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Anybody taught paid courses at Udemy?

How many students did you have?

What motivate you to teach?

Do you think teaching at Udemy is a sustainable business?

on January 13, 2020
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    Hi Junji.

    I have a few Udemy courses and I'm making another.
    The amount they sell for and the cut that Udemy takes is insane! but they have great SEO and I do no marketing at all, I also have very limited instructional design experience so I'm pretty happy with it.

    Once I feel confident I can create great classes I'll probably move off Udemy and focus on learning more about marketing etc... but I feel it's a great way to get started and currently makes a pretty good chunk of my monthly income.
    Feel free to reach out if you want some pointers.

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      Late but if I may ask, how long did it take for your course(s) to get to a point where they make a decent amount of income for you?

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    I thought about it and even spent time creating an in-depth outline after watching all the how-to videos. But I then decided against it.

    Udemy, in my opinion is for people who can create multiple courses and not rely just on a few. I say that because your course will not get visibility unless you allow them to discount. They discount $200 courses to $10. Then they take their cut from that.

    So you'd have to have thousands of students to make anything.

    I believe it's doable, but will take a long time to gain traction.