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Online course pricing calculator

Model a price range from costs, audience, support load, and target revenue.

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Example resultFocused mini-course

Modelled price floor

$77 per learner covers the entered production cost, support, target profit, and 8% contingency if 40 learners pay.

Offer references

  • Self-paced reference: $77
  • Feedback tier at 1.45× the floor: $111
  • Cohort or tutoring tier at 2.2× the floor: $169
Your inputs

Describe the real teaching task

Compare a self-paced price with a supported cohort price instead of pricing by video hours.

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Worked example

Focused mini-course

Creator testing a small self-paced offer

Input

  • $900 production cost
  • 40 expected learners
  • $8 support per learner
  • $1,600 target profit
  • 8% contingency

Modelled price floor

$77 per learner covers the entered production cost, support, target profit, and 8% contingency if 40 learners pay.

Offer references

  • Self-paced reference: $77
  • Feedback tier at 1.45× the floor: $111
  • Cohort or tutoring tier at 2.2× the floor: $169

Review before use: Validate the outcome and audience before treating production cost as value.

Worked example

Supported exam-preparation course

Creator modelling a longer course with reviewed work

Input

  • $4,500 production cost
  • 60 learners
  • $45 support per learner
  • $8,000 target profit
  • 12% contingency

Modelled price floor

$288 per learner covers the entered production cost, $45 support cost, target profit, and 12% contingency if 60 learners pay.

Offer references

  • Self-paced reference: $288
  • Feedback tier at 1.45× the floor: $417
  • Cohort or tutoring tier at 2.2× the floor: $633

Review before use: Do not imply score improvement; price the support actually delivered.

Worked example

Single paid lesson as a lower-risk first step

Creator separating a sample lesson from a complete course

Input

  • $300 lesson production cost
  • 80 buyers
  • $3 support
  • $900 target profit
  • 8% contingency

Modelled price floor

$20 per buyer covers the entered lesson production cost, $3 support, target profit, and 8% contingency if 80 people buy.

Offer references

  • Standalone self-paced lesson: $20
  • Feedback version at 1.45× the floor: $28
  • Live or tutoring version at 2.2× the floor: $43

Review before use: State exactly what the individual lesson includes and keep conversion as a separate observed metric.

What to review before using the result

  • Every cost assumption is visible
  • Support scope and capacity are explicit
  • Refund/payment/tax gaps are identified
  • Price is tested with the audience
  • No single “correct” price is presented

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