Hi @RossMcGowan - It was just about a year ago I published my first course. I now have 13 of them. My monthly revenue is somewhere between $800 and $1,000. And, last month, one of my courses got included in the UFB program, which is additional revenue. Fortunately though, for me, this is just a hobby. I have a day job so I've created these courses on the side. Most of the courses I created were in areas I wanted to learn more about. So I did and created a course around it.
I probably won't be creating any more Udemy courses. Udemy can be a brutal experience, both internally and externally. Fortunately I've had a couple other learning sites reach out to me about putting my courses on their sites. If I do create additional courses, it will be for other learning sites, where they care more about the instructors and where courses are not sold, but viewed on a subscription basis.
I didn't directly address the motivation issue. What always motivated me was learning more about a topic and then creating a course and seeing if it sells. Since I don't rely on this income to pay the bills, there really isn't much stress about sales, reviews, returns etc. However, what has demotivated me more than anything is the fact that someone from India (as an example) can purchase one of my courses that normally sells for $24.95, for $4 and I might get $1 or $2. That, as much as anything, is why I don't think I'll be creating more Udemy courses. The Udemy business model is great for Udemy but not for about 90% of the instructors which keeps Udemy in business.
