FAQs: Clarity on Your Cohort Learning Experience

Q: What can I buy or sell on the altBeing Marketplace?

The altBeing Marketplace brings together alternative well-being products, services, and experiences in one place. Vendors can offer physical and digital products, healing and wellness services, consultations, courses, workshops, retreats, memberships, and more—while seekers can discover, book, and purchase offerings that resonate with their journey.

Q: Who buys and sells on altBeing's online marketplace?

altBeing brings together practitioners, teachers, creators, and wellness businesses with seekers looking to discover and purchase meaningful products and services. Think of the altBeing Marketplace as an all-in-one alternative well-being solution—bringing together the best elements of platforms like Etsy, Fiverr, and Heallist.

Q: How much does it cost to sell on altBeing's marketplace?

Setting up a store on the altBeing Marketplace is free—no monthly memberships or upfront listing fees. Vendors pay a 11.11% transaction fee on services and 6.7% on physical products sold, plus standard payment processing fees, which typically range from 2.8–3.8% + $0.30 per transaction.

Q: How do I buy, book, or pay for something?

Browse products and services by category on the altBeing app or website. Explore offerings that interest you, expand descriptions to learn more, review pricing, ask vendors questions, save favorites to your wishlist, schedule appointments through “Add Slots,” and purchase when you’re ready. You can also visit the vendor’s store to discover additional products and services that may resonate with you.

Q: How does altBeing help practitioners get discovered?

altBeing's platform is algorithm free. Rather than relying on unpredictable algorithms, altBeing offers reduced rates on marketing supports such as featured marketplace banners, altBeing magazine features, SEO tips and services, SMS and email automations, branding and more. Most advertising offerings are auctioned, closing on the "First Friday" of each month. Additionally, altBeing practitioners can join altAcademy for courses on topics such as SEO design, Go High Level Funnels and Automations, and Strategic Branding.

Q: How do I set up a marketplace store?

Find tutorials for setting up your store and selling services or products in the “Sell with Us” section of the alt-being.com footer. Start with the “Sellers Manual,” then, if you offer physical products, review the “Guide to Sell Products” after your store is set up.

Q: What geographic regions does altBeing serve?

In its first two weeks operating its marketplace, altBeing established an international footprint welcoming practitioners from six countries—Indonesia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, and the United States—and seven U.S. states. Designed for global scale, altBeing has the capacity to support vendors across the world and connect them with customers around the world.

Question 1

The altBeing Cohort Experience is a collaborative space where wellness practitioners can learn, build, test, and refine the foundations of a sustainable wellness business through hands-on learning, live conversations, peer collaboration, practitioner insights, and community support. It brings practitioners together to develop their unique value proposition, refine their offerings, build sustainable business models, create marketing strategies, and launch real-world cohort experiences. Rather than simply teaching business concepts, altBeing provides an environment where learning, building, experimentation, and execution happen together —helping practitioners spend less time figuring out how to run a business and more time doing the work they are passionate about.

Accepted Answer

The altBeing Cohort Experience is a collaborative space where wellness practitioners can learn, build, test, and refine the foundations of a sustainable wellness business through hands-on learning, live conversations, peer collaboration, practitioner insights, and community support. It brings practitioners together to develop their unique value proposition, refine their offerings, build sustainable business models, create marketing strategies, and launch real-world cohort experiences. Rather than simply teaching business concepts, altBeing provides an environment where learning, building, experimentation, and execution happen together —helping practitioners spend less time figuring out how to run a business and more time doing the work they are passionate about.

Question 2

These tools are introduced progressively throughout the cohort experience: Communities – Plan and facilitate cohort experiences that entail on-demand video, live conferencing, forums and more. Marketing – Email marketing, SMS marketing, social media planner, ads management. CRM & Pipeline – Contact management, visual sales pipelines, smart lists, tags, custom fields, and notes. Sales & Funnel Builder – Landing pages, checkout, payments, order forms, and funnel creation. Automation – Visual workflow builder with if/then logic, triggers, and campaigns. Booking & Scheduling – Appointment booking, calendars, reminders. Reputation Management – Review monitoring and response tools. Reporting & Surveys – Dashboards, analytics, and customer surveys.

