Who it's for · Theory and online courses
Sell the theory in winter. Book the same student on the boat in summer.
Sell RYA theory courses online under your own name, next to your practical courses and chart packs. Each student is enrolled the moment they pay, with nobody typing a thing, and stays one customer from the winter theory to the summer practical.
- £150 a month + 1.5% of bookings paid online
- Nothing on cash or bank-transfer payments

One basket, one payment, one customer record. Paid at 14:02, enrolled at 14:02. Nobody in the office typed a thing.
Your year
Theory students in winter, practical students in summer
Too often they are two different customers: one in the theory provider's system, one in yours. In Keely they are the same person, with one record of everything they have bought from you.
| A year | Jan–Mar | Apr–Sep | Oct–Dec |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory, online · mostly in winter | Day Skipper theory | Coastal Skipper theory | |
| Practical · on the water | Day Skipper practical, Competent Crew, mile-building | ||
| Amira Shah · one customer record | 12 Jan · theory and practical | 5 Jun · on the boat | Nov · Coastal theory |

The theory at home in the winter, then the same student at the helm in the summer.
What Keely does
Five jobs your office stops doing by hand
One basket, one payment, one customer record, from the theory to the practical.
Your website and shop in detail

- Online theory, enrolled the moment they pay
Sell Sailing Course Online's RYA theory courses on your own website as a partner school. Keely enrols each student on the learning platform and records it on their order. If an enrolment does not go through, the office sees it on the order. Works with Sailing Course Online's courses. Use another provider? Ask us.
- Chart packs posted, with stock kept
Sell charts, plotters and course packs in the same basket as the course. The packing screen checks each item as it goes in, so the wrong pack does not go out, and stock goes down when it is posted.
- Postage labels
Printed on your own Royal Mail, DPD or DHL account, once you connect it.
- Partner schools that sell your courses
If you write your own theory courses and other schools sell them under their own names, Keely works out their commission on every order, takes it back on refunds, and gives you a statement each month. At the end of each month, each partner is paid what it is owed from your Stripe account.
- From theory to the boat
Send your theory students a newsletter when your practical dates go up, with unsubscribes and consent handled for you.
Prices
£150
a month, plus 1.5% of bookings paid online
- For each school. The monthly fee covers your website, your theory and practical courses and your shop together
- Nothing on cash or bank-transfer payments
- Billed monthly. Prices exclude VAT
- Set-up fee quoted after the walk-through, depending on how much we move.
If Keely isn't right for you in the first 60 days, leave and pay nothing more. We'll hand you your data.
Worked example · one £260 theory course
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| The student pays you | £260.00 |
| Keely's share of this course, 1.5% | £3.90 |
| Card fee, charged by Stripe | Your Stripe rate |
| The course provider's charge per learner | Set by them |
On top of that is the £150 monthly fee, which covers the whole school however many courses you sell. The money goes straight into your own Stripe account. Keely never holds it.

In use
Sailing Course Online sells this way today
Sailing Course Online teaches RYA theory online. Other RYA schools sell its courses under their own names, and it posts a chart pack with each Day Skipper and Yachtmaster course.
Sailing Course Online sells its courses and takes its bookings on Keely: its website, checkout, course packs and partner statements.
Sailing Course Online · since 9 Oct 2026
Sells its courses and takes its bookings on Keely, through its own website and Stripe account.
Questions
What theory sellers ask us
- Is Keely the learning platform?
No. Students learn on the course provider's own platform. Keely sells the course on your website, enrols the student and keeps the order, the customer and any packs in one place.
- Can students buy theory and practical together?
Yes, in one basket with one payment. Sell them as a bundle if you like. The theory is paid in full and the practical can take a deposit.
- Which theory courses can we sell?
Sailing Course Online's RYA theory courses, under your own name as a partner school. If you use another provider, tell us which and we will tell you straight whether Keely can enrol students with them.
- Do our partner schools get their own view?
Yes. Each partner sees its own orders, learners, courses and earnings. You add a new partner in six steps and can stop halfway and come back.
Book a walk-through
Book a walk-through
See your theory and practical courses in Keely
Thirty minutes with Jake. Tell us which theory courses you sell and how, and we will show you the order, the enrolment and the pack, start to finish. No slides.
- £150 a month + 1.5% of bookings paid online
- Free, 30 minutes, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 UK time

Jake Holmes runs every walk-through.
If Keely isn't right for you in the first 60 days, leave and pay nothing more. We'll hand you your data.
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