Online Software Skills Courses

Individuals paying course fees, small businesses training staff, and job seekers looking for office skills.

Fee per student per course or cohort, plus extras like recorded lessons, templates, one-to-one coaching and private team sessions.

• Expert in the software you teach
• Clear explaining and patience
• Basic online marketing

• Some provinces regulate private career colleges, especially if you offer certificates or job-focused programs, so check your provincial regulator before advertising it as vocational training
• Software vendor rules on using their logos, screenshots and 'certified' wording
• Collecting GST/HST or other sales tax once you pass the small supplier threshold, and checking how it applies to training
• Privacy rules for student data and payments, and French-language requirements if you sell in Quebec

Startup costs are estimated at typically around $300 to $2,500, depending on the tools, course platform and basic marketing you choose. The business is run online, so there is no premises to pay for.

Check your provincial regulator about private career college rules, especially for certificates or job-focused programs. Review software vendors' rules on logos and 'certified' wording, GST/HST once past the small supplier threshold, student data privacy, and French-language requirements in Quebec.

Monthly revenue is estimated at typically around $500 to $4,000, depending on how many courses and students you take on. You would need at least about 6 hours a week, and you must be expert in the software you teach.