Your Digital Classroom: Renting vs Owning for Course Creators

🏠 Selling Courses Online: Rent or Own? Choosing Your Digital Home 🏢

Summary & Key Takeaways

🏘️ Renting vs. Owning: Renting offers quick setup and lesser responsibility, while owning provides flexibility and long-term investment benefits. This choice affects your education business’s scalability.

📊 Cost Considerations: While renting may seem cheaper initially, ongoing fees can add up. Owning allows you to avoid these costs and invest in your growth.

🏗️ Customization: With ownership, you can customize your platform to suit your needs. Renting limits you to predefined options, stifling creativity.

🌍 Market Agility: Owning your platform means you can pivot and adapt without the constraints of rental agreements, enabling you to respond to market demands efficiently.

🔄 Business Growth: As your business expands, an owned platform can accommodate additional courses and offerings, while rented spaces may require disruptive moves.

📅 Long-term Vision: Investing in ownership aligns with a long-term strategy for stability and growth in your education business, rather than short-term gains.

🛡️ Control and Security: Ownership means you retain control over your content and customer data, building a solid foundation for your educational offerings.

About the Video

Are you ready to create and sell online courses but feeling overwhelmed by platform choices? This video breaks down the big decision every course creator faces: should you “rent” space on a SaaS platform or “own” your digital home with a self-hosted solution?

Selling Course Online Is Like Finding a Place to Live!

In this video, you’ll learn:
✅ The pros and cons of SaaS platforms (like Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi)
✅ The advantages and challenges of self-hosted solutions (like WordPress)
✅ How to decide which option is best for YOUR unique situation
✅ Common pitfalls to avoid when choosing your course platform
✅ Long-term considerations for your online course business

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale your existing course business, this video will help you make an informed decision about your digital home.

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