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  • Unknown
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    To be fair, nobody is forcing you to read his comments. They wouldn’t be tiresome if you didn’t read them. If you aren’t interested in what he posts, why not just skip over it?

    I wasn’t aware that this forum was only for “big players”.

  • Vincent_Car
    Vincent_Car Posts: 24 trailblazer rank

    @MichaelPog
    I share the same concern, even though I'm a new instructor.

    I have been doing very well during these first two months on Udemy, and I noticed that a good share of students buy the course but simply never engage (completion stays at 0%).
    In that case, I still get paid, Udemy gets paid. While with the Personal Plan I would get nothing from a sale like this.

  • GuilhermeMP
    GuilhermeMP Posts: 391 mentor rank

    @Vincent_Car
    I have this concern too

  • AshishR
    AshishR Posts: 56 storyteller rank

    @Abbie
    - How would an Instructor come to know that a Student enrolled is through Corporate UFB or Personal Subscription model?

    Do we have a new tag for students acquired through Individual subscription model?

    Thank you

  • Human-Science
    Human-Science Posts: 247 specialist rank

    @Abbie
    can you answer the question raised by @JasmineBayer
    above.

    Specifically, when the subscription model finally goes live fully:

    1. Will it offer Personal Plan subscription customers only courses that are included in UFB?

    2. Or will all courses across the platform be included in the new Personal Plan subscription?

    3. Or will Udemy curate courses for a second catalogue that is separate from the UFB catalogue?

    Thank you.

  • LawrenceMMiller
    LawrenceMMiller Posts: 2,275 rolemodel rank

    @Human-Science
    They have answered those questions.

    They have said that the plan is initially an experiment, limited in scope, but it will include only UFB courses. That is the only plan for now.

  • Vincent_Car
    Vincent_Car Posts: 24 trailblazer rank

    @ElianaC
    @KatieBent
    Do you have any input about the concern some of us, instructors, have been sharing?


    "I have been doing very well during these first months on Udemy, and I noticed that a good share of students buy the course but simply never engage (completion stays at 0%).
    In that case, I still get paid, Udemy gets paid. While with the Personal Plan I would get nothing from a sale like this."

    I understand you want to encourage student to keep learning, "building a user experience that keeps people learning (and subscribing) for a long time" as you said.
    But aren't we both losing in the case I described above? Or do you expect this change to have an overall positive impact on the instructor revenue, but with disparities among instructors? (some benefiting from the Personal Plan and some others losing revenue, like the ones with lower student engagement)

  • CarlosDeLeon
    CarlosDeLeon Posts: 892 visionary rank

    The student will still pay Udemy whether he/she watches any content or not.

  • MartinEbert373
    MartinEbert373 Posts: 1 observer rank

    My profits in May 2021, have gone down a lot already and I am very very disappointed. Courses will be shorter and have lower quality and that is really a pity.

  • Human-Science
    Human-Science Posts: 247 specialist rank

    Hi @MartinEbert373

    Just wondering:

    Why do think that:

    1. Courses will have lower quality

    2. Courses will be shorter

    I would have hoped that courses will need to have higher quality, in order to hold student attention, otherwise they will get bored and consume other courses without paying any extra. Instructors will get paid not because a student bought their course, but because they are genuinely consuming them, minute by minute.

    Also, regarding length. If you make an hour long course, the maximum you can get paid is for 60 minutes consumption. But the longer your course, the more minutes to consume, and therefore the more you get paid.

    Have I misunderstood something in your rationale?

    Best wishes

  • TigerVerse
    TigerVerse Posts: 26 trailblazer rank

    I have a question!

    ...

    Are there any special requirements for these courses?

  • LawrenceMMiller
    LawrenceMMiller Posts: 2,275 rolemodel rank

    @TigerVerse
    At this point the program is for those courses that are currated in the Udemy for Business catalog.

  • MichaelPog
    MichaelPog Posts: 992 rolemodel rank

    @Abbie
    , has the program already started? I have courses on UFB but I don't see any students from the "personal plan subscription"

  • Bella
    Bella Posts: 3,694 traveler rank

    Hi @MichaelPog
    , the Personal Plan subscription model It’s still an experiment, meaning that only a limited number of users are seeing the option. The pilot has started in April, and as it goes forward over the coming months, we’ll make sure to keep you up to date on our progress and our plans.

    Bella Almeida

    Udemy Community Team

  • MichaelPog
    MichaelPog Posts: 992 rolemodel rank

    @Bella
    you mean there are just too few students that's why I don't see any?

    That makes sense.

    Thank you

  • EshantGarg
    EshantGarg Posts: 33 traveler rank

    @Bella

    @LawrenceMMiller

    @Abbie

    This is regarding "Try it for 7 days" option we have in the personal plan.

    If a student didn't continue to a paid plan after 7 days, will those minutes still be counted in the total minutes' pool?

    And if a student continues with the paid plan after 7 days, will the minutes consumed in the first free 7 days will be counted in the total minutes pool?

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