Course Marketplaces
Marketplaces bring an existing audience of millions straight to your course in exchange for a cut of every sale and less control over your price. Some, the university-backed ones especially, sell certificates and degree credit rather than one-off videos, so pick based on whether you want traffic or a syllabus with a name attached.
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A professional video course library tied to your LinkedIn profile, bringing completed certifications directly to your career identity.
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The largest course marketplace by course count, open to almost anyone who wants to teach, with instructor payouts that have shifted hard toward its Udemy Business subscription. On organic marketplace sales Udemy keeps 63% and pays the instructor 37%, while instructor-driven sales through a coupon link pay the instructor 97%.
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A university-and-industry marketplace founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, offering everything from free-to-audit lectures to paid Specializations, Professional Certificates from companies like Google and IBM, and full online degrees. Most courses can be audited free, with payment required only for graded assignments and the certificate itself.
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Founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012 and acquired by 2U in 2021, edX offers free-to-audit university courses with paid Verified Certificates, plus MicroMasters programs that can sometimes be credited toward a full master's degree. Course quality tends toward the academic end of the spectrum, closer to a real university lecture than a marketing-department tutorial.
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Language tutoring marketplace connecting learners with over 100,000 vetted tutors across dozens of languages
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Interactive data science and analytics courses with live instructors and hands-on projects.
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Creative community marketplace for design, illustration, photography, and artistic skill courses.
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Interactive coding platform with hands-on programming courses for beginners and professionals.
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A subscription library, not a per-course purchase, built around short project-based classes in creative and business skills. Teachers get paid from a monthly royalty pool split by minutes watched by paying members, roughly 30% of Skillshare's membership revenue, which as of January 2026 also requires at least 50 followers and 75 minutes watched to qualify for payout.
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Free platform offering educational videos and interactive lessons on science, history, literature, and critical thinking
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Celebrity and expert-led video courses on creative, business, and professional topics.
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A tech-skills platform built around project-based Nanodegree programs in data, AI, and software engineering, with human mentor review built into the coursework. Udacity was acquired by Accenture in 2024 and now operates as part of Accenture LearnVantage, its corporate learning and upskilling arm.
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A UK-based learning marketplace founded in December 2012 by the Open University, majority-owned since December 2022 by Global University Systems, with more than 260 partner universities and institutions and 20 million registered learners. It specializes in short courses and microcredentials rather than full degrees, alongside a smaller slate of postgraduate programs run with partner universities.
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Technology skills platform with thousands of courses on cloud computing, software development, and IT certification paths
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Short video courses recognized for college credit, teacher licensure exams, CLEP, AP, and standardized test prep.
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Interactive STEM learning platform with guided problem-solving in math, programming, and science.
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Premium cybersecurity training provider offering advanced certifications, bootcamps, and live instructor-led courses
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University-backed certificate courses from Columbia, MIT, and Wharton, bringing name-brand credibility to professional programs in business and tech.
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Tech education platform with structured learning paths and career-focused courses in coding and design.
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UK course marketplace from job site Reed listing thousands of vocational and professional programs in accounting, IT, and health and safety.
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Indian edtech marketplace offering degrees and certificates in data science, management, and technology through university partnerships.
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Free courses across workplace skills, health, IT, and languages with optional paid certificates and diplomas.
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Enterprise training platform selling structured course libraries and certification prep to businesses and government agencies, not individuals.
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Selected platform featuring concise video lessons from web developers and programming experts
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Professional certification courses bundling self-paced content with live classes in tech, data, and project management.
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Cybersecurity training platform offering certifications, hands-on labs, and guided learning paths for IT professionals
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Cohort-based live courses from industry experts in AI, product, marketing, design, and business.
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Interactive coding platform where learners pause videos to edit and run code directly in the browser
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French online education platform with mentor-guided programs in tech and data, some officially recognized as French diplomas.
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Indian edtech marketplace offering postgraduate certificates in data science and AI, developed with UT Austin and Stanford partnerships.
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Career-focused bootcamp marketplace offering intensive programs in tech, design, and digital marketing alongside corporate training.
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Cohort-based courses taught by working professionals in product management, growth marketing, data analytics, and strategy
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Interactive data science platform teaching Python, SQL, and data analysis through hands-on projects and real datasets
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Technical education marketplace focusing on web development, data science, and software engineering with generous creator payouts
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Premium UK platform offering courses from celebrity presenters and industry professionals across creative and practical skills
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Learning platform featuring thousands of lessons from verified independent teachers across skills, languages, and crafts
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Specialized coding interview preparation platform with comprehensive algorithms, data structures, and system design training
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Mentor-led bootcamps in data science, UX design, cybersecurity, and software engineering, some with job guarantees.
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Platform for instructors to create, host, and sell courses with custom branding and built-in student management tools
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Live-taught monthly subscription courses in digital marketing, fitness, IT, and photography from an Irish online education company.