Teachable Partner Program

Teachable is one of the best known platforms for creating and selling online courses, coaching and digital downloads, with a free plan that lets beginners start without paying. It has hosted hundreds of millions of dollars in course sales and remains the default recommendation for first time course creators.

The Partner Program pays 30 percent commission on every payment from referred customers for 12 months, with a 90 day cookie that Teachable says lifts partner earnings noticeably from delayed purchases. The program runs on Impact, with a real time dashboard for clicks, conversions and earnings, and payments are monthly by PayPal in US dollars once you have $50. Teachable reports more than 50,000 active partners, an average of about $450 a month per partner and many earning over $1,000. Applications are reviewed on Impact.

The twelve month cap is the main difference from Thinkific's lifetime deal, but the long cookie and Teachable's brand recognition balance it.

Teachable converts from how to create an online course guides, course platform comparisons, side income content for experts and teachers, and creator business tool roundups. Because the free plan removes friction, tutorials that walk a reader through setting up their first course convert especially well.