Is teaching on Skillshare worth it anymore? (Important message to teachers)

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TIME STAMPS

00:00 - Intro
01:35 - All of my Skillshare results so far (And how the recent changes have affected my earnings)
04:09 - Skillshare's new teacher payment model explained
05:49 - My feelings about Skillshare now...
09:03 - Why I'll be moving away from Skillshare
15:01 - Important disclaimer
17:03 - My advice to other teachers/creators

ABOUT

Hi, I’m Louise: an artist, writer & creative solopreneur from Sweden. As a multi-passionate creative, I have spent my entire adult life avoiding traditional employment and instead making a living off of my art.
On this channel, I talk about everything I've learned along the way: About art making, creativity, mental health, and making a living as a creative. Dealing with perfectionism, fears, and overwhelm. Staying sane and productive among stress and distractions. And much more.

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I went from $30, 000 to $9, 000 in monthly skillshare income in what feels like overnight. The cut has been brutal and it has frustrated the lion share of the teaching community on skillshare. I am very active with the skillshare community and most feel totally defeated by the cuts. I am one of those people. I am frustrated as Udemy and other platforms are preforming very well for me still. I am also going to shift gears and focus more on my YouTube channel and writing books. Perhaps this cut will be good for me to challenge myself more. Making that kind of money on skillshare was a sure way for me to get too comfortable with myself and not push myself to achieve something else. I guess I have to have a positive outlook at it all even though it has added a bit of stress in my future planning. Thank you for sharing and being open with your earnings. It is always refreshing to see this type of honesty and how this is affecting more people than just me. I worry about skillshare a year from now still being alive and well. We shall see and I do hope for the best for everyone.

LindsayMarsh
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Another SK teacher here. In a matter of 3 months my earnings went from 3000-1500 a month to 300 a month for the same number of minutes watched and students subscribed. I’m moving to another platform

saqlaq
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Skillshare is a horrifying company. They discriminate against corporate employees and retaliate when they report. I used to work there.

kelleylmiller
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I got a survey monkey email from Skillshare for a 5 question survey. Q1 was how likely to recommend teaching on Skillshare to friends/colleagues. My answer = 0. Q2 was why did you leave that number. Answer was because they showed me in Oct how little they respect the teachers who are working hard to make themselves and Skillshare a success. Another Q was are you planning to create and upload more classes (how many) in the next 6 months. Answer = 0. I was, I nearly finished one, but I'm not now. I really wanted to let them know how I feel about their exciting improvements. I was really excited to make this a worthwhile part of my income, focus and identity. I was enjoying it a lot. Now I feel like a chump, working for chump change. I'll leave my drawing tutorials up until I move them somewhere else. Might be soon, might be not soon. Or they might kick a grumbler like me off, I don't know. Not going to waste my time and energy making more classes for them though. I agree that they are trying to turn us teachers into marketers for them and feel they are turning quickly into a Ponzi/pyramid scheme.

StoryboardSquad
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I was actually thinking about getting classes up on Skillshare in 2023, but I definitely won't be doing that now. I'd rather focus on my YouTube channel, maybe set up a Patreon, update my website, etc. I felt something similar to you, I think, as a student on Skillshare. Both overwhelmed and underwhelmed.

AnnieNoodle
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Love your transparency, always so refreshing and really useful. Well, they claim they 830, 000 members world wide (according to their site) and they charge $32 a month... lets hope their not pulling in $26, 560, 000 a month and still squeezing the artists. I try not to be cynical, but geez, they have nothing without creative content to sell / share. Thanks for the video.

middleburyastrology
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Thank you so much. Also being a YouTuber, I was thinking about doing a course on Skillshare and your video has "saved the day"! I deeply appreciate this video. Best wishes!

SewWithSally
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Thank you, I was going to try skillshare but was glad to see there are other options ❤

rebeccadaley
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Thank you for the refreshing honesty, as a new skillshare teacher, I see the same 60% result and the same discouragement. I have found them open and willing to work with me thus far, so I hope videos and opinions like yours give them food for thought regarding the direction of the company. Agree though, sharp changes and not great communication, make you wonder if there's more going on behind the scenes too.

JonDavis
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Hello Louise, I really appreciate this video - I too had a 75% decrease and will also no longer develop new content. And I agree, spread your work around - I am also running online classrooms now. Thanks again for the information and honesty. Helps a lot.

heinungerer
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I wasn't making much. But I was happy making 600-700 dollars per month for an one time uploaded course. It has reduced to $40-50 now

thetradernextdoor
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I am very disturbed by your experience. I have very much enjoyed my SkillShare classes. I have done your Bird watercolor class and it was very useful 🥰
I will definitely engage with your Facebook page.
By the way, your watercolor Birds are what I enjoy and what I will follow.
Best wishes to you❣️

wendychampness
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Thank you for this thoughtful and honest video! I appreciated your points about how you want to interact with courses as a student--the overwhelm and yearly billing especially, and it's good to hear someone talk about how they would want to interact with a course and move away from the game to something more simple and on their own terms.

maillibrown
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Thank you Louise!!!! This is so helpful!

nikkistout
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Thank You for speaking out loud Louise

abhiraaid
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Brilliant - love the sound of your voice, the style of your teaching and your candidness and transparency throughout this video....keep doing you lousie

ndz
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There seems to be a theme with digital platforms cutting earnings for the content providers. I get that the platform has to be profitable for the owners but without knowing their numbers it seems a bit greedy. Even if nobody watches one of your videos they still get the marketing of listing the creator and video as part of the platform. Sheer number of titles is a big selling point for all streaming platforms. It really just seems like a money grab because they can not because they have to.

MrJvieira
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I love watching your YouTube updates over the months as your journey takes turns and grows. It's inspiring to me and I just really appreciate not just your candidness but also your ability to make videos, courses, and to write on Substack. It makes me want to diversify my offerings and income. I was really vulnerable over the summer when several lesson students had to stop around the same time. Realizing that even those things that are small paychecks at first can all contribute to the whole. Thanks Louise & keep doing what you do!

lana.stafford
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Thank you so much for this invaluable input. I have paid Skillshare for the past three years, and I am ashamed to say, I use it so very little, and have even found myself being invited via email to teach on the platform, when I haven’t even been brave enough to so much as show a pencil sketch on their platform. Has anyone else been confused by their asking them? I have had a total of three invites (so far), all of which I have simply binned. This simply made me doubt the validity of the current teachers, which is quite obviously an unfair thing to do. It’s difficult to maintain perspective though. What I do know now is that I shall never pay for that platform again. I have paid for several courses using both Teachable and Udemy. Teachable being my preferred site to use. I feel I have benefitted so much more in just over two months, than three years on Skillshare! I wish you the very best luck going forward Louise. 🖌🎨👩‍🎨❤️

anitadavidson
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Thanks for sharing, Louise. Honest and informative insight, as usual. Cheerio!

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