I created an online course this year, which was based on a somewhat popular blog post of mine which I now use to send people to the course. So mainly yet anothe

I created an online course this year, which was based on a somewhat popular blog post of mine which I now use to send people to the course. So mainly yet another "learn how to code" class. Moneywise, it has not been worth it, I have so far earned < $500 in 5 months (I publish on Udemy and using the free tier of teachable). I took me 3-4 months to create the course (almost fulltime). However, I see this as a learning experience. I wanted to figure if I like creating a course. And I can say that it requires much more work than it seemed to be but I enjoy teaching and the overall satisfaction I get from creating a course. My next course I want to research much deeper upfront (building a mailing list) and also self-publish only. It would not recommend publishing on Udemy. All of my sales on Udemy have been a 10-15$ promotion, which means I earn very little on each sale. I didn't know that before, but I don't think anyone sells the course for the official price. The pricing seems to be just a marketing trick. I think making serious money online is something for the long haul and requires to have several products. You need to have your substantial list of followers that you can sell products to on your own platform OR find a lucrative niche which is getting harder to do. Also, you have to enjoy this because it is a lot of work to create quality courses.