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Thor · ‎03-14-2022

@Bella It would be nice to be able to edit the coupons after creation up until they are live, what is we schedule one wrong, there is no way to align that course with the rest of our courses.

Thor · ‎01-08-2022

Good talk.

Thor · ‎12-23-2021

Congratulations 🙂

Thor · ‎12-11-2021

Also be careful with requiring them to sign up for anything (email or whatever) to get the resources (unless it is ONLY in the bonus lecture).

Thor · ‎12-08-2021

I would base that on if it would actually bring new students or not, I would assume only a tiny fraction would ONLY be able to pay with bitcoin, vs PayPal/CC. Then there are the implementation costs for something that may not raise profits, and the tax regulations that Udemy has to comply with, this will just complicate them. Would it be fun to do? yes. Would it drive more revenue? Probably not.

Thor · ‎12-08-2021

IF refunds are 1-2% you are fine, not an issue. IF they are higher, you may have some issues you need to fix on your courses. Will some students abuse the refund policy? Yes. Is it a problem, No. Having the policy drives far more sales than it costs you in refunds, it makes students feel safe buying a course they were on the fence about.

Thor · ‎12-08-2021

Thor · ‎12-03-2021

We are teachers like you here, this is a forum to help with the course creation process, not to sell our courses. If everyone did that it would all be spam. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Thor · ‎11-27-2021

ANYTHING can be downloaded with simple scripts, since it takes some skill most people can't, you making your videos downloadable or not has no impact on that. For the refund that should be true, I don't know what the percentage watched for no refund, but it is supposedly there. So no, they should not be able to.

Thor · ‎11-27-2021

You HAVE to have 10 minutes of previews, those are automatic. Once you hit that, you can chose which videos are for previews. I keep it around 10% of my course, enough for them to see the quality without giving the whole course away. Yes, full price sales happen, they are rare and most are refunded.

Thor · ‎11-25-2021

If it is free, how would you make money? That is sort of the definition of free. free /frē/ adverb. without cost or payment.

Thor · ‎11-25-2021

It can be 0 or ∞. I think my first sale was 4 or 5 days from launch, first month maybe $80, 2nd $135, ... Each instructor and course is unique, we really can't answer that question.

Thor · ‎11-25-2021

We are instructors, this is not a place to solicit students. If we all did that it would be all spam.

Thor · ‎11-25-2021

We are instructors, this is not a place to solicit students. If we all did that it would be all spam.

Thor · ‎11-25-2021

We are instructors, this is not a place to solicit students. If we all did that it would be all spam.

Thor · ‎11-21-2021

For the final answer talk to policy@udemy.com https://www.udemy.com/terms/

Thor · ‎11-21-2021

You chose to be paid on a platform without knowing how it works? I understand many countries has this as the only payment option, but it really is your responsibility to understand the rules of the platforms you choose, in this case Udemy and Payoneer.

Thor · ‎11-21-2021

Isn't online <anything> wonderful? Having been on Udemy close to 5 years, it is just something you accept, it happens. 95% of pirates would never be your students on Udemy, it will have very little impact on your earnings here. Pirates come back, making a limited content seems like a bad idea for the actual students. If Hollywood with billions in earnings could not make a dent in piracy, then who are you and I? Report it here: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229604108-What-Should-I-do-if-I-Find-a-Course-on-a-Pirate-Site- /shrug, move on, focus on the things you can control (make better courses).

Thor · ‎11-21-2021

I think the reason some instructors see a slump is the increase in instructor numbers and courses. A few years ago it was 20k instructors, now 80k, 60k courses vs 180k+. Most instructors will make 1 course and vanish. The hardest hit categories are the entry level ones, where many more instructors can/are choosing to teach.

Thor · ‎11-02-2021

@Bella I already got a T-shirt being an IP.

Thor · ‎11-01-2021

Clearly the free swag from Udemy! In reality, it was sort of random, I thought it could be fun, I did a few test courses, they surprisingly made money, so I made an actual in-demand course.

Thor · ‎10-31-2021

I think mine mirror your experiences @LawrenceMMiller . 100% 2018, 75% 2019, 30% 2020. I am also thinking around 50% this year.

Thor · ‎10-26-2021

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Thor · ‎10-26-2021

You clicked accept, even if you did not read it. You can opt out, but also know that will probably result in 0 sales.

Thor · ‎10-26-2021

@Dev227 wrote: Hi, I just uploaded some courses to Udemy. One has 2 students and is priced at £89.95 ($248) but my payout is listed as $9.46! Is this really all I get from these sales? Thanks A few misconceptions here: £89.95 is not ($248), it is closer to $124. You are probably signed up for sales and promotions, so your course does not sell for the list price, but for the sales price. With the $9.46 revenue, would assume the actual sales price was around $28, is the $9.46 is for both, then around $14 per student in sales price.

Thor · ‎10-21-2021

Howzit Mr. Aloha!

Thor · ‎10-19-2021

Early on probably, there is no right or wrong answer. Maybe do a video with script and another without it, then have someone (not you) review it. Do multiple takes of the scripted one, 5+. Remember the first course will most likely be bad, that is normal, as you grow as an instructor you get better at everything, with that your course quality improve. Do not strive for perfection in any course, strive for good. Perfection takes too long and is never achieved, you will make better courses in a year, better the year after, and so on.

Thor · ‎10-12-2021

That site is not sure accurate anymore, I am estimated at 8k and I am consistently over 20k on Udemy. It is only based on student numbers, not enrollments, my enrollments per student are higher than the average instructors. 75k students, 250k enrollments. It is so individual it is hard to give proper metrics. The $11.5 /review is also way off for me, mine is more than double. This is all of course only on Udemy.

Thor · ‎10-12-2021

There are definitely 300k+ instructors (instructor share).

Thor · ‎07-21-2021

I can only approve the new logo, it is clear that you are paying homage to my awesome company logo and using the top T of my T rune. /sarcasm

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