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Wonderschool vs Happy Websites

Wonderschool’s site comes with its marketplace and its renewal terms. Ours is designed and written for you, and yours if you leave.

Wonderschool, a child care marketplace and software company, lets programs build a website from their listing, and its team builds and manages a branded white label website at a price it doesn’t publish. Its subscriptions renew automatically, ending one takes 30 days’ written notice, and fees aren’t refunded.

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Wonderschool
Happy Websites
Price
White label price not published
Price
$99 or $199/mo
Contract
Auto-renews, 30 days’ notice to end
Contract
None
Leaving early
An early termination fee
Leaving early
No fees, cancel anytime
Share of tuition
On families it sends you
Share of tuition
None
Enrollment and billing
Marketplace, CRM and tuition billing
Enrollment and billing
Links to your enrollment software

No contracts ✦ No setup fees ✦ Unlimited edits ✦ Your site, your domain ✦ Cancel anytime

Wonderschool, quickly

How much does a Wonderschool website cost?

The white label site’s price isn’t published.

Its pricing page asks six quick questions, then a specialist puts a plan together. Joining Wonderschool is free, and it takes a revenue share on enrollments from families it sends you.

What do you get with a Wonderschool website?

A site built from your listing, or a managed one.

Its builder makes a site from your program details in under 10 minutes. The white label site is designed and updated by its team, with tour booking, applications and tuition payments, and goes live in 1–2 weeks.

Does Wonderschool have a contract?

Yes, a term that renews automatically.

Its terms renew subscriptions for the same length unless you give written notice 30 days before the term ends. Leaving early costs an early termination fee set in your account, and subscription fees are non-refundable.

What fees does Wonderschool charge?

A revenue share, plus payment fees.

It shares in tuition only for families who found you through its marketplace. Payments through it cost 2.85% plus 30 cents by card, or 0.4% by bank transfer, capped at $2.

What happens to your Wonderschool site if you leave?

Your listing comes down.

You email support to deactivate. Your listing stops appearing in search and on your public page, and you can ask for exports of your records first. Its terms don’t say who owns the website.

What Wonderschool customers say

2.3
Trustpilot
25 reviews, most from August 2021
3.2
App Store
33 ratings of its app

Wonderschool makes sense if you want a marketplace listing that sends you families, plus billing and enrollment tools, and you’re fine with a revenue share and its renewal terms.

What people like

  • Automated tuition billing
  • Easy photo sharing and app check-in
  • Hands-on help starting a new program

What people complain about

  • Payments to programs not always on time
  • App bugs, such as videos that crash
  • Ratings some parents say they can’t rely on

Switching from Wonderschool? We do the heavy lifting.

01

Say hello

A 15-minute call about your business and what you want the site to do.

02

We rebuild your site

Designed and written for you, included in your plan. Live in about two weeks.

03

We move your domain

And take hosting off your plate. The site and the domain are yours.

Before you cancel Wonderschool

  • Keep Wonderschool for billing if you like it. We link to its application form.
  • Give written notice at least 30 days before your term ends.
  • Ask for your roster, attendance and billing exports first.
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Wonderschool FAQ

Is Wonderschool legit?

Yes. Wonderschool, Inc. runs a child care marketplace, software for programs and state child care projects, has a San Francisco address and says it has raised $50 million. It has 2.3 out of 5 from 25 Trustpilot reviews, most from August 2021, and 3.2 from 33 App Store ratings. We found no BBB profile for it.

How much does a Wonderschool website cost?

Wonderschool doesn’t publish the price of its white label websites; a specialist puts a plan together after a short questionnaire. Joining is free, and its builder can make a site from your program listing. Wonderschool takes a revenue share on enrollments from families who find you through its marketplace.

Can I cancel Wonderschool anytime?

You can stop using it anytime, but its terms renew subscriptions for the same length of term unless you give written notice at least 30 days before the term ends. Cancelling early means an early termination fee set in your account, and subscription fees are non-refundable.

Do I own my Wonderschool website?

Wonderschool’s terms don’t say who owns the website. Its white label site can use a Wonderschool web address or a custom domain set up for your program. When you deactivate your account, your listing and public page stop appearing, so ask about the site and domain before you sign up.

Is Happy Websites a good Wonderschool alternative?

For the website, yes, if you want a published price, no notice period and no share of tuition, for $99 or $199 a month. Wonderschool’s marketplace can send you families, and its software handles tuition billing and enrollment, which we don’t replace. Keep it for those; we link your Join the waitlist button to its application form.