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#1729 - Q&A: What separates a $30 course from a $1,000 course?

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Small Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Some online courses cost $30, others cost $1,000 or more. What’s the difference between a lower-priced course and a higher-priced one—are the more expensive ones just “better” or is there more to the story? 

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0:00.0

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0:35.0

Some online courses cost $30, maybe even less. Others cost $1,000 for probably even more.

0:42.3

What is the difference between a lower price course and a higher price one?

0:46.4

Are the more expensive ones just better, quote unquote, better, or is there more to the story?

0:51.8

That is what today's caller wants to know, and welcome, by the way, to Side Usual School,

0:55.9

the only daily podcast for more than 1700 days, bringing UK studies, stories, tips,

1:01.7

action-packed ideas you can use to make more money, create more freedom for yourself,

1:06.2

more security, all good things.

1:08.1

So, when it comes to pricing, we're going to talk about this today.

1:11.4

You could ask this question about a lot of things, not just an online course.

1:14.8

You know, what separates a $100,000 car from a $30,000 car?

1:18.6

Is that $100,000 car $70,000 better? Well, presumably, something is better.

1:23.8

Like, it's not all smoke and mirrors, but there's also an element of perceived value.

1:28.5

And I would argue that that's pretty much always true.

1:30.9

So, let's talk about it in this question.

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