You’ve probably noticed the Skool platform is full of communities. Some are brilliant. Some are just noise. If you’re a solopreneur or small business owner trying to figure out which ones are worth your time and attention, I’ve done the digging for you.
I’ve spent time in dozens of these spaces. I’ve looked at what people actually get, whether the community is active, and whether the person running it knows what they’re talking about. Here are the 10 that stand out.
Communities Built on Proof
These are led by people who’ve actually done the thing they’re teaching.
1. Your First $5k Club w/ARLAN
This is a properly useful community if you’re trying to make your first real money online. It’s got over 30k members, so there’s a decent crowd, but what matters more is that Arlan’s actually created a place where people share wins instead of just talking theory. You get instant access to training (YouTube Accelerator, AI for Business stuff), a 5-day challenge to get you moving, and most importantly, actual people who are a few steps ahead of you, not gatekeeping. The whole vibe is about friendship and peer support, which sounds cheesy until you realise how rare that is. Free to join, which means no risk if it turns out it’s not for you.
2. AI Automation Agency Hub w/Liam Ottley
This is the biggest community on this list: over 323k members, and honestly that scale matters when you’re looking to network and find collaborators. Liam built a £18 million business from zero AI knowledge in three years and now runs a team of 65, which means he knows what he’s talking about. His positioning is spot on: every business needed a website in the 90s, today they need AI to stay competitive. You get the full course on the AI Automation Agency model, weekly live Q&As with him directly, templates for contracts and proposals, and access to the biggest network of AI professionals and developers on Skool. It’s free to join, no coding experience needed, and you’re in within a couple of minutes. If you’re thinking about building an AI service business or want to understand how to position AI as the differentiator for your existing business, this is where the serious players are gathering.
3. Grow With Evelyn
This one’s paid (£33 per month) but worth calling out separately because if you’re building a membership on Skool or anywhere else, Evelyn’s track record speaks for itself. She’s generated £10 million from memberships, spent £25 million on ads, and manages advertising for the Skool platform itself. What you’re actually buying is her system for going from zero to recurring revenue, plus the community of people doing it alongside you. You get a full launch course, training on paid and organic traffic, membership templates, even Claude AI artifacts kits to speed up sales pages and assets. There’s a 7-day free trial, so you can test whether her approach fits before committing. This is for people serious about building a real income stream, not just messing about.
Communities for Specific Platforms
These focus on mastering one platform really well.
4. Pinterest Skool w/Tim Adam
Pinterest Skool is for people who want to actually understand how Pinterest works as a search engine, not as social media. Tim’s generated 400-plus million views, which is proper impressive, but what matters is that he’s not gatekeeping the roadmap. It’s free, plus you get weekly Q&As with him, trending keyword reports that save you hours, ready-made video templates to speed up pin production, and a collaborative game each week where members help pin each other’s work. It’s genuinely social in the best way: you’re surrounded by people building real traffic and sales, not just scrolling. If Pinterest is part of your strategy (and honestly, it should be), this is where you learn to do it properly without wasting months guessing what works.
5. Poster Print on Demand w/Tom Beeston
This is Tom’s community for people wanting to build an Etsy poster business through print on demand. Free to join, 5.4k members, and the structure is straightforward: classroom section with getting started resources, and community space to ask questions and connect with others doing the same. The pitch is honest: build a legitimate business with consistent income if you put the time in. That’s the realistic bit that matters. The about page is quite sparse on specifics about what training or resources you actually get, so you’d need to join and explore the classroom to see if the depth and approach fit what you’re looking for. If you’re testing the POD model or want community support whilst building an Etsy store, it’s worth a look.
Communities About Building Digital Products
These teach you how to create and sell your own products.
6. REVENUE REVOLUTION w/Raven Steele
This is for people who are sick of the guru playbook: buying courses you don’t finish, feeling like you have to be on camera, getting sold AI tools that nobody actually wants. REVENUE REVOLUTION’s got nearly 10k members who’ve all walked away from that nonsense. Raven’s built it completely organically (no YouTube ads, no hype), which means the people in there are genuinely interested in selling digital products and affiliate offers without showing their face. You get actual strategy around faceless marketing, AI prompts that do the heavy lifting, templates that work, and real community wins. People actually making money, not just talking about it. It’s free to join and there’s no pressure, which means you can sit in the room, get a feel for how they think, and decide if it fits. If you’re building digital products or exploring affiliate income, this is where you learn what actually sells instead of what looks good on a sales page.
