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October was a better month for me. This year, Black Friday sales were similar to any other day :-(

Times have irrevocably changed. We must adapt and seek alternatives.

BF used to really be something to behold. Even instructors with one or two courses who were new would see some really amazing revenue. We used to do countdowns and build our entire year around BF. Timing our course launches to make sure our courses were trending before BF. Now, It is much lower than last month, a random October. The good news is since my udemy income is dropping so much I can qualify for health insurance discounts lol.

The days of seeing big jumps in revenue during the BF sale are long gone.

For me, just normal days so far (and by normal I mean, bad in terms of sales).

What a dud. I miss the olden days of hitting refresh and the excitement. This is sad to see.

Oddly enough I've had more sales from October 28th-November 13th which was followed by a sudden drop in sales. From November 21-24 I've seen sales increase partially I suppose because I sent out a promotional email to students and published a new course on Android Development. Currently I have 16 students in that course where 12 of these students bought the course through my promotion. It would have been nice if more than 4 would have purchased organically via Udemy but Black Friday is not quite over yet.

If I’m sharing my thoughts, it would be helpful to know in advance when Black Friday actually begins. For example, I scheduled the Android course to be published two weeks before Black Friday, on November 15th, but it turned out the sale started much earlier than I expected.

Hoping for the best!