Where Nigerian Skills Teachers Sell Courses and Get Paid

You've got a skill and maybe a course. Now the real question: where do you sell it, and how does the money reach you? Here's a plain comparison.

1. Selar: built for African creators

Selar is a Nigerian platform for selling courses and digital products. Its founder, Douglas Kendyson, said in 2025 that it had passed 2 million users. On why it works, he said:

"People were always training people to do things" Douglas Kendyson, Selar founder, 2025

Selar lets buyers pay with naira or with international cards. According to its own help page, it takes 4% plus ₦50 on naira sales, and 10% plus 50p on dollar or pound sales, plus any currency conversion charges.

By our sum, on a ₦20,000 course sold in naira, Selar keeps ₦850 and you keep ₦19,150, which is almost 96%. On a dollar sale, you give up over 10%, so it's worth deciding which customers you're really aiming at.

2. Udemy: the global marketplace

Udemy reaches students all over the world, who pay in dollars. The catch is that Udemy keeps a much bigger share when it brings you the buyer. Its payout options for Nigeria couldn't be confirmed from its own pages for this article, so check Udemy's instructor help centre before you sign up.

3. Gumroad: sell a product directly

Gumroad is popular for one-off digital products, like templates or short courses, sold straight to buyers abroad. Again, check Gumroad's own payout page for Nigeria, because what's available can change.

4. Live classes on Zoom or a platform

Live teaching lets you charge more, because students get you in real time, asking questions and getting feedback. It's a good fit if your real strength is explaining and correcting.

5. Your own payment setup

If you already have a following, you can take payments directly.

• Paystack says only businesses in Nigeria and Kenya can accept and settle payments in US dollars, and Nigerian businesses need a Zenith Bank dollar (domiciliary) account to do it.
• Flutterwave charges 4.8% for international card payments in Nigeria, and by default pays you in naira.

By our sum, on a ₦20,000 sale paid with a foreign card through Flutterwave, the fee is about ₦960. Compare that with Selar's ₦850 on a naira sale, and you can see why the details matter.

Which one should you use?

• Starting out in Nigeria? A platform like Selar is the easiest start, because it already handles naira payments.
• Aiming at buyers abroad? Udemy or Gumroad can reach them, but check fees and payouts first.
• Great at live teaching? Run live classes and charge for your time and attention.
• Already have a big audience? Your own setup with Paystack or Flutterwave gives you the most control.

Many successful instructors use two or three of these at once.

You can also sell courses and run live classes on the Guild, the skills side of Scholarleveling, and teach from any phone.

Read next: teaching video editing from your phone, or teaching AI tools like ChatGPT and Canva.