Stop Leaving Money on the Table.
Start Leading at the Cutting Edge.
Mastery is the Value Pricing Academy's top-tier membership — built for accounting and bookkeeping professionals who are ready to go beyond the basics. Price with confidence, deliver high-value advisory services, harness AI, and build a firm that stands apart.

You're good at what you do.
But your pricing doesn't reflect it.
Most accounting and bookkeeping professionals were never taught to price properly. They default to hourly rates, undercharge for their expertise, and find themselves stuck — busy but not profitable.
If any of these sound familiar, you're not alone:
You know you should be charging more — but you don't know how to justify it
Clients push back on fees, and you find yourself discounting
You win work, but the margins never grow
You want to offer advisory services but aren't sure how to price or deliver them
You're watching AI reshape the profession and wondering how to stay ahead
You're ready for more — more profit, more confidence, more impact
The good news: every one of these is solvable. That's exactly what Mastery is built for.
Common fears — and the reality behind them.
"If I raise my prices, I'll lose clients."
The right clients will gladly pay more when they clearly understand the value you create. Mastery teaches you exactly how to communicate that value — so price becomes far less of an obstacle.
"I don't have time for more training."
Mastery is designed around a rolling curriculum — you pick the sessions most relevant to where you are right now. You don't need to watch everything. Just do the right things, in the right order.
"Advisory services feel out of reach for my firm."
You already have the expertise. What most firms lack is a system — for spotting opportunities, packaging services, communicating value, and pricing profitably. Mastery gives you that complete system, step by step.
Three levels. One destination.
Mastery is the top.
Founded in 2014 by Mark Wickersham — Amazon #1 best-selling author of Effective Pricing for Accountants — the Value Pricing Academy has helped thousands of accountants and bookkeepers worldwide transform their firms.
The Academy offers three membership levels, each designed to meet you at the right stage of your journey:
Skool Community
For those just starting out or building pricing confidence from scratch. Core pricing fundamentals, essential systems, and the foundations everything else is built on.
Growth
For practitioners ready to scale. Advanced pricing strategies, marketing training, and deeper tools to attract better clients and grow more profitably.
Mastery
For forward-thinking professionals ready to lead. Everything in Foundations and Growth, plus: advanced pricing, AI training, profit advisory, communication mastery, and the tools to build a firm that genuinely stands apart.
Mastery is not a starting point — it's a destination. It's designed for accounting and bookkeeping professionals who want to build a firm that commands premium fees, attracts the best clients, delivers powerful advisory services, and stays ahead of the curve.
More than 15 hours of live training every month — and a complete library of courses to work through at your own pace.
Mastery members get access to the Academy's full suite of live monthly training sessions, eight core curriculum courses, structured video training, premium software, exclusive bonuses, and a thriving community of like-minded professionals.
Live Training — Every Month
Every month, Mastery members get 15+ hours of expert-led live training — covering pricing, marketing, AI, advisory, and real-world implementation. All sessions are recorded and available for 60 days. Here's exactly what you get:

Effective Pricing
How to use the Effective Pricing software to get higher prices. Master the #1 value pricing software for accountants and bookkeepers. Learn to price with confidence in front of clients, create packages that clients choose from, and use price psychology to reduce resistance.
- Price based on client-perceived value
- Set individualised prices for each client
- Communicate value so clients want to buy
- Help clients willingly invest more

Live with the Academy Trainers
Practical insights to help build a stronger firm. Two live sessions every month with our rotating team of expert practitioners — professionals who have mastered value pricing and implemented it in their own firms. Real-world strategies, case studies, and insights you can apply immediately.
- Pricing diagnostics
- Client onboarding systems
- Team building
- High-impact client meetings
- Packaging and positioning

Leading Edge
The latest thinking and how to use it to stay ahead. The latest tools and opportunities in accounting and business — selected fresh each month to reflect current developments and member needs.
- Subscription pricing
- Business advisory
- Advanced AI
- Tax advisory opportunities
- Productivity systems

