Starting my lifecoach buisness

[Paan]

Hi, I want helt with how I should do with my lifecoach certification. I have never coached before and want to start my own buisness coaching people.

Ive been looking for the IFC accredited schools and they are a bit pricy, but I can afford it. My question is, do I need to go to a IFC accredited school? I know the answer is no that I dont have to. But how did you guys do? 

Going to one of those schools will give me credibility with the clients and the school will teach me coaching and give me practise before the real deal.

But Ive also looked at programs that dont teach acording to the ICF standard, but they also teach coaching in their own way. Those schools arent as high price as the ICF accredited.

SO my question is like, Do clients really care about me being ICF certified? Do they even know what it means? All of the best coaches out there today dont teach according to the ICF, they teach on their own to my knowledge. But thats maybe because they have been in the game for so long that maybe a name for them selves ?

For all the lifecoaches around the forum, please come with your experices and take on this.

Thank you!