7. Prompt Shop in a Box w/Arlan Hamilton
This is from the same Arlan who runs Your First $5k Club, but it’s a completely different offering. It’s a £99 one-time investment to get a licence to resell her 125+ bestselling AI prompts (priced from £3 to £97 each) plus the ability to create your own unlimited prompts. It’s not really a learning community like the others; it’s more a resell model where you’re profiting from her product library and your marketing. Fast setup (she stresses that it takes days not months), minimal tech knowledge needed, and potentially passive income if you can drive traffic to your prompt shop. Worth considering if you want to add a quick digital product revenue stream without building from scratch, but keep in mind you’re selling her work, not building your own intellectual property. Good as a side hustle; less appealing if you’re focused on building your own brand and products.
Communities About Building With AI
These teach you to use AI tools to create and automate.
8. Claude Code Club w/Duncan Rogoff
This is for people who want to build real stuff with Claude but don’t know where to start. Duncan’s a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Y Combinator alumni who’s built at Apple and PlayStation, and he’s created a community (4.8k members) specifically around using Claude to build tools, apps, websites, and content. You get a beginner roadmap, templates and prompts ready to use, step-by-step setup for Claude Code, and actual builders who answer questions. No coding experience needed, which is the point: if you can type, you can build. At £9 a month (currently, though there’s scarcity messaging around the price going up), it’s accessible even as a side investment. This is genuinely useful if you’re tired of paying developers for AI tasks or want to automate the work you’re already doing manually. The community seems focused on shipping real things fast, not just theory.
Communities for Building on Skool
If you’re running a Skool community yourself, this one’s essential.
9. Skool Growth Free Training Hub w/Evelyn Weiss
This is Evelyn’s free resource hub specifically for people building on Skool (and she’s honest that it’s a resource hub, not a traditional community). She won second place in the Skool Games, manages ads for the Skool platform itself, and has built 65,000 customers and 35,000 paid subscribers across her own communities. Inside you get a step-by-step video course on starting and growing Skool, ready-made Skool templates you can copy, her interview with Alex Hormozi, and deep dives on strategy. Free to join, and genuinely useful if you’re running a Skool community and want to understand how to grow it properly without guessing. She’s essentially giving away the foundational stuff for free and saves the intensive work for her paid community. If you’re on Skool and want to learn from someone who’s actually built massive communities on the platform, start here.
The Bigger Picture: Choosing What’s Right for You
So you’ve got nine communities on this list. How do you know which one is actually for you?
Start with what you’re trying to build. Are you trying to make your first income online? ARLAN’s community or REVENUE REVOLUTION. Want to master one platform? Tim’s Pinterest Skool. Building memberships? Evelyn’s paid community. Learning to code with Claude? Duncan’s club. Building a POD business? Tom’s got you.
The beautiful thing about Skool is that most of these are free to join, which means you can go in, spend a couple of hours getting a feel for the people and the content, and then decide whether it’s worth your time. That’s the permission you need. Don’t commit to a paid community without spending time in the free ones first.
One more thing: communities are only as valuable as the action you take. The best community in the world won’t move the needle if you join and just lurk. Pick one that matches what you’re actually trying to do, show up, ask questions, and implement what you learn. That’s where the real value is.
What to Do Next
Pick one community that matches what you’re building right now. Don’t join all of them. That’s overwhelm dressed up as productivity.
Spend a week in it. Get a feel for the culture, the people, and whether the person running it actually knows what they’re talking about. Then decide whether to go deeper.
If you’ve got questions about any of these or want to know more about a specific one, drop a comment. I’ve been in most of these spaces and I’m happy to point you towards the right fit.
The right community can be the difference between spinning your wheels and actually building something. Make sure you pick one that’s worth your time.
