Ask HN: Anyone making money with online courses?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making money with online courses? by jventura on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:09AM (#25034380)

I do have a Python course at educative.io [1] which nets me around 100€/month. I was approached by one of the founders because of an ebook I did and shown here on HN [2]. I do have a personal blog [3] where I have some articles on Python and related things but I think I don't have an "audience". I'm also working as a teacher btw.

Next year as my current contract gets downgraded (no more exclusivity - less salary), I'm thinking about providing 1:1 lessons and make other courses.

Although I do have some things to show, I do not have any actionable advice to share, I am as "lost" as you! :)

  [1] https://www.educative.io/courses/full-speed-python
  [2] https://github.com/joaoventura/fullspeedpython
  [3] https://joaoventura.net/

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making money with online courses? by xenopticon on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:19AM (#25035631)

Thanks for the input anyway João! I didn't know about educative.io, how hard was it to publish a text-based course there?

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone making money with online courses? by jventura on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:14AM (#25036266)

They made me two proposals! On one of them, they would build the course themselves from my materials (30% cut for me, 70% cut for them). On the other I would have to build it and handle all the marketing myself. (70% for me, 30% for them).

I chose the first one..

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