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Superpeer no longer operates as a standalone site. Skillshare acquired Superpeer in March 2024 and sunset the standalone Superpeer platform on December 31, 2024, moving 1-on-1 Sessions into Skillshare. FanBell is the asynchronous alternative: a fan pays upfront for a written answer, a personalized video, or a defined deliverable, with no live call and no calendar.
FanBell is free to start with no monthly fee and applies a 12% platform fee only when a fan pays (pricing).
Is Superpeer still available in 2026?
No. Superpeer was shut down as a standalone product. Skillshare announced the acquisition of Superpeer's creator tools on March 13, 2024 (Skillshare press release), then published a teacher notice stating that the standalone site would close by the end of 2024.
"We wanted to give teachers a heads up about an upcoming change at Skillshare: we will be sunsetting Superpeer as a standalone site in preparation for migrating key features into the Teacher Hub on Skillshare. We plan to sunset the standalone version of Superpeer by December 31, 2024."
— Skillshare Help Center, Sunsetting Superpeer as a Standalone Site
The same notice confirms that Superpeer profiles, Superpeer widgets, and direct links to individual Superpeer 1-on-1 Sessions or digital products stopped being visible after December 31, 2024, and that channel subscriptions, streams, series, and newsletters were not carried over (Skillshare Help Center). If you are searching "FanBell vs. Superpeer" to pick between two live products, the real comparison is FanBell versus Superpeer's successor inside Skillshare.
What replaced Superpeer for paid 1-on-1 video calls?
Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions replaced Superpeer's paid video-call product. Skillshare describes 1-on-1 Sessions as personalized coaching or advice delivered through a private video call, where the teacher sets their own lengths, prices, and availability (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work).
Skillshare states that each session is generally 30 to 60 minutes long and typically costs $50 to $250 USD (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work). Participants do not need a Skillshare membership to book one (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work).
FanBell sells a different unit. On FanBell a fan pays upfront for one defined interaction — a paid private question, a personalized shoutout, or a creator service with a set price and turnaround — and the creator delivers on their own schedule rather than at a booked time (how it works). FanBell does not offer live 1:1 video calls or a booking calendar.
How do FanBell and Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions compare?
FanBell and Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions differ on three axes that matter before you sign up: what the buyer actually purchases, whether you have to qualify first, and how much of the payment reaches you. The table below uses each platform's own published documentation.
| Dimension | FanBell | Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions (Superpeer's successor) |
|---|---|---|
| What the buyer purchases | One asynchronous interaction: a private answer, a personalized shoutout, a defined service, a tip, or a contribution toward a project goal | A private, live 1-on-1 video call, generally 30 to 60 minutes (Skillshare Help Center) |
| Entry requirement | No follower minimum and no application; creators publish a page and connect Stripe | An approved Skillshare teaching account plus a published class |
| Platform fee | 12%, charged only when a fan pays | 10% platform fee plus applicable transaction fees (Skillshare Help Center) |
| Processing fee | Stripe, billed separately; 2.9% + $0.30 is typical US domestic online-card pricing (Stripe pricing) | 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe credit card processing fee, per Skillshare (Earn from Your Skillshare Shop) |
| When money is released | Payment is taken upfront in full when the fan orders | Earnings are added to your balance after a 14-day holding period following the sale or session completion |
| Scheduling | None; no calendar and no time-zone matching | The teacher sets availability and the buyer books a slot (Skillshare Help Center) |
What does each one cost a creator per sale?
Skillshare's published rate for 1-on-1 Sessions and digital products is a 10% platform fee plus a 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe credit card processing fee (Earn from Your Skillshare Shop). FanBell charges a 12% platform fee only when a fan pays, with Stripe processing billed separately.
On a $100 sale, the illustrative arithmetic is a $10 platform fee on Skillshare versus a $12 platform fee on FanBell, with roughly $3.20 of card processing in both columns. These are illustrative estimates, not guaranteed settlement amounts: they exclude taxes, refunds, disputes, currency conversion, and international-card surcharges. Stripe's published US pricing lists 2.9% + $0.30 as typical domestic online-card pricing, with additional charges for international cards and currency conversion.
