I run a company that sells courses. We've built our own audience, which is what makes this possible. We hire instructors with the goal of working with them in the long term. (Basically, for them, our goal is for it to be the perfect part-time job.) I would recommend looking for a publication in your niche that also runs courses, and approach them about the possibility of hiring you. You could also approach an established publication, and offer a partnership, in terms of establishing a course-based business. Don't look for a platform, look for a company that you can have an actual relationship with.

youtube is better.

Guess you did not read his comment very thoroughly. He answered your question.

It just says what not to do, not what to do instead.

> I would seriously suggest anyone thinking about creating courses to avoid using any type of course marketplaces (ACG is especially bad too). It's worth it to build your own audience

- Youtube + mailing list

- Build your own site

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- Blog on the niche and build reputation It's amazing to see how instructors like Wes Bos, Kent C Dodds and Josh Comameu's CSS Course pulled off.

- Create youtube channel and drive traffic from their to your course

YouTube has a lot of the same issues as Udemy with regard to creator treatment. Building your own audience sounds like the ideal, but obviously there are network effects to being on a platform and those can’t be simply written off.

Yep. Udemy is just a different game and if you don't play their game, you're gonna have a bad time. Same story with YouTube.

I do think Udemy is an easier path to meaningful revenue (courses are tedious and less glamorous so less competition) than YouTube, whereas YouTube has much higher potential upside. People can spend years grinding on YouTube before ever making anything meaningful, whereas most instructors who take Udemy seriously can get there within a year. It took me 9 months to get to about $4k a month recurring earnings, for example

I agree 100%.

What does, in your opinion, an ideal course platform look like though?

Genuinely curious.

I’ve never been a course instructor, but I imagine the best would be something where the creators own a slice of the overall pie (share in the company).

Thanks for the shout-out!