Leaving Skool: what you can take, and what you can't
Skool makes it easy to start and hard to leave. Before you move, it's worth knowing exactly which parts of your community walk out the door with you β and which parts you'll be rebuilding. Here's the honest version, plus how we handle both sides.
What moves out of Skool, and what stays locked in
Skool's help center documents a members export and nothing else. No posts export, no course export, no public API. That shapes every Skool migration β including yours.
Comes with you
- Your member list β Skool's Members tab has an Export button; whatever it hands you, we import it as a CSV (email, name, username, role, tags) and send the invitations for you
- Your revenue β you connect your own Stripe account on Mateflow, so payouts and customer records are yours from day one
- Your brand β a custom domain and full white-label replace the skool.com/your-group URL
- Your courses, rebuilt β you re-upload from your original files, and gain drip scheduling, quizzes, and certificates Skool never offered
Skool keeps
- Posts and comments β Skool documents no export of any kind. Cancel, and the group is archived read-only; the threads stay on Skool
- Course content β a course key only duplicates a course into another Skool group, never out of Skool. You re-upload from your source files
- Points, levels, and streaks β no export is documented, so gamification history restarts on the new platform
- Your skool.com URL β Skool documents no custom domain and no redirect for people who leave (and charges $100 for each URL change while you stay)
- Any API access β Skool publishes no public API, so nothing can be pulled programmatically
Every claim above was checked against Skool's public help center on 2026-07-11. Skool ships fast β if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
A four-step migration, run in parallel with your live Skool group
Nothing is switched off until your Mateflow site is ready. Your Skool group keeps running while we build alongside it.
- 1
Pull what Skool will give you
You export your members from Skool's Members tab. We look at what the file actually contains with you, and map the columns we can use β email, name, username, role, tags.
- 2
Stand up your Mateflow site in parallel
A 30-day extended trial gives you time to build spaces, branding, and access rules while the Skool group stays live. Nobody is locked out mid-move.
- 3
Import members and rebuild what Skool kept
We import the member CSV and send batch invitations. Courses and the threads worth saving get rebuilt from your original files β on Growth and Business plans, with hands-on help from our team.
- 4
Reconnect revenue and cut over your domain
Members re-subscribe through your own Stripe account, and your custom domain points at Mateflow. Your sign-up price is locked for 12 months.
To be straight with you: there is no one-click Skool importer β not from us, not from anyone. Skool publishes no API and documents no content export, so nobody can build one. What we do have is a real member CSV importer, batch invitations, and a team that does the rebuilding with you instead of pretending it isn't work.
The questions people ask before leaving Skool
Straight answers, based on what Skool's own documentation says today.
No. Skool's help center documents no export for posts, comments, or discussions. If you cancel, your group is archived and the content stays on Skool in read-only form. In practice this means the threads worth keeping have to be archived manually before you go β we help you decide which ones are worth the effort.
Skool's Members tab has an Export button, but Skool's help center never documents what the file contains. Creators report that paid groups get member emails in the CSV, though that isn't something Skool states officially. Practically: run the export, and we'll work with whatever columns it gives you. If it includes emails, we import them and send invitations. If it doesn't, we fall back on announcing the move inside Skool while your group is still live.
No, and this is the part people underestimate. Skool is the merchant of record β it creates a Stripe Express payout connection and states you cannot use your existing Stripe account. Your members' subscriptions live inside Skool's Stripe, not yours, and Skool documents no way to port them off-platform. On Mateflow you connect your own Stripe account, so members re-subscribe once and every future subscription is genuinely yours.
Not out of Skool. Skool has a course key feature, but it only duplicates a course into another Skool group. There is no documented way to download lessons or videos. You rebuild courses from your original files β and on Mateflow you get drip scheduling, quizzes, and certificates, which Skool doesn't offer.
It stays with Skool. Skool documents no custom-domain feature and no redirect for departing owners, so anyone who has bookmarked skool.com/your-group won't be forwarded to your new home. This is the strongest argument for announcing the move inside your Skool group while it's still live. On Mateflow your community lives on your own domain from the start, so this is the last time you'll have to do this.
The history, yes β no export is documented. Gamification starts fresh on Mateflow. Most owners treat this as a feature rather than a loss: a reset leaderboard gives quiet members a reason to re-engage in week one, which is exactly when you need activity on a new platform.
Most communities are live within two to four weeks. The member import and site setup take days; rebuilding courses and deciding what content to carry over is what actually sets the pace. The 30-day extended trial exists so the clock doesn't pressure that decision.
The program itself is free: a 30-day extended trial instead of the standard 14 days, a discount on your first months, and a 12-month price lock. Hands-on migration help β member imports, content rebuilding, DNS cutover β is included on Growth and Business plans.
Thinking about leaving Skool?
Tell us where you are and what you'd hate to lose. We'll tell you honestly what's movable β before you commit to anything.