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Onur is the co-founder of Mini Course Generator. He started using AI for educational content creation in 2021, back when “ai agents” wasn't a LinkedIn headline yet; roughly two years before the ChatGPT hype. A father and a committed believer in the kaizen approach, he's more interested in small, continuous improvements that compound into something remarkable than in chasing the next big thing. Outside of work, he enjoys swimming (and chilling) in the Aegean Sea for long hours during summer, and waiting for summer to come during the rest of the year.
The price is the last decision, not the first. Anchor it to what your buyer would otherwise pay, then subtract what the platform takes. On a $997 sale the platform’s own cut ranges from nothing to $99.70, depending on whose entry tier you’re on. Three price points, six published fee structures, one number to write down.
Your director asked for numbers and you have a completion bar. This sorts every metric you could be asked for into three tiers, names the two that change what you build, fixes the denominator argument before it starts, and says plainly which question has no software answer at all.
Most AI training for employees is sold as a finished course, and a finished course cannot name your approved tools or your approval chain. This guide gives the buy-versus-build rule in one sentence, the six questions your course has to answer, and a four-week plan that fits the quarter.
You never build a training module from nothing. You build it from a policy, a deck or a recording. Here is which of those is usable, what to hand the AI, and the two paragraphs of a compliance module no model can write for you.
Every platform ships the same ten reports, so the shortlist question is not which reports exist. It is what writes the numbers behind them, which ones go blank on content you bought, and which questions no learning platform can answer at all. Five reports to make a vendor run live on your own data before you sign.
Most of the platforms people are told to use for a free course no longer have a free plan, and the ones that do cap you at one course, a visible badge and a public link. Here is a route that costs nothing from outline to first sale, and the exact point where each step stops being free.
“White label” names four different purchases: the vendor’s badge gone, the course on your own domain, learner emails from your own address, and a separate administered account for every client. Vendors sell one and imply four. Here is what each layer costs across a dozen platforms, and which one you actually need.
A certificate is a record-keeping problem, not a design problem. What federal training rules already require on one, where the line between a certificate and a certification actually falls, and what the word “accredited” costs a year.
Most online courses hit only 25% completion. See how MCG’s new Badges & Rewards turns flat course lists into gamified paths with a reward learners earn.