Over the last few years, online yoga classes have become increasingly popular. People are enjoying yoga sessions from the comfort of their homes, and since COVID-19, online yoga classes have soared.
Here at Mastera, we understand that working virtually is advantageous for instructors and their clients. This is why we built a platform that enables creators to sell course content to members. We’ve even taken it a step forward by allowing you to manage your entire business from this single platform. To learn more about how Mastera works and how it can help you set up online yoga classes with ease, read on.
What features does Mastera offer yoga instructors?
Mastera allows you to manage your entire business operation from the platform. This means that your yoga classes, marketing efforts, revenue, customer data, and conversations are all consolidated. We offer the following features to creators:
- Unlimited classes and content
- Managed payments and bookings
- Class scheduling
- Website
- Build and sell learning programs/courses
- Live streaming with Zoom integration
- Unlimited customers
- Admin/teacher roles
- White label capabilities – choose your own domain
- Sell products
- Customer messaging
- Support
- Marketing campaigns
- 0% transaction fees
Who can use Mastera?
Mastera serves many people in addition to yoga instructors. In fact, the platform is designed to enable anyone with a passion or skill willing to teach others. Some of our clients include:
- Trainers
- Coaches
- Therapists
- Musicians
- Counselors
- Tutors
- Influencers
- Creators
How much do online yoga classes cost?
Mastera offers four pricing tiers: Starter, Premium, Elite, and Enterprise plans. Here’s a full breakdown of these four tiered plans:
Starter Plan – $39/month
- 0% Transaction fees
- Unlimited content and classes
- Unlimited customers
- Payments and bookings
- A single-page website
- 100 Subscriptions
- 1 Teacher/Admin role
Premium Plan – $99/month
- 0% Transaction fees
- Unlimited content and classes
- Unlimited customers
- Payments and bookings
- A full website
- 300 Subscriptions
- 10 Teacher/Admin roles
- Programs – Building and selling of courses
- White label – choose your domain
Elite Plan – $199/month
- 0% Transaction fees
- Unlimited content and classes
- Unlimited customers
- Payments and bookings
- A full website
- 500 Subscriptions
- Unlimited Teacher/Admin roles
- Programs – Building and selling of courses
- White label – choose your domain
- Sell physical or digital products
Enterprise Plan – Custom pricing
- Dedicated Mastera Account Manager
- Mobile apps (iOS and Android)
- TV apps
- Multi-location
- 500+ Customers
- Advanced reporting
Marketing add-ons are available for an additional $49 per month on the Starter, Premium, and Elite plans.
Do I have to sign a contract for my subscription?
No, there is no contract to sign. Your subscription is month-to-month with Mastera. You can cancel at any time within your Mastera account.
How long does it take to get started?
You can sign up and get started in as quick as 30 minutes. Configuring your account is a simple process with Mastera’s detailed setup guides and documentation. Schedule an onboarding kick-off call with a Customer Success Manager to gain a detailed understanding of how to set up your account successfully. You can also join a live Q&A webinar with our team to help you get started.
How do you set up a school on Mastera?
When you first log into your Mastera account, you’ll see a dashboard with seven key sections on the main menu:
- Getting Started
- Dashboard
- Live
- Content
- My Website
- Grow
- Marketing
Each menu item is designed to help you manage various areas of your online yoga business.
The first area to focus on is your Account Settings page. This will help you:
- Edit your profile
- Set up your payment methods using Stripe, Paypal, or RazorPay integration
- Customize SMS and email templates
- Set rules for upcoming bookings and appointments
- Link your Zoom account for live streaming
- Configure your chat widget
- Stay compliant via the Consent Management feature
How is my content managed?
Once you have your account configured, it’s time to upload and manage your yoga class content. Content includes any videos, posts, or programs.
Mastera enables you to upload content directly from your desktop from a file folder or drag-and-drop videos into the platform.
Content can be categorized and set to either Private, Public, or Archive, making it easy for you to organize videos.
Once your content is uploaded, you can distribute knowledge by:
- Teaching live yoga classes or host group classes with up to 200 members per class
- Teaching one-on-one yoga lessons
- Hosting a VOD (video on-demand) library for yoga students on your website
- Creating content via gated posts
- Building courses/programs
How many yoga videos can I host on Mastera?
Mastera offers customers unlimited content on their platform regardless of the tiered plan you choose to go with. This means you’ll never need to upgrade for video storage purposes.
How can I make revenue with online yoga classes?
Mastera offers a few revenue streams to yoga instructors. You can earn revenue by offering:
- Recurring memberships to customers
- Bundled yoga classes
- Personal yoga sessions
- Pay-per-view yoga courses
- Physical and digital merchandise
Mastera supports integration with PayPal, Stripe, and RazorPay. Once you have this configured in your Account Settings, you can enjoy auto-payments on a regular basis.
The platform also allows you to build auto-renewing memberships, so you don’t have to renew clients’ subscriptions manually.
Under the Grow tab on your Mastera dashboard, you can manage your:
- Customer information
- Subscriptions
- Bookings
- Plans
- Coupons
- Transactions
- Reports
This section helps you view all your monetization and marketing efforts in one spot.
How can I measure the performance of my yoga classes?
As you can see, the Grow section helps you analyze reports. Review collated data on customers, revenue, yoga class bookings, teachers, and your top-performing content. Custom reports are also available to you here. We encourage clients to use reporting to identify top-performing content and programs, which will inform future program creation.
Getting started on Mastera
Mastera offers many features to yoga instructors. As you can see, it’s more than a live streaming platform – it provides teachers with marketing, content, and customer management in the same place. We hope this online yoga class setup guide will help you get started in just a few minutes.
If you want more information on optimally setting up your Mastera account, read our Running a Business on Mastera tutorial here. Or, to discover, even more, schedule a live demo with our team today.
Co-Founder, Gleantap & Mastera