Fun financial education

Learn to invest without the jargon. Bad jokes included at no extra cost.

Bite-sized, plain-language lessons on investing, saving and side hustles, served with a side of bad jokes. Made for South Africans who would rather laugh than nap through a money lesson.

Start here. Painless, I promise. – Wouter

Join free and you’ll unlock the Home Loan Calculator and Home Affordability Calculator, plus free downloads like the Getting Started Guide (Free Edition) and the Simple Monthly Budget. Not a bad return on R0. Ready to invest a little in yourself? Members get the full Getting Started Guide, plus loads more tools and advanced downloads in the Member Zone. (Higher return, still no jargon.)

Educational content only. Not financial advice.

Jargon translator Finance to English
“Diversify your asset allocation”
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
“Compound interest”
Your money having babies.
“Market volatility”
Prices doing the Macarena.
“Bear market”
Everything’s on sale and nobody’s happy about it.
More translations inside. No dictionary required.

Sound familiar?

You nod along when someone mentions ETFs at a braai.
Your savings plan is mostly hope (and the odd Lotto ticket).
You’ve Googled “how to start investing” and closed the tab in fear.
You’d love a side hustle, but where do you even start?

Then you’re in the right place. Here’s how it works.

The Investor Experience turns money topics into short, funny lessons, then gives you the tools to actually put them to work. Three simple options:

Watch

Free, plain-language lessons on YouTube. No sign-up needed, just press play.

Start with the free lessons
Learn

Join free as a Trainee and get starter tools and downloadable resources, like the free edition of the Getting Started Guide, the Home Loan Calculator and the Simple Monthly Budget.

See what’s inside
Use

Members unlock the full toolkit, starting with the complete Getting Started Guide, plus the Car Finance Calculator, the Portfolio Tracker and the full download library.

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Wouter pouring tea and smiling
The guy behind the jokes

Hi, I’m Wouter.

I grew up in Carletonville selling sweets down the street and planting veggies with dreams of becoming a grocery tycoon. None of it made me rich, but it sparked an itch to build things that never left.

I’m not a seasoned pro or a certified financial wizard. I just believe learning about money shouldn’t be boring, and that we learn a lot more together than alone.

Learning about money shouldn’t feel like homework. Think of this as the friend who finally explains it properly, with a few bad jokes along the way.

“Yeah, he’s… fine, I guess.”

Wouter’s Dad, glowing review ★★☆☆☆

What’s inside the club

Here are some examples of the tools and resources waiting for you: online calculators, cheat sheets, templates and trackers. The free ones are yours the moment you sign up; the rest unlock in the Member Zone once you’re a Member.

Free for Trainees
Example
Getting Started Guide: Free Edition
PDF guide · 20 pages
Free
Example
Home Loan Calculator
Online tool
Free
Example
Home Affordability Calculator
Online tool
Free
Example
Simple Monthly Budget
Excel template
Free
For Members
Example
Getting Started Guide: Member Edition
PDF guide · 89 pages
Member
Example
Car Finance Calculator
Online tool
Member
Example
Portfolio Tracker
Excel template
Member
Example
Advanced Monthly Budget
Excel template
Member

Examples only. Actual resources are available after signing in, and new ones are added over time.

Here’s how joining works

Member toolLives on your phone

Split the bill in a minute. No maths at the table.

The bill arrives, everyone goes quiet and somebody says “let’s just split it evenly” right after ordering the lobster. Not anymore. Members get a bill splitter that reads the slip for you and works out exactly who owes what.

  1. 1Snap the slip. Our AI reads every item, the service charge and the total. It even warns you if the slip doesn’t add up.
  2. 2Tap who had what. Share a platter between three, give one person all five whiskies, or split a round of shots.
  3. 3Add the tip. One tip for the table, or let everyone choose their own.
  4. 4Send everyone their share on WhatsApp. Done before the card machine arrives.
Works with any slipService charge sortedOne tap from your home screen
Who had what? Seafood platterR459.00MeThaboAnri Castle Lite (1 of 2)R38.00Thabo Malva puddingR59.00Nobody yet THABO PAYSR 210.10incl. 10% tip Send on WhatsApp split 3 ways,zero maths

Here’s what happens when you join

No 47-step onboarding. No sales calls. Just this.

1
30 seconds

Sign up free

Name, email, done. No card needed, no strings attached.

2
Straight away

Unlock the free tools and downloads

The Home Loan Calculator and Home Affordability Calculator, plus free downloads like the Getting Started Guide (Free Edition) and the Simple Monthly Budget, open up in the Member Zone.

3
Every new lesson

Learn at your own pace

A heads-up when new videos drop, plus the occasional joke so bad it’s educational.

4
When you’re ready

Level up to Member

Unlock the full Getting Started Guide and every online tool, template and tracker for R450 a year.

Pick your tier

Join the Club

Start free and learn the basics. Upgrade when you want the good stuff in the Member Zone.

Trainee
Free

Your first step in, without spending a cent.

  • Free online tools: the Home Loan Calculator and the Home Affordability Calculator
  • Our free downloadable resources, like the Getting Started Guide (Free Edition) and the Simple Monthly Budget
  • Access to the free sections of the Member Zone
  • Alerts when new YouTube lessons drop
  • The Trainee mailing list (no spam, we promise)
  • An occasional lame investing joke, for diversification
Start learning free
Best value
Member
R450per year

Less than R40 a month. Cheaper than one bad impulse buy.

  • Everything in Trainee, plus:
  • The full Getting Started Guide (Member Edition): 89 pages from “what is a share?” to buying your first ETF
  • Every online tool, including the Car Finance Calculator, with more on the way
  • Your own TIE Tools button on your phone’s home screen. Every calculator, one tap away. Like an app, minus the app store.
  • Full Member Zone access: the Portfolio Tracker, Advanced Monthly Budget and more
  • Investor insights: new finance concepts and words, explained the fun way
  • Introductions to useful new apps and tools
  • Free entry to every giveaway
  • Invites to every fantasy sports tournament (bragging rights included)
  • Your own member email for priority responses
Become a Member
Only 50 spots
Legacy Member
R400per year, locked in

Everything in Member, for the first 50 people only. Your yearly price stays at R400 for as long as you renew on time, even when the Member price goes up. Think of it as buying the shares before the IPO.

Once-off yearly payment by EFT. No debit orders. Legacy terms

48 of 50 spots left
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Not sure yet? Start free. You can upgrade to Member whenever you like. Compare everything side by side on the Join the Club page.

Your first lesson costs R0. The jokes cost extra.

(They don’t. We just can’t stop making them.) Join free today and upgrade whenever you’re ready.

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