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Where do you host your ''online courses''?

by CityCowboy
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I have an online course and I'm not sure how to sell it and how to accept payments from PayPal.

I'm not sure how people do this, everyone recommends a different thing, here are some of the things people said to me:
  • Host your course on Udemy or Skillshare
  • Host your course on LMS like Teachable and Thinkific
  • Use Wordpress plugins such as Zippy Courses
  • Host it on your own website

To be honest i'm confused which one is good, but I believe the last option is great, as I think i'll have more control, and I can probably get to build an email list of buyers or something.

I saw a marketer who doesn't have an SSL certificate, and he's ONLY using ''PayPal'' to receive payments!

What do you think?
#courses #host #online
  • Profile picture of the author Marcus W K Wong
    I've worked with a couple of people who host their courses on GumRoad like Justin Mares and Tommy Griffiths (ClickMinded). Pretty sound setup and courses are on a vertical timeline rather than a horizontal (horizontal timelines are generally associated left to right which is ideal for the western world, vertical is universally recognisable).
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  • Profile picture of the author tyronne78
    Most professional marketers I know use Click Funnels to host their online courses.
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    • Profile picture of the author roboutet
      Hello tyronne, can you use click funnels to host online courses? If so how.

      Thanks RB
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  • Profile picture of the author jbsmith
    I use a few of these...

    Use Udemy for one of my niches that is more broad in nature - I host an introduction course on Udemy mainly to attract attention and get as wide an audience to see me and my material and then pull them into a list. Udemy started off really strong, added as many subs with their marketing as I did with mine, but they seem to have become less effective on the promotion side of late - I still like them as a platform though.

    I then host my premium content on my own sites...I have a course inside of a membership site I host, I have another using CF and still another using Optimize Press 2 (mainly because of how each site and niche was built)

    I would leverage the course platforms for intro-level courses to cast your net for wider leads and then have your meatier, higher-end courses on your own site - platform is not as important as the overall strategy and course targeting.
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  • Profile picture of the author spearce000
    Moodle is a popular platform for courses.
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  • Profile picture of the author benelijah
    Teachable is pretty easy to start, though they take a 10 percent commission if you're on a free account.

    I mean, I don't see why you can't start there and later move it to your own website.

    The main thing is just to get your product online. You can improve it later.

    I think that you don't need SSL for Paypal, if you're using the basic accept payments plan form. The form is hosted by a third-party, so you don't need your own website to be secure. Someone correct me if that ain't true.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    I host courses on Teachable, Selz and SendOwl. All work OK to me. Payment methods vary but creating on those platforms was easy and I receive payments without any issues.
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  • Profile picture of the author troy23
    I hosted the course on my own domain.
    I set up the membership via Aweber and sold the product via Clickbank.
    Also I used Udemy, but found their commision rates too low so preferred hosting it myself.
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