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Welcome! CraftCourses.com is an independent UK company founded in 2011 with the mission to connect makers, artists and craftspeople with those eager to learn and experience the joy of making. We understand the challenge of making a living from craft and know that teaching offers a sustainable and steady income, whilst the creative experience enriches our lives and protects important, traditional and contemporary craft skills.
Join as a maker
The facts
- Over 4,500
registered makers - 6.1 million
unique web visitors - 44 million
page views - 35,000
student reviews - Over 150
art and craft categories
How we do this
- Specialist creative courses
booking platform - Easy to use
- Excellent search rankings
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Specialist marketing support:
social media, direct marketing,
advertising, events, blogs - Nationally recognised and
trusted brand - Excellent customer service
Flexible
- Teach one to one or with groups
- Teach in-person or online
- Teach on flexible dates (review requests before committing) or accept instant bookings – it’s all up to you
- Sell products, kits and pre-recorded online courses too!
Easy to use
Focus on making and teaching and leave the software and admin to us. We find your customers, get them booked in, send reminders, collect reviews, and handle refunds. It’s very easy to re-schedule courses and your earnings will arrive in 3 working days from when your course or kit was delivered. Enjoy direct contact with your prospective students. Easy-peasy!
Simple and cost-effective
The commission structure is simple: we only earn when you earn, taking a commission of 12% on bookings ‘on request’, 10% if you opt for ‘instant’ bookings and 4% if the booking comes via your website. Full details and examples below.
Lots of free extras!
Great google rankings, weekly newsletters, social media, customer services support – ALL INCLUDED! We send a weekly newsletter to our 20k students and post daily on social media, so just contact us with your ideas to be included!
Do good
Making is good for us. We have collected tens of thousands of glowing reviews from happy students and our best makers were rewarded with students' awards. Being creative is a wonderful way to relax, to feel the flow and to connect with like-minded others. We are proud to be a B Corp™ company, certified as a business that's a force for good in the world, meeting the highest standards of social and environmental impact.
There are no monthly fees – it is free to join, why not give it a go
Contact us to chat and for any assistance in signing up.
This website is brilliant. All our bookings come through here. Fantastic that students can post a review and love the fact that customers can buy gift vouchers as presents.
What our artisan tutors say about us
How does it work?
- Student browses and finds the course they want to book
- You accept or reject the booking request we send you or the booking request is immediately accepted until there are no available places left
- Payments are handled by us; student pay online by card or gift voucher(s)
- You receive payments directly via BACS into your bank account once the course has taken place
Pricing explained
On request bookings
| Example | Value |
|---|---|
| Course price for student | £100 |
| 12% Commission for Craft Courses | –£12 |
| 20% VAT on Commission | –£2.40 |
| Total payout to you 👌 | £85.60 |
Instant bookings
| Example | Value |
|---|---|
| Course price for student | £100 |
| 10% Commission for Craft Courses | –£10 |
| 20% VAT on Commission | –£2.00 |
| Total payout to you 👌 | £88.00 |
Bookings via widget
| Example | Value |
|---|---|
| Course price for student | £100 |
| 4% Commission for Craft Courses | –£4 |
| 20% VAT on Commission | –£0.80 |
| Total payout to you 👌 | £95.20 |
Our team are here to help and look forward to working with you!
Please get in touch.