Marketing Fundamentals
Grow your firm profitably with in-depth training. Win more of the right clients. Monthly training covering copywriting, websites, referral systems, content marketing, social media, lead generation, and how to build a firm people seek out — not stumble upon.
- Building a referral system that works
- Content marketing for accountants
- Your appointment generation system
- Writing compelling copy that converts
- Video marketing and social strategy

Advanced Marketing
Take your marketing to the next level. Once you've mastered the fundamentals, Advanced Marketing dives deeper into the strategies that set the most successful firms apart.
- Video editing and content creation
- Building your lead generation system
- High-converting sales pages and landing pages
- Building a self-funding ad campaign
- Email segmentation and automation
- Understanding SEO

Group Workshops
Learn from your peers and become accountable for change. Live virtual peer sessions, facilitated by experienced Academy members, where you discuss real challenges in small groups. A practical, high-accountability space to work through pricing, clients, and growth — with people who understand exactly where you are.
Core Curriculum Courses

Pricing Fundamentals
Discover the essential elements of value pricing. The core value pricing system — from fixed pricing and packages to the value conversation, price psychology, proposal writing, and handling objections. Built for accountants and bookkeepers ready to get properly paid.

Essential AI
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to the latest AI tools and how to use them in your accounting or bookkeeping firm. Led by Emily Cross, this course covers ChatGPT essentials, creating custom GPTs, AI tools for your business, and applying AI to your systems and workflows — making AI simple and actionable from day one.

Essential Foundations
The most important ways to build a successful firm. The twelve key pillars of a successful accounting firm — from strategy and marketing to systems, lead generation, content marketing, and advisory.

Essential Systems
Complete systems for automating what you do. Client onboarding, communication, customer service, team management, hiring, and more — with real-world resources you can adapt and implement immediately.

Practical Pricing
The complete systems you need for pricing your core services — bookkeeping, clean-up work, payroll, tax, forecasting, advisory, and more. Includes professional pricing brochures for each service, ready to present to clients.

Advanced Pricing
Master value pricing and earn much more money. The most sophisticated pricing strategies: advanced menu pricing, scope management, price objection handling, pre-qualification, and the complete proposal system. Unlocks after 12 months to give you time to master the foundations first.

Communication Mastery
Win business & build your brand through words. Copywriting, video, public speaking, webinars, storytelling, and how to present yourself with authority online and in person.

Profit Advisory
Add value to clients through business advisory. Everything you need to deliver high-value business advisory services — from spotting opportunities in client numbers to packaging, pricing, selling, and delivering advisory month after month. Includes Profit Diagnostic software.
Premium Software — Included in Your Membership

Effective Pricing — Pro Plan
The world's leading value pricing software for accountants and bookkeepers. Use it to price confidently in front of clients, present package options, apply price psychology, and get higher prices. Included for the full duration of your Mastery membership.

Profit Diagnostic Software
A powerful tool to help you spot opportunities in your clients' businesses, demonstrate the profit potential available to them, and sell advisory services with confidence. Includes what-if analysis and professional client reports.

