Udemy vs SkillShare vs Self hosting with Teachable or Thinkific

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@ProfessorHeatherAustin 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this breakdown. Exactly what I needed.

@PaperedChef 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making videos which answer specific questions. I'm watching your content because I've recently developed a crafting course on Udemy. Subscribed.

@MelanieKateLove 7 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thanks so much for all the advice, it was so helpful

@hexprince 7 жыл бұрын

Man, you are awesome! So informative video! Loved it :)

@Vitalkinhs 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your tips, you are very good and I appreciate the information.

@Targetter 7 жыл бұрын

Very good comparison and summary. Thanks for your video, and for not using it to sell your own stuff all the time.

@Vroshall 7 жыл бұрын

Helpful information, thank you!!

@WebGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! The video was very helpful.

@scottlaking 5 жыл бұрын

Great information! Thank you!

@Immigrationbiz 6 жыл бұрын

great video! Thanks a lot!

@hellolorid 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@farukm7627 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil. much appreciated.

@freeyourvoice3871 4 жыл бұрын

I like the sound of consistent income! I'm currently in search of ways to do more teaching online.

@wepranaga 6 жыл бұрын

really love the video.

@hypnokinghypnoseverandertd8293 7 жыл бұрын

Great video with great infos and motivation! :-)

@dontrez8412 4 жыл бұрын

Very insightful.

@johnburton9772 7 жыл бұрын

Your personal opinions and experiences with Udemy are useful. Thanks!

@KenyaWright 6 жыл бұрын

This is great stuff! Thanks. I'm thinking skillshare may be the one for me.

@str8tfromtexas 8 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thanks Phil.

@VideoSchoolOnline 8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Riojas Thanks for watching Carlos!

@NANGSGARAGE 7 жыл бұрын

Great vid man!

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@LorraineArams 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you - answers the question well.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

you're welcome!

@AmaniChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Nice analysis. I created a couple of classes on Udemy but didn't keep it up. Also have teachable but haven't done a consistent job of marketing to our list. I think they way you summarize how to be successful is a good model. Thanks Phil.

@MohammadKhaleque 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks - nice & informative video!

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

you're welcome!

@joseadriangarciasanchez2932 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Phil! A very useful video indeed. I started out on Thinkific, but I think I will also go onto Udemy (however, I'll have to split my courses into several parts so that I can sell them on there, since my courses' prices are higher than €150). Keep on working like that. Greetings from Spain!

@guitarsolosecrets 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. Well delivered. Thanks

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

THANKS!

@alemattosbr 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, Phil! I have questions: only English speakers, or can be subtitled? Regards

@survivingBPDbreakup 7 жыл бұрын

I have two e-commerce sites. What is an optimal way of making Video Courses available on my own websites? Thanks! Great Video.

@ChrisGatlinWorkouts 6 жыл бұрын

In your opinion, is a basketball course for beginners something that could profitable?

@JarrettHolmes 7 жыл бұрын

How about Thinkific? I'd like to see a Teachable vs. Thinkific video!

@GehirnGoldmine 8 жыл бұрын

Great Video!

@VideoSchoolOnline 8 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@usmanmajid8710 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your advice. My question: is it okay to have the exact same course on more than one site at a time? E.g. Udemy, plus teachable? You mentioned started on Udemy and then going self hosted. Is this with the exact same course, or creating new courses when it's time to self host?

@truthspeaksgroup1569 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You gave me something to think about. Udemy first, then teachable.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

glad to help!

@nattsurfaren 7 жыл бұрын

Can I talk about different websites and their uses in my course or do they (udemy) see it as promotion of these sites?

@annaszostak4830 3 жыл бұрын

You had mentioned that you can put the same course on different platforms but you need to change them a little bit. Is it because you can not please the same course on different platforms or just different platforms has different rules and expectations?

@DhybassManagement 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video with a great content. But i have a question, why should i use Teachable or Thinkific if i could just build a membership website on wordpress with a paypal integration? Thanks for the answer.

@AmaniChannel 7 жыл бұрын

I think it comes down to simplicity. We went through a bunch of WP plugins to try to create a course platform. Teachable makes it so easy. I know there are a couple of products out there like Course Cats, and Derek Halpern has a course plugin too. I haven't tried those, but they may be great solutions.