FanBell is free to start with no monthly fee. The percentage gap between the two platform fees is small; the practical difference is timing. FanBell takes the fan's payment upfront in full at the moment of the order, while Skillshare releases earnings after a 14-day holding period.
Do you need a published class to start selling?
Skillshare gates 1-on-1 Sessions behind teaching credentials, and FanBell does not gate at all. On Skillshare, you need an approved Skillshare teaching account and a published class before you can set up an offering, and you must be eligible to be paid through Wise (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work).
"Teachers with a published class can start hosting 1-on-1s on Skillshare!"
— Skillshare Help Center, How 1-on-1 Sessions Work
FanBell has no follower minimum and no application: a creator publishes a page, connects Stripe, and can accept a paid request at any audience size. That matters because most creator-monetization programs do gate. YouTube's fan-funding features, for example, require 500 subscribers plus 3 public uploads in the last 90 days and either 3,000 valid public watch hours in 12 months or 3 million Shorts views in 90 days (YouTube Partner Program overview). FanBell is designed to sit alongside those programs, not replace them.
Where should you point an old Superpeer link?
Anywhere except Superpeer. Skillshare's notice states that Superpeer profile pages, Superpeer widgets, and direct links to individual sessions or products stopped being visible after December 31, 2024. Skillshare's own guidance in that notice was to repoint 1-on-1 links to a teacher profile page on Skillshare.
If you would rather not rebuild inside a class-based marketplace, a FanBell page is a direct replacement for the link itself. One FanBell link in your bio can carry Paid Private Questions, Personalized Shoutouts, Creator Services, Tips, Wishlist / Project Support, and Brand Collaboration Inquiries, and a fan pays by card through Stripe Checkout without creating an account.
The broader lesson from the Superpeer sunset is worth keeping: a bio link that points at a single third-party product page dies with that product. A link that points at your own page, with offers you control, survives.
Live call or async answer for paid advice?
It depends on whether the value is in the conversation or in the answer. A live call is better when the problem needs back-and-forth, screen sharing, or real-time diagnosis. An asynchronous paid answer is better when the buyer wants a specific response, when your audience is spread across time zones, or when you do not want to defend calendar slots.
FanBell only does the asynchronous side. On FanBell, Paid Private Questions are text from the fan, answered by text or voice from the creator, and the creator sets only the price and the reply time. Personalized Shoutouts and Creator Services support full media in both directions, with a creator-set price and turnaround.
We compare the two formats in more depth in paid Q&A vs. 1-on-1 calls. If a calendar-based booking tool is still what you want, FanBell vs. Topmate covers that comparison instead, and if what you actually need is a merch and membership storefront rather than one-off paid interactions, see how FanBell compares to Fourthwall.
Frequently asked questions
Did Superpeer shut down?
Yes. Skillshare acquired Superpeer's creator tools in March 2024 and sunset the standalone Superpeer site by December 31, 2024, after which Superpeer profiles, widgets, and direct session links were no longer available.
What is the closest replacement for Superpeer's paid 1-on-1 calls?
Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions is the direct successor, since Skillshare migrated the feature into its own platform. Skillshare charges a 10% platform fee plus applicable transaction fees on each booked session (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work).
Does FanBell do live video calls like Superpeer did?
No. FanBell does not offer live 1:1 video calls or a booking calendar. It sells asynchronous paid interactions — a private answer, a personalized shoutout video, or a defined service with a set price and turnaround.
Is FanBell cheaper than Skillshare 1-on-1 Sessions?
Skillshare's 10% platform fee is lower than FanBell's 12% platform fee (Earn from Your Skillshare Shop and pricing). Both bill card processing separately, so the gap on a typical sale is about two percentage points of the platform fee. FanBell is free to start with no monthly fee.
Can I use FanBell without any followers or a published class?
Yes. FanBell has no follower minimum and no application step; you publish a page and connect a Stripe account to get paid. Skillshare requires an approved teaching account and a published class before you can offer 1-on-1 Sessions (How 1-on-1 Sessions Work).
Ready to replace the link Superpeer took down?
If people used to book you for advice and now have nowhere to pay you, give them one link that takes payment upfront for the answer instead of the appointment. Create your free FanBell page