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Glad to hear it sounds like the course is back up. I too feel that while Udemy has every right and reason to protect authors, but it shouldn't take down your c
by davismwfl 11y ago
Glad to hear it sounds like the course is back up. I too feel that while Udemy has every right and reason to protect authors, but it shouldn't take down your course without warning or the ability to first prove it is your content within a short but reasonable time period.
Have you reached out to Udemy and asked why they took it down without first giving you the chance to prove the content is yours? What did they say?
Reading comments here it seems people are saying, "so what its only 24-48 hours". But when you pay for marketing and have clients paying for the course your credibility is at stake if that course becomes unavailable. And it is different in this case then saying the Udemy platform became unavailable for 12 hours because of some technical issue which people would be more forgiving of. So while you can point to Udemy as the issue here, it isn't fair to you or really even to their platform. Udemy should be more cautious to their own platform as this can negatively affect their ability to attract quality authors for fear their content will be taken down without warning, not to mention it will affect students who may get a bad taste in their mouth because they paid for a course on Udemy that then isn't available.
One last point, to the few people who said its only 24-48 hours, something you may not think about/know. Most students if they don't start a course within the first 24-48 hours of signing up, won't complete it, and many (if not most) will then request a refund. So you have to be laser focused on getting people into the process and getting them moving, that is why so much marketing spend is focused on getting people to work the course once they sign up. We do a lot of this type of marketing for individuals and training companies, most on custom platforms but the marketing and process is identical to Udemy et al, and this is a critical issue.