Launch a course platform like Udemy with your own instructors

A course store scales because instructors do the uploading. The requirement is a separate sign-in where a partner uploads videos, fills in titles and descriptions, and sees their courses in the catalog, without access to your admin. The Flicknexs partner portal does this: a content partner uploads their material, and you review and publish it from the admin with the price and access rule set by you.

Learners judge a course by its outline. The requirement is a container with sections and ordered lectures, each with a running time, so the course page shows a curriculum. Flicknexs series hold seasons as sections and episodes as lectures, each with a duration, thumbnail and description. The series page renders the outline, and continue watching per account marks where the learner stopped.

The marketplace model sells one course at a time. The requirement is a per-course price, a checkout that works for a single purchase, and access granted on return. Flicknexs marks a series as pay-per-view with a price, sells it through the payment service, and grants access when the purchase completes. Access can be open-ended, the usual course store promise, or a rental for time-boxed exam preparation.

Learners want to hear the instructor before paying. The requirement is a promotional video and a first lecture that plays for a few minutes. Flicknexs series carry a trailer for anyone, and free-preview minutes set per episode open the first lecture before the purchase prompt. Choose a lecture that shows the instructor teaching rather than introducing themselves.

Course stores run on discount codes. The requirement is a coupon that applies at checkout with an expiry and a usage limit. Flicknexs applies Stripe promotion codes at web checkout, where the percentage, expiry and limits are set inside Stripe, plus a global coupon setting and a per-plan toggle in the admin. Coupons do not apply on other gateways or inside the store-billed apps, which shapes where you send promotional traffic.

An instructor stays on a platform that shows them what they earned. The requirement is a report per instructor and a report for you. The partner portal gives each partner a monetization report for their own titles, and the admin gives you pay-per-view and subscription revenue by month plus watch time per title. You apply your revenue share agreement to those figures, and the payout goes out from your gateway account.

On the large marketplaces, an instructor sets the price and receives a share automatically. On Flicknexs, prices and access rules are set in your admin, and the partner portal shows the instructor a monetization report rather than paying them. You compute each share from the monthly revenue reports under your own agreement and pay it from your gateway account. This gives you pricing control and puts the payout work on your finance team.

Marketplace courses often include practice tests, coding exercises, completion certificates and a question board under each lecture. None of these are in the Flicknexs code. Comments, likes and dislikes exist per title, and completion rates per episode are in analytics, but assessments and certificates are not offered. A professional body that must certify completion needs that system outside the platform.

The reason instructors join a large marketplace is the buyers already there. Your store starts with no learners; the platform delivers the catalog and the checkout, and you bring the demand. For a training company with an existing client base or a professional body with members this is normal. For a founder recruiting unknown instructors, the marketing budget matters more than the platform fee.

Marketplace apps let learners download lectures and attach resource files such as slides and code to each lecture. Flicknexs streams lectures over adaptive HLS without offline download, and lectures carry no file attachments. The lecture description can link to resources you host elsewhere. Say both plainly on the course page so they do not surface as refund requests.

A marketplace applies its coupons everywhere, including inside its apps. On Flicknexs, promotion codes apply on Stripe checkout on the web, not on Razorpay or PayPal, and not on purchases inside the store-billed Android and iOS apps. Point every promotional link at the web checkout and let the apps serve learners who have already bought.