@RodneyDORBIS 5 жыл бұрын

I have a question on udemy is free what about other platforms? Nobody says nothing about that?

@anne-mariehuurre1154 7 жыл бұрын

How does Udemy know if the sale came from your customer or their's? Is self-hosting mean that I have a plug in for a wordpress site or does teachable or thinkific link to my site? thank you.

@MichaelRusPro 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, I have a question. If I upload my courses to Udemy, then after some success upload them on Skillshare and then on a self hosting website. Why would people buy from the self hosting website when they can find and buy the same courses I uploaded on Udemy and Skillshare for much cheaper?

@howshouldidothings4693 6 жыл бұрын

If i start a lecture series e.g., on advance wireless communication in two different languages e.g.,in hindi and english separately with same content in them only language is different... I upload hindi series on KZfaq as KZfaq is mostly popular in India and english lecture series on Udemy with same content as Udemy is mostly popular in western countries... Will it be any infringement in policies of KZfaq and Udemy?

@JasminRhia 7 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for this review, you're great!

@thinkcritically7314 7 жыл бұрын

Great breakdown of platforms for publishing your own courses. Very useful. I've made notes. Thanks dude. cheers Jerome

@TwistedSisterHaratiofales 6 жыл бұрын

How do you get paid as an instructor on KillShare?

@TheLuckilea 6 жыл бұрын

Is there a way that I can speak with you?

@angelacuevasorozco2102 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Do you know places that I can place my classes - videos in Spanish? thank you for your response.

@VideoSchoolOnline 6 жыл бұрын

Udemy is rapidly expanding into other non-english markets. So I would definitely recommend putting them on Udemy. Also, you can use self-hosting like Teachable or thinkific to sell your spanish courses.

@teachavenue 5 жыл бұрын

VS TeachAvenue. Who pays well?

@gablab2357 7 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! I love the advice to be on all of them - and would also love to hear your opinion on how you break down what content you host where? I was thinking about having shorter content on Skillshare/Udemy and longer (more expensive) content on Thinkific. Thoughts?

@drjrodriguez 6 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Udemy has changed their payment method since the time you made this video and you really can't get that 97% anymore. Can you speak to that?

@OlivierRebiere 8 жыл бұрын

merci Phil :-)

@VideoSchoolOnline 8 жыл бұрын

+Olivier Rebiere de rien!

@AlexBooster 6 жыл бұрын

From a student's point of view (and I bought probably 50-60 courses on Udemy): 99.9% of programming/web development courses on Udemy are complete and utter GARBAGE! And that includes courses rated with 4.9 stars! So, star rating or "bestseller status" is completely meaningless for determining whether or not a course is any good. It's extremely difficult to find courses on Udemy that are actually worth watching, let alone worth paying for. But hey, that's just a student's point of view!

@coolunknown7846 6 жыл бұрын

Alex Booster could you elaborate on the things you don't like about most courses? I am a future course creator (not on udemy) and want to add as much value to my students as possible. Would be awesome if we could have a chat via pm.

@militaryupdates5243 5 жыл бұрын

CoolUnknown I could relate to what Alex said, the thing is.. those high rate courses give high hopes for the students like, after this course you'll be able to build your own apps, and that is total crap.. the projects are not comprehensive, the instructors teach you to build crippled apps or games ... while in real life, a real app would have an architecture and so many other stuff that they don't take you through

@FullStackLibrary 5 жыл бұрын

Personally I don't like Udemy courses, as an example, if I want to update my skills on javascript I prefer to learn from masters, people who are already killing it on the industry, as an example I prefer frontendmasters, egghead or wesbos over a udemy course with more than 100 lessons. udemy is not a niche website, there is no selection of skilled teachers and anyone can teach, so quality will never be at the top in this case.

@Azam_Pakistan 5 жыл бұрын

If you upload same courses on youtube and Udemy, why would students pay at Udemy?

