The full policy that governs how we link to courses, how we earn commission, and the firewall between commission rate and ranking position. Posted to the public record.
EduBracket is reader-supported. We may earn a commission when you click an affiliate link and enroll in a course. Commission rates never alter ranking position. Rankings come from our hands-on enrollment-and-completion methodology. Period.
When a reader clicks an affiliate link on EduBracket and enrolls in a paid course, the course platform (Coursera, Udemy, Skillshare, edX, DataCamp, Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable, etc.) pays us a percentage of the enrollment fee at no extra cost to the reader. The reader's price is identical whether they reach the course through us, through Google search, or by typing the URL directly.
Commission rates vary by platform and program. A higher commission rate has never, and will never, result in a higher bracket position. We frequently rank lower-commission and commission-free courses (CS50, MIT OCW, freeCodeCamp) above commission-paying ones, that's the editorial firewall at work.
The team that scores courses on the six metrics does not see the commission rate when scoring. Commission rates are introduced at publication time only, they appear in the affiliate-tag, never in the editorial draft.
EduBracket complies with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Every page on the site discloses the existence of affiliate relationships in the footer fine print. Affiliate links are tagged in the URL string (typical patterns include ?aff=, ?ref=, ?utm_source=edubracket, etc.) so that a curious reader can identify them. Course tools, platform pages, and ranked lists that contain affiliate links are explicitly marked at the top of the page.
We collect standard web analytics (page views, referrer, anonymous device class) to improve the site. We do not sell reader data. We do not share email addresses outside the team. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe in one click; the unsubscribe is honored within 24 hours. Full privacy policy: privacy.
As of the current publication date, EduBracket maintains affiliate relationships with: Coursera, Udemy, Skillshare, edX, DataCamp, Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable, Brilliant, Pluralsight, MasterClass, LinkedIn Learning, and Amazon Associates (for course-companion books). This list is updated when relationships change.
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"Commission rates never alter ranking. The bracket is the only thing that decides position."