Udemy Affiliate Program

Udemy is the biggest course marketplace in the world, with more than a quarter of a million courses on everything from Python to piano, sold individually at prices that swing between full price and deep discount several times a month. Whatever your site is about, there is a Udemy course you can recommend, which is why it is one of the most joined education programs.

The affiliate program runs on Impact, with a presence on Rakuten Advertising, and pays a base 10 percent of valid sales, with rates up to 20 percent for top performing affiliates. The cookie is only 7 days, the shortest in this category, so your links need to catch readers close to the buying decision, ideally during one of Udemy's frequent sales. Applications are reviewed, and Udemy's partner support centre documents commission rules. Payouts follow Impact's monthly schedule.

Course prices are low, so individual commissions are small, but the catalogue's breadth means almost any content can send relevant traffic.

Udemy converts from best courses for a skill roundups, how to learn X guides, career change content, tool specific tutorials that recommend a deeper course and deal posts timed to Udemy's sales. It works as a volume program spread across many articles rather than a single high ticket recommendation.