@gyerekpillanatok7157 7 жыл бұрын

Hello You tried to use a mix of the two platforms? I mean, subscriber customers under their own brand. Udemy course shifted to the surface.(Cost, energy efficiency) Thus, the subscribers are well maintained and you can own your brand. At the same time it removes a lot of burden on the shoulder and stay in a nice area of learning, student satisfaction. Contact is maintained and can sell them other products.

@CareercodexCoUk 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video Phil. I'm trying to decide between Teachable and Thinkific - would you recommend one over the other please? Best wishes, Simon

@VideoSchoolOnline 8 жыл бұрын

I like Teachable myself, I haven't had many issues with it. But in the end, they're basically the same. I would just look at sample websites that they have on their sites to see what look/feel you like.

@CareercodexCoUk 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you - much appreciated.

@brendasiragusa6173 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Phil! I like Udemy, but my client's courses are all in the $100 range. Currently using EduOnGo, which has some great qualities. Have you reviewed them? I would welcome your insight. I'm in the process of researching additional platforms.

@VideoSchoolOnline 8 жыл бұрын

I haven't checked out EduOnGo - I'll check it out!

@sonleq987 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, I was wondering. Why would you start teaching on udemy first? Won't it makes more sense to start out on skillshare first because it is a smaller video length? Then expand to Udemy since its for longer videos? Please let me know why you recommend Udemy starting out.

@Tiffers963Hz 6 жыл бұрын

Because he's an affiliate

@jnscollier 5 жыл бұрын

The real answer is, Udemy is a marketplace which gives your course more *POTENTIAL* visibility. Udemy has 30 million students (2019 currently) so the appeal is to stick your course up there and be seen without having to market the crap out of your course yourself. That's the initial appeal anyways. It's become a dumping-ground for lower-quality courses and self-proclaimed experts that try to jam a bunch of courses up on Udemy as a get rich quick scheme. Phil Ebiner is not one of those people though. He's legit.

@xtallyx1 5 жыл бұрын

HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE A MONTH ??

@user-rw4kb5um5m 7 жыл бұрын

Great Video Phil. Can one embed Udemy courses created by him into his own website? How about skillshare for this one? Teachable has WP plugins so should not be a problem with teachable I guess.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

No, you can't embed Udemy or Skillshare courses on your own website. You would need to host the video content yourself somehow to do that.

@user-rw4kb5um5m 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil.

@studentlearn7610 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Video School, Thanks for this helpful video, would you be interested in doing a video review for our site when it goes live?

@beautifullife7917 5 жыл бұрын

Will you please elaborate on how you can make 97% on Udemy? I understand you normally get just 50% unless you do this... What is that and how it works?

@TheFragrantMuse 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Phil! My question is this: Suppose I sell a course on my website for $50 and the same course on Udemy for $10. Wont that anger students who discover they could have paid less? Thank you.

@JagjotSingh 5 жыл бұрын

Liz Fulcher that’s exactly what stopped me from creating my own site. Unfortunately sites like Udemy has spoilt the market for the rest of us by flooding cheap quality courses for very low prices.

@juliareadscottishpiperandh4861 3 жыл бұрын

maybe differentiate your courses. Put a lightweight one on udemy and the full course on your own website?

@davidedwardsme 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and very encouraging! Thank you :) I'm curious, what would you recommend to someone who has a lot to teach, but has a terrible British accent that most people can't understand? :) This is sadly my only barrier lol

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

Hi David! There are a lot of very successful instructors with British accents, so I wouldn't let that hold you back. Many americans (and other people) might find your accent soothing and perfect as an instructor.

@talgoldenberg-keren1137 5 жыл бұрын

Add captions to your video! :)

@LILA-FANAL 7 жыл бұрын

Is it allowed to use the same course on SkillShare and Udemy?

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

+zimtkopfliest yes. You are the owner of your content

@joseafalvel 3 жыл бұрын

I only see one advantage by using Udemy, that is they do the marketing for you to a large number of potential students, unfortunatelly for my first course that I'm about to upload I need some promotion, nobody knows who I am, I don't want to use Udemy cause my lectures sums more than 10 hours of content but if I don't do it I would have to manage all the promotion and getting customers by myself.

@teachmetofish8710 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I am not a fan of Udemy as a content creator because of price, as you stated. I simply don't think that 'everything' should be discounted. That seems to be Udemy's model.