Accepted Answer

These tools are introduced progressively throughout the cohort experience: Communities – Plan and facilitate cohort experiences that entail on-demand video, live conferencing, forums and more. Marketing – Email marketing, SMS marketing, social media planner, ads management. CRM & Pipeline – Contact management, visual sales pipelines, smart lists, tags, custom fields, and notes. Sales & Funnel Builder – Landing pages, checkout, payments, order forms, and funnel creation. Automation – Visual workflow builder with if/then logic, triggers, and campaigns. Booking & Scheduling – Appointment booking, calendars, reminders. Reputation Management – Review monitoring and response tools. Reporting & Surveys – Dashboards, analytics, and customer surveys.

Question 3

Quarter 1 — Build Your Foundation: Create the time, clarity, and business foundation for sustainable growth; manage time across practice, business, and life; define your unique value; build a sustainable business model; refine your service offering. Quarter 2 — Build Your Experience: Turn expertise into a marketable cohort experience, build your cohort experience, marketing engine, and test before scaling. Quarter 3 — Launch & Learn: Launch campaigns, deliver, gather feedback, and refine. Quarter 4 — Facilitate & Grow: Develop facilitation skills, reflect, integrate lessons learned, and plan growth.

Accepted Answer

Quarter 1 — Build Your Foundation: Create the time, clarity, and business foundation for sustainable growth; manage time across practice, business, and life; define your unique value; build a sustainable business model; refine your service offering. Quarter 2 — Build Your Experience: Turn expertise into a marketable cohort experience, build your cohort experience, marketing engine, and test before scaling. Quarter 3 — Launch & Learn: Launch campaigns, deliver, gather feedback, and refine. Quarter 4 — Facilitate & Grow: Develop facilitation skills, reflect, integrate lessons learned, and plan growth.

Question 4

For wellness practitioners who are building or growing their business in areas such as: Ancestral, Indigenous and Earth Based; Body, Movement and Somatic Wellness; Creative and Expressive Wellness; Energy and Vibrational Healing; Holistic and Traditional Healing; Mind, Consciousness and Transformation; Nature and Animal-Assisted Wellness; Retreats, Experiences and Conscious Living; Spiritual and Metaphysical; Therapeutic and Mental Well-Being.

Accepted Answer

For wellness practitioners who are building or growing their business in areas such as: Ancestral, Indigenous and Earth Based; Body, Movement and Somatic Wellness; Creative and Expressive Wellness; Energy and Vibrational Healing; Holistic and Traditional Healing; Mind, Consciousness and Transformation; Nature and Animal-Assisted Wellness; Retreats, Experiences and Conscious Living; Spiritual and Metaphysical; Therapeutic and Mental Well-Being.

Question 5

altBeing brings public and private communities, marketplace, education, events, and opportunities together in one ecosystem rather than focusing on just one function. Practitioners can grow their business, be discovered, share their knowledge, build their own communities, and connect with seekers/members. Instead of asking you to be everywhere, altBeing gives you one place to learn, discover, connect, and grow.

Accepted Answer

altBeing brings public and private communities, marketplace, education, events, and opportunities together in one ecosystem rather than focusing on just one function. Practitioners can grow their business, be discovered, share their knowledge, build their own communities, and connect with seekers/members. Instead of asking you to be everywhere, altBeing gives you one place to learn, discover, connect, and grow.

Create Shop Grow

altBeing Magazine

Ideas, Stories & Perspectives for Living More Mindfully

Who is Who: Celebrate the passion, gifts, and wisdom of practitioners across ten diverse wellness modalities.

Insights: Discover insights and stories on spirituality, holistic well-being, personal growth, and conscious living.

Education: Learn the backstory, concepts and intricacies behind alternative wellness modalities.

Featured Communities: Discover learning communities that fit your interests and needs.

Games: Have fun while discovering the people, places, and practices shaping wellness and spirituality.

Contribute: Submit an article to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in the quarterly magazine.

OWN YOUR PREMIUM COMMUNITY

11/11 - 11/30: One-time Promotion

Let altBeing handle your customer relationship management, marketing automation, and business infrastructure through our concierge service so you can spend less time building systems and more time doing what you love—serving/healing your community and growing your impact.