Udemy
Udemy's affiliate program lets eligible website owners, marketers, business owners, and publishers promote paid Udemy courses through third-party affiliate networks. Approved affiliates receive unique tracking links and access to course-specific, sitewide, and custom deep links, plus banners and other promotional assets. The universal cookie can credit an eligible paid course purchase made within seven days, including a different course from the one originally promoted. Udemy describes the program as offering competitive commissions and publisher-exclusive promotions or content.
Overview
Commission & Conversion Tracking
How Udemy calculates commissions and tracks conversions.
- Commission plans
- Multiple commission tiers available based on performance volume. Higher sales volumes unlock better commission rates.
Tracking
Attribution model | Last-click attribution within the seven-day affiliate-cookie window. |
Tracking method | Browser cookie attached when a user clicks an affiliate link, with network tracking links and reporting. The cookie remains for seven days and credits the last activated affiliate cookie. Udemy support materials also describe delayed sales reporting for fraud prevention. |
Cookie duration | 7 days |
Promotional Tools and Resources
Materials and resources provided to support your promotion efforts
BANNERS | Yes |
TEXT LINKS | Yes |
SUPPORTS DEEP LINKING | Yes |
- More info about marketing materials
- Course-specific tracking links, Sitewide tracking links, Custom tracking links, Deep links to individual course pages, Text links, Banner ads, Creative assets, Publisher-exclusive promotions, Unique promotional content, Network reporting and performance tracking
Program Rules, Approval and Restrictions
Guidelines and limitations you need to follow when promoting Udemy
SOCIAL MEDIA ALLOWED | Yes |
EMAIL MARKETING ALLOWED | |
PPC ALLOWED | |
Trademark Bidding | |
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS | The program is available through regional networks, including Awin programs for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States; Admitad English and Russian; Rakuten; and Impact Radius for affiliates in Turkey. Availability and terms vary by country. The reviewed official materials do not provide a complete worldwide inclusion or exclusion list. |
COUPON SITE ALLOWED | |
TRAFFIC MINIMUMS | No specific minimum traffic figure was identified in the official materials reviewed. |
- Approval process
- Manual approval that usually takes 3-4 days. No website required — Applicants must be a website owner, marketer, or business owner, or maintain an active social-media presence. Applicants submit through one of Udemy's participating affiliate networks, accept the network's terms and Udemy's Affiliate Operating Agreement, and receive approval before using affiliate links as an affiliate partner. Udemy does not require a separate contract according to its support materials.
- Other restrictions
- Promote only through approved affiliate links and compliant promotional content. Do not represent free courses, free coupon codes, unapproved coupon codes, subscriptions, or mobile-app purchases as commissionable. Do not use misleading claims, unauthorized trademarks, deceptive redirects, forced clicks, fraudulent traffic, or undisclosed commercial endorsements. Follow the selected network's operating rules, Udemy's Affiliate Operating Agreement, privacy requirements, applicable advertising laws, and platform policies.
Payouts and Payment Methods
How earnings are paid out and which methods are supported
Payment frequency | Net30 |
Payout currency | USD |
Minimum threshold | $20 |
- More payout info
- Payments are administered by the third-party affiliate network rather than directly by Udemy. Sales may be delayed for validation; Udemy states that sales can take approximately three days to appear in the network account. Udemy also has a 30-day return policy, so reported sales and commissions can decrease when customers return purchases. Network-specific terms, tax documentation, payment currency, threshold, and payment method apply.; Schedule: Typically monthly and network-controlled; exact Net-30/Net-60 and issue dates vary by network and are not specified in the official Udemy materials reviewed.
Payout methods
Udemy overview
- Company
- Pricing model
- Buy once / Paid
- App types
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
Impact Overview
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