learn what clients will buy, and Free Plus costs nothing until a sale comes in.
See coaching calls and memberships on store.fan.
Should coaching calls go on hello.fan or store.fan?
Both can host a call, so choose by how you charge. Per-minute and drop-in calls belong on hello.fan, where billing runs only while you're both connected and you keep 60%, or 70% with a linked store.fan shop on a paid plan.
A fixed-price package, such as a one-hour intake call, fits store.fan's coaching calls with Google Meet links. On Starter or Pro the platform fee is 0%; on Free Plus, store.fan keeps 30% of each sale.
You don't have to pick one. Here's one way to combine them:
- A fixed-price intake call on store.fan.
- Weekly sessions on hello.fan after that.
- A program or membership on store.fan for the work between calls.
Compare plans on store.fan pricing, or read the best platform for memberships.
How to get started
- Set up hello.fan. Create your creator page, set call prices and choose the working hours you coach in.
- Package your program. Put your program, workbook or membership in a store.fan shop, starting on Free Plus at $0 a month.
- Link and upgrade. Link your store.fan shop to hello.fan and move to Starter or Pro to keep 70% on calls.
When does something else fit better?
Fits better when Better if you need intake forms, contracts and session notes managed in one dedicated system.
What it misses They usually center on scheduled sessions rather than per-minute drop-in calls billed only while connected.
Fits better when Fine if you run a few fixed-length sessions a week at one flat price.
What it misses You juggle three tools, and there's no shop for programs or memberships next to your calls.
Fits better when Better when your coaching is mostly live group classes for many people at once.
What it misses They aren't built around private 1:1 calls or selling your own downloads and memberships.
Frequently asked questions
Can I run weekly coaching sessions on hello.fan?
Yes. Weekly sessions repeat at the same time every week, and booked sessions inside your working hours are paid up front. Between sessions, clients can still call while you're online and pay only while connected.
Can fitness coaches use hello.fan for live training?
Yes, for 1:1 video calls such as form checks or a short workout together. There are 21 free camera filters, nothing is recorded, and billing is per started 15 seconds while you're both connected.
Do I keep 100% of store.fan sales?
On Starter ($24 a month at the launch price, regular $29) and Pro ($49, regular $99), the platform fee is 0%, so store.fan takes nothing from each sale. On Free Plus, store.fan keeps 30% of each sale.
Is hello.fan right for every kind of coaching?
hello.fan is for adults 18+ and allows no adult content, so it suits life, career, fitness and business coaching with adult clients. If you coach teenagers, you'll need a different tool for the calls.
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