@pedrocesarti 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Phill. I'm looking for a tool (kind of free) to create courses in my company. I dont want sell courses, I only want get a tool to upload video and material where people can get the content and share knowledge. Do you know any kind of tool that I could use? Or any good idea about? Thanks man.. best regards.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

Are you the only one uploading? Or are students as well? You can create free courses with Udemy or with tools like Teachable.

@JeffBatesBoysandGirlsClub 7 жыл бұрын

Great video...exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much! Feel like mentoring a nonprofit/Charity pro who wants to get into the online teaching space???? I might know someone who is ready to learn! :)

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeff! thanks. Send me an email at videoschoolonline@gmail.com and we can talk more about mentoring.

@carmilu 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thanks man for great content. Can I Use the same course exactly on my site , udemy, skillshare and so on?

@carmilu 7 жыл бұрын

Answerd Haha

@carmilu 7 жыл бұрын

Other question! Can I drive traffic from my udemy course to affiliate links???

@Argonova 7 жыл бұрын

How does Intellectual Property work with Udemy and Skillshare? If I create an online course and put it up on Udemy, am I in any way protected from having that material stolen and uploaded by someone else? Am I forfeiting any rights to it by using those services, the same way we all agree Facebook owns any content we upload to that service? What protections exist against this sort of thing? Is there any way to copy write my own video classes if I chose to self host? Sorry if my question is vague or overly broad.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

As the course creator on both Udemy, Skillshare, and most other platforms - YOU are the owner of the content. BUT because these are big marketplaces with all kinds of people, there are some piracy issues of people downloading courses and putting them on other websites. It's really up to you to protect yourself. While Udemy is doing a lot to prevent piracy, but the pirates are very smart and usually find a way. I figure that my courses WILL get stolen. And there's not much I can do. If you do find your course on another site, you can do a DMCA takedown via Google so that at least their website won't show up in the Google search results. hope this helps!

@LesyasHowTos 7 жыл бұрын

You can find lots of Udemy courses on pirate sites.

@BartekOdias 7 жыл бұрын

Teachable and Thinkific is not "self-hosting on your own website" as you say in the video. They host everything and you can brand it with optional white label pages without Teachable/Thinkific branding.

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

that's true, but you could create an entire website with those two platform if you'd like.

@BartekOdias 7 жыл бұрын

+Video School Online it's not technically correct to call them self hosted though. Using a LearnDash plugin on your WordPress installation with an independent host is an example of self hosted course. Otherwise they're hosted by Udemy, Teacheable, Thinkific, etc. which removes majority of the issues that come with a truly self hosted option.

@vailet101 7 жыл бұрын

I see what Bartek means from a technical side although I do not think this information (what server a course is hosted on) is important for a content creator. Most content creators already assume that they will not need to worry about hosting by using another service.

@pacmanlp8876 5 жыл бұрын

vailet101 I do disagree. Host matters to creators. If I make my courses on teachable and they offer me to host all my content, the day I leave their platform I have no courses and had to make my course sute it all over from start in another place. That's the only big thing I don't like about those services. You are kind of hand tight to them.

@johnnybeirnetraining 5 жыл бұрын

@@BartekOdias Self-hosting is only true if you have an actually server :)

@LesyasHowTos 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You have earned a like. I can't teach on either Udemy or Skillshare though - both only pay through PayPal. In 91 countries (mine included) we cannot receive payments through PayPal, only send. I have started this channel (btw, I'd appreciate if you check it out and give a feedback) to learn and then make courses on the subjects that were the most successful on my KZfaq channel. But I cannot get paid on Udemy or Skillshare: both use PayPal.

@Jivolt 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and even better shirt. #birdsaredope

@VideoSchoolOnline 7 жыл бұрын

haha thanks

@EveWilliamsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I hate Udemy, I hate Udemy so much... their support is all stock answers, you get crazy stalkers, and currently I am making $300 on 13 courses, some of which are hot topics all of which are above the 70th percentile in the marketplace tool because of their crazy review system which really weights negative reviews and the total impossibility of maintaining SEO. I had a course recently which fell from 4.9 to 4.1 with only one review and the student had only done 35% of the course.