Online Hobby Classes

2 Online Hobby Classes Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 7th, 2024

Online hobby classes are an excellent business opportunity for those passionate about a particular skill or activity. To start an online hobby class business, you need a website or platform to host your classes, a high-quality camera and microphone, and a well-organized curriculum.

The online education industry is expected to reach $350 billion by 2025, making now a great time to start this business. To operate your business successfully, you should offer high-quality classes and be responsive to students’ needs. By providing a positive learning experience, you can build a loyal customer base and generate positive reviews.

Starting an online hobby class business allows you to share your skills and turn your hobby into a successful business.

In this list, you'll find real-world online hobby classes success stories and very profitable examples of starting a online hobby classes that makes money.

1. MasterClass ($93.6M/year)

Rogier decided he wanted to do something with education. Yet, he wasn’t sure what exactly this would be.

He posted ads on Craigslist to pay people $10 an hour to talk about their educational experiences. He asked his interview partners questions like:

Who did you learn the most from?
Which topics would you have loved to study more?
What things do you want to learn now? And how do you want to learn them?

These conversations helped him sharpen his vision.

But, when he recorded the first videos, they looked like crap.

So Rogier reached out to a professor from his grad school who was an experienced cinematographer, and he offered to film the videos.

That’s how the courses started looking like high-class Hollywood movies.

How much money it makes: $93.6M/year
How many people on the team: 701

How MasterClass Makes $90M+ ARR Selling Courses Online

MasterClass founder, David Rogier, built a platform offering online courses taught by world-class experts, experiencing rapid growth with top-tier SEO strategies and a revenue of $93.6M/year since starting in 2015.

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2. MillionCenters by Better Thought Solutions LLP ($12K/year)

Surinder Singh, the founder of MillionCenters, came up with the idea after realizing the gap between private tutors and learners in India. Through research and market analysis, Singh and his team saw the need for a platform that would connect learners with tutors in various fields, from academics to fitness and hobbies. With their background in management and software engineering, they set out to revolutionize the learning system and create a one-stop platform for all learning needs. Now, with over 50,000 downloads and growing, MillionCenters is changing the way people learn in India.

How much money it makes: $12K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50K
How many people on the team: 8

How We Developed And Launched A Platform To Find Tutors And Online Classes

MillionCenters is a hyperlocal TUTOR/COACHING-CENTER connecting platform that aims to be the one-stop platform for all learning needs, with 50,000 plus downloads and growing in double digits growth rate month-over-month and a customer acquisition rate of USD 1.

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