We Have a “Just Transparency: No Sales” Policy

We have had a “Just Transparency: No Sales” policy since 2020. So, the short answer to the question, “How can I save money?” is that we already price our products below market value (while others offer misleading “sales” and we do not). In addition, we offer discounts on all of our packages, so when you purchase multiple blocks at once or an entire year of curriculum, you receive a second discount. Your discounts are built into your prices. However, we do offer a third discount when you purchase more than one item with us. You can also read more about the ways you save money with us below.

Waldorf Books

Because we keep all our books at the lowest markup, Waldorf Books does not hold sales. However, occasionally books are damaged in shipping or otherwise deemed “imperfect”. We offer these books at an ongoing discount. You can browse that page here. None of the codes below will work for Waldorf Book orders, and scholarships cannot be used for them.

Earthschooling

Earthschooling works on a “no-sale” system. This means we do not offer sales, but we do offer package discounts and other ways to save money. Read below to explore the four ways you can save money at Earthschooling.

The advantages of this system include the assurance that you are always paying the lowest possible price for our products. You won’t find that something you purchased last week went on sale for 50% the next week. This also means we can keep our prices lower every day of the year, since we don’t need to inflate them to offer sales on traditional sale days.

Note that we do offer discounts when we first launch a new class, in the first week of classes as a “new product launch”. This discount is to thank people who sign up for a new product and help us iron out any issues that may arise with a new product launch. In some cases, new product launches also involve waiting for the product to upload completely.

Beyond this first week of a new product launch, we do not offer any sales. You can read information about our discount codes below…

Earthschooling Discount Codes

Note that these discounts are only valid at the time of purchase and cannot be used retroactively (on a previous purchase). These are only valid today and may be removed from the website at any time. Coupon codes cannot be used at WaldorfBooks.com or for the purchase of official documents, diplomas, or graduation items.

Purchase more than one item at Earthschooling.com and receive a 10% discount on both items. Coupon code: bunny10

Standard Earthschooling Discounts

(No Code Needed)

Purchase one lesson subject or block = no discount but potentially FREE. If you purchase a lesson block or monthly block and then upgrade to a curriculum package, you can receive full credit for your purchase if it would be duplicated in your upgrade. 

Purchase a Curriculum Package (set of lesson blocks) = 25% discount (this discount is included in the curriculum package price listed on the website. No code is needed.

Purchase more than one grade of curriculum as a Best Value Collection = 35% discount (this discount is included in the price listed on the website. No code is needed)

The Earthschooling Affiliate Program

You can save additional money when you refer a friend to Earthschooling. For every sale you send to us, you receive 15%. Register to become an affiliate here.

How Do We Decide Pricing?

Some customers have been curious about why our prices have increased since we first opened in 1994, or how we have made pricing decisions. When we first started Earthschooling more than twenty years ago, the requirements for an online business were very small. We only needed a one-page website, and all the files were sent by email. The company was run by one person who handled the website, email, and curriculum creation. This meant that old prices were based on the simple labor costs of one person. Prices were very low, and the product was simple, with no multimedia or other options.

In today’s world, customers expect more than a simple syllabus for their curriculum. Businesses are also expected to host informative, comprehensive, multi-page, multimedia websites to maintain a friendly experience for customers/members. Websites used to be free. Now they cost money. It costs extra to send newsletters and host member files on the website. This did not used to be the case.

In addition, Earthschooling has hired many staff members. Our curriculum now goes beyond a simple document. Earthschooling is now able to provide a full curriculum experience with videos for teachers that show them how to do the lessons, mp3s for verses, support from Waldorf teachers on our forum, daily support from staff and other members on our Facebook forum, and files that can be accessed on any computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Our current prices are based on the following payments we make every month to provide services and products to customers:

1. Cost of hosting the website
2. The cost of paying a webmaster to maintain the complex website.
3. Cost of hosting files online for members and customers
4. Cost of sending newsletters to members and non-members
5. Cost of paying staff to help run the expanded business operations
6. Cost of paying teachers who have contributed lessons
7. Earthschooling into the comprehensive curriculum it is today.
8. Cost of office supplies

By pricing fairly and not offering sales, we can treat each customer equally and offer a product we are very proud of – the product we dreamed of so many years ago but were not able to create because of Internet limitations and the limitations of running a business as one person. Earthschooling is now the premier Waldorf homeschooling product online, offering more than any other similar curriculum.

The Earthschooling Scholarships

We are able to offer a limited number of up to 30% scholarships for qualifying families. Since we keep our prices so low, this program is funded by our non-profit projects and by our willingness to forgo profits on some products for families in need. You can apply for a scholarship by following the instructions on our scholarship page HERE. We do not make any profit from scholarship sales. All funds go to our teachers and staff. Because of the limited number of scholarships we have each year, we can only offer them to individuals. Scholarships are not available for schools.