Udemy 🧰 Platform Free
Course marketplace with 70+ million learners; instructors keep 37% on marketplace sales and 97% on their own referrals.
- Web rank
- #1.9k
- This week
- ▲ 4
- 30 days
- ▲ 4
- Fee / share
- Instructors keep 37% of marketplace sales, 97% of sales from their own coupon links
- Payout schedule
- Monthly (paid on the 6th for the prior month)
- Paid via
- PayPal, Payoneer
- Pricing
- Free
- Type
- Course & cohort platforms
Methods Udemy pays for
Niches accepted
Accepts 1 restricted niche that most networks refuse.
About Udemy
Udemy is the largest course marketplace: publish for free, and Udemy's promotions sell your course, paying instructors 37% on marketplace sales (97% when the student came through your own link). Constant discounting means low per-sale revenue, and you cannot email students. Useful for reach and validation; not for margin.
Pros
- Buyers come to you; no marketing needed to make first sales
- Free to publish
Cons
- Marketplace sets deep discounts and keeps 63%
- No access to student emails; hard to build a business on
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