Can I Choose Which Courses to Promote, and Set My Own Package?
You choose which courses to promote. The price and the package belong to the course owner, and the commission rate belongs to the platform. Anyone telling you that a promoter sets their own prices is describing a different business — usually one where the promoter is actually the seller.
What you control
It is a short list, but it is the list that matters, because everything on it is something you can act on today.
- Which courses you promote: you pick from the courses that are open to promoters, and you are not assigned a list.
- How you promote them: your channel, your words, your audience. The platform does not script you.
- How much effort you put in, which is really the only lever that changes your outcome.
What the course owner controls
The reason is straightforward: it is their course. A promoter who could change the price could undercut the owner, or price it so high that nobody buys and blame the course.
- The price, which the teacher who owns the course sets, in USD.
- What is in the package: whether it includes a monthly AI assistant allowance, how long access lasts, and what else is bundled.
- The course content itself.
What the platform controls
- The commission rate, per course. It is set at the platform level for each course and visible before you decide to promote — but you do not negotiate it course by course.
- Whether a course goes live at all. Courses are submitted for review and publishing is a platform decision, which is why everything in the catalog has already passed review.
- The landing page, which is a template the platform maintains, so you are not building one.
Why this split is a good sign, not a bad one
It is tempting to want total control. But consider what "the promoter sets the price" actually implies: if you can set the price, you are the seller, which means you take on refunds, disputes, support and the payment processing that goes with them.
The split above is what lets you promote without becoming a retailer. You take on the part that is genuinely yours — reaching people — and none of the parts that are not. It also means the numbers you see are trustworthy: the rate is set before you start and applies to everyone promoting that course, so nobody is quietly getting a better deal.
The one thing to check before you start
Ask to see the commission rate per course, before you commit time. On a platform set up properly this is visible. If you have to promote first and find out the rate afterwards, that is not a partnership — it is free labour with a hope attached.
The second thing: can you see the list of courses open to promotion before you sign up? If the list only appears after you have committed, you cannot make an informed choice about where to spend your effort.
What we run
We operate a platform for video courses sold to learners outside mainland China, paid in USD, and we are recruiting promoters.
You choose which courses to promote. The price and package belong to the course owner, the commission rate is set per course and visible before you start, and the landing page is supplied.
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