For those of you who don't know me, I wrote the first official Stencyl book (still in print and available). Visit the book's web site for more details:
www.TheStencylBook.com. I have also created two successful Stencyl video courses, which have over a thousand students and almost all five star reviews (I got one four-star review - all the others are five-star)!
Due to Udemy's upcoming change to their pricing policy at the beginning of April, this is the last chance for me to offer my Udemy Stencyl courses with massive discounts:
Create your first video game from scratch without coding 54 lectures, 7+ hours videonormally $99
$10 until 3rd April 2016
Get the full course for $10 by clicking here!
Create video games with Stencyl - an introduction 12 lectures, 1.5 hours videonormally $9
$5 until 3rd April 2016
Get the introductory course for $10 by clicking here!Both courses come with a no-questions 30 day money-back guarantee.
Please note that due to Udemy's change in pricing policy I cannot extend this offer beyond 3rd April 2016.
If you're interested, here's why I'm offering the above discounts on the Udemy video courses...Udemy are implementing mandatory price structures across the board starting April 4th 2016. From that date, instructors can only price their courses from $20-$50. The maximum discount that can be offered is %50, so the cheapest course that will be available on Udemy is $20 with a maximum 50% discount = $10.
For many Udemy customers (i.e. potential students), this could be great, but I do wonder about the high-end, professional courses that are worth the $200-$500 price tag - they can only charge a maximum of $50 now.
The problem for me is that I will no longer be able to offer deep discounts for loyal customers, friends and acquaintances; my main Stencyl course is normally $99 for over 50 lectures and more than 7 hours of video tutorials. I often discount it down to $35, but I like to offer it to friends and Stencylers for much less. Unfortunately, with Udemy's new mandatory pricing model, I won't be able to do that any more. I haven't decided on the final pricing under the new model, but it's likely to be around $50, which means that after April 4th, it could only be discounted to $25.
With regards to my short, Stencyl beginners course, the standard price is $9, and I like to discount it to $5 for my friends and existing Stencylers. With the new pricing range, it will have to be $20, meaning the lowest discounted price after April 4th will be $10.
Udemy have written thousands of words on why they have chosen this pricing model. They have written how it will be great for students, and even better for instructors. I believe the truth is that it will provide Udemy with bigger profits; they have pretty-much cornered the online video education market by allowing Instructors to create huge, professional video courses, and set their own prices and discounts (with very low fees to Udemy), and now that they have millions of students and tens of thousands of courses, they are switching to a more profitable model, with only a few weeks' notice.
I am sure that some people will be reading this, thinking that I should give the courses away for free. The reason that I can't do that, is because I make my living by providing training! I am a professional IT trainer and author, and this is my full-time job, so unfortunately I cannot give my work away!
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