Skillest Takes 20% of Everything You Earn. V1 Takes Nothing.
Skillest is a marketplace. V1 Sports is your own coaching business infrastructure. Here is exactly what that difference means for your income.
What Is Skillest?
Skillest is an online golf coaching marketplace. Instructors list themselves, students browse and compare, and Skillest takes approximately 20% of every transaction. If you earn $5,000 in a month, Skillest keeps $1,000 of it.
On V1, every dollar your students pay goes directly to you. Full stop.
Skillest vs V1 Sports — Side by Side
| Feature | Skillest | V1 Sports |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue share | ✗~20% of every lesson | ✓0% — you keep everything |
| Student ownership | ✗Platform owns the relationship | ✓You own your students |
| Audience type | ✗Shared marketplace — students browse competitors | ✓Your branded academy — no competing instructors |
| Business model | ✗Transaction-focused (per lesson) | ✓Recurring subscription revenue |
| Golfer supply | ✗You compete for attention | ✓PAIRED sends matched golfers directly to you |
| Video analysis | ✗Basic | ✓30+ years of industry-leading tools |
| AI student engagement | ✗Limited | ✓Built-in AI follow-up and engagement |
| Support model | ✗Self-serve | ✓Strategic growth partnership |
The Bottom Line
If you are building a long-term coaching business — not just selling individual lessons — V1 Sports is the better infrastructure. You own the audience, keep the revenue, and you are not competing inside someone else's marketplace.
Once you own the platform, the next step is filling it — see our guide to golf instructor marketing that attracts more students, or read how 0% commission billing works.
I was skeptical — I'd tried online coaching before and it never stuck. Within 60 days of setting up my V1 academy, I had $2,000 in new monthly recurring revenue from students I was already teaching in person.
Ron isn't alone. The average instructor in our PAIRED program is now earning $400/month in supplemental income — and we paid out over $5,000 to pros last month, a number that's growing fast.
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