Roadmap Software
Your personalised progress hub inside the VPA. Track your journey across the curriculum, set and celebrate business goals, download resources, submit your success stories, and engage with fellow members on a community leaderboard.
Five launch bonuses — included free.
Join today and get instant access to over $5,925 in bonuses included — designed to get you results as fast as possible.
Re-pricing Existing Clients
The single fastest way to increase your revenue is to re-price the clients you already have. This course shows you exactly how to do it — without the fear of losing them. Delivered in five bite-sized stages over your first five weeks.
Most members say this bonus alone repays their entire first year of membership.
Your Complimentary Pro Plan Licence — Active from Day One
From the moment you join, your complimentary Pro Plan licence for Effective Pricing is live and ready to use. It's the most important tool for implementing value pricing in the real world — and it's yours for the full duration of your membership.
Profit Diagnostic Software
Used alongside your business advisory training, this software helps you demonstrate the profit potential in your clients' businesses and sell advisory services with confidence. Not available outside the Academy.
How to Optimise Your QBO ProAdvisor Profile
Boost your visibility in the ProAdvisor directory, attract more of the right enquiries, and turn your profile into a lead-generation tool. Delivered by Jessica Fox — founder of Florida Virtual Bookkeeper with over two decades of industry experience.
Access to All Online Conferences and Events
As a Mastery member, you receive complimentary access to all Value Pricing Academy online events throughout the year — including the AI and ChatGPT Summit, the Business Advisory Masterclass, and the Profitable Bookkeeping Bootcamp. Recordings are added to your library if you can't attend live.
What becomes possible when your pricing finally works.
Members of the Value Pricing Academy have used the training, tools, and community to transform their firms — charging more, winning better clients, and building businesses they're genuinely proud of.
Transforming firms since 2014
A global community of accounting and bookkeeping professionals
Over a decade of proven results
You won't be figuring this out alone.
Building a better firm is hard to do in isolation. Inside Mastery, you're surrounded by a community of like-minded accountants and bookkeepers who are on the same journey — sharing what's working, answering questions, and holding each other accountable.
Private Facebook Group
A private Facebook Group exclusively for VPA members, where members share strategies, ask questions, and support each other daily. Whether you're stuck on a pricing conversation or looking for inspiration, there's always someone who's been there.
Group Workshops
Live virtual peer sessions, facilitated by experienced Academy members, where you discuss real challenges in small groups. Bring your most pressing problem — leave with a plan.
Mastery is for accounting and bookkeeping professionals who are ready to lead.
This is for you if
You're an accountant or bookkeeper who...
- Runs your own firm (or is building one with clients already in place)
- Is ready to move beyond the basics of value pricing and go deeper
- Wants to offer — and charge properly for — business advisory services
- Wants to harness AI and stay ahead of where the profession is heading
- Is committed to continuous improvement and willing to take action
This is not for you if
- You're looking for a quick fix or a magic pricing script
- You're committed to hourly billing and don't want to change
- You haven't yet started your firm (Level 1 — Foundations may be a better starting point)
- You want information without implementing it
Everything above — for one straightforward monthly fee.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Try Mastery for a full 30 days. If it's not right for you, email the team and receive a full refund of your first payment — no questions asked. No minimum commitment. No risk.
Your Price Never Changes
Once enrolled, your monthly rate is locked in for as long as you remain a member — even as new training, tools, and resources are added. The price you join at today is the price you'll always pay.
The best firms aren't built by chance.
They're built by accountants who decided to do things differently.
If you've read this far, you already know what needs to change. The question is whether you act on it today — or let another year pass in exactly the same position.
Mastery gives you the training, the tools, the community, and the system to build a firm you're genuinely proud of. The rest is up to you.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Your questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about Mastery — from how the live sessions work to refunds and team access.
Your complete Mastery membership at a glance.
A concise recap of every piece of training, software, bonus and community access included.
15+ hours of live training every month
Effective Pricing, Live with the Academy Trainers, Leading Edge, Marketing Fundamentals, Advanced Marketing and Group Workshops — all recorded for 60 days.
8 core curriculum courses
Pricing Fundamentals, Essential AI, Essential Foundations, Essential Systems, Practical Pricing, Advanced Pricing, Communication Mastery and Profit Advisory.
Premium software included
Effective Pricing — Pro Plan (worth $2,940/year), Profit Diagnostic Software and Roadmap Software — yours for the life of your membership.
Five bonuses valued at more than $5,925
Re-pricing Existing Clients, Pro Plan software, Profit Diagnostic, ProAdvisor profile optimisation and complimentary access to all online events.
A global community
Private Facebook group, peer-led Group Workshops, and a worldwide network of accountants and bookkeepers on the same journey.
Risk-free guarantee
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. No minimum commitment. Your price never changes for as long as you remain a member.
