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Etsy Mentor and the skool CLASSIFIEDS are tied at 5.0/5 in this head-to-head comparison. Etsy Mentor has 4 member reviews and the skool CLASSIFIEDS has 37. Members of Etsy Mentor talk most about community support; for the skool CLASSIFIEDS it's community support. 100% of Etsy Mentor reviewers would recommend it, vs 100% for the skool CLASSIFIEDS. All ratings come from real member reviews. The full breakdown below should help you decide.
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Etsy Mentor
the skool CLASSIFIEDSthe skool CLASSIFIEDS comes out ahead on ratings, review count, or recommendation rate. That said, Etsy Mentor might still be the better pick depending on what you're after. The review themes above break down what each one does well.
The Best Skool Community
I would highly recommend Etsy Mentor to anyone who is looking to level up their POD journey. George is highly knowledgeable AND accessible. He understands the dynamics of an Etsy/Shopify store and how to market it to the right demographics. He is a no BS, straightforward kind of mentor, which is helpful for those of us who don't have time to weed through the all the fluff. The community is also amazing. It is one big family who help each other succeed. There are no big egos in the group, and everyone is extremely supportive of each other. All successes are celebrated and when someone has a difficult day or is struggling, the group is there to lift them up. If you are looking to join a skool community, this is the one..
Kelly Bernier-Smith · Jan 10, 2026
Best Skool Community For Etsy Sellers and More
I would highly recommend Etsy Mentor on Skool for anyone wanting to be successful on Etsy (or any online seller's platform, for that matter). George is 100% real and honest (sometimes brutally honest!) with you and gives everything he can to help me succeed. There are over 36 hours of training videos within the course, all designed to tackle every aspect of running an online shop (digital, POD, and handmade). Working with George and being a part of this supportive community has changed my life. And that's just it- its not just George alone... It's the active community, too. We hold one another accountable, celebrate wins together, support one another when times are rough, help answer questions by sharing experiences- you name it, this community has been there for me 100%. You won't find a better community on Skool, as far as I'm concerned.
mikellane · Jan 10, 2026
Highly Recommended for New Etsy Store Owners
I joined George’s Skool community after watching him on YouTube for quite a while, and his content was easily the most helpful I found compared to other POD and Etsy podcasts. George is very responsive and active in the community every day, which makes a huge difference. The group is full of like-minded sellers who are serious about growing their POD Etsy stores. I was just winging it when I first opened my store, but wiith everybody's guidance and the excellent teaching materials, I'm getting my Etsy store streamlined, and hopefully more profitable. I’m really glad I joined.
Linda Leduc · Jan 10, 2026
The skool CLASSIFIEDS helps you win!
Hey, everybody. My name is Matt and I have been a member of the Classifieds now for almost six months, I believe, and it has been awesome. Shannon has cultivated a really cool culture here and everybody is just going around and obviously sharing and promoting, but also reacting to and using it as a vehicle for discovering new communities. So it's been a really, really awesome space to be in and yeah, I'm definitely happy that I joined. So being a member has been really cool because I am able to obviously learn firsthand about all sorts of incredible communities, but as a premium member, I can also go around and promote my community and even do masterclasses inside, which has been really awesome. I've learned a lot from the people who are doing masterclasses. And because you need to think about how to kind of pitch and promote what you're working on, it is also a forcing function, just being there and seeing what's working well for other community builders and how they're going about posting things. And then of course, getting shout outs from other members has been really fun. So other members are using their daily allotment of posting ability to actually even shout me out, which has just inspired me to shout them out. And it's like a really cool reciprocal sort of thing. So I'm really been enjoying being a member in that regard as well. So, if you need practice pitching or promoting or just generally learning how to better share the value of your offer, the Classifieds is a really awesome place to be because you can go and do so and try all sorts of different things all the time. So, it's really special to go and have an environment that welcomes you in doing that, but also you get to see tons of other people going about doing it. So, if you really want to go and grow in that way, I would say that's going to be a good fit. If it wouldn't be a good fit, it's probably going to be people who just want to promote and don't actively want to engage or be a part of the community in any way. If you're just looking to kind of like spit out all your stuff and go and leave, then that's not great. But, you know, if you want to become part of the community, if you want to eventually do a masterclass, you know, you want to contribute and comment there, I think the Classifieds is a great place to be for those kinds of folks. So, for all those of you who fit in that bill, we'll see you inside.
Matt Burns · May 1, 2026
best helpers
sharing so many other communities and helping people keep their communities out there
Tara Miller · Apr 9, 2026
Shannon's community is the best place to find out what is happening on other...
Shannon's community is the best place to find out what is happening on other Skool communities and promote your own events, products and community. And Shannon goes above and beyond to help you succeed in Skool!
Sharon Jones · Mar 30, 2026
Both have a ProveWorth Score of 5.0. It's a toss-up on paper. Read the member reviews above to see which one fits what you're looking for.
Etsy Mentor is $-1/monthly and the skool CLASSIFIEDS is free. the skool CLASSIFIEDS is free, so there's nothing to lose by trying it first.
Etsy Mentor is rated 5.0/5 across 4 reviews, with members praising community support. the skool CLASSIFIEDS is rated 5.0/5 across 37 reviews, with members highlighting community support.
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