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Offer to Teach Their Users for a 50% Cut

Offer to Teach Their Users for a 50% Cut is a partnerships & affiliates tactic for getting your first users: They pitched GPT and plugin builders a simple deal: we'll teach your users whatever you want, let us promote our offer at the end, and you keep 50% of resulting sales.

It's a strong fit for Info products / courses teams, and works especially well for education, courses, and onboarding-heavy products. As a partnerships & affiliates play, plan for high effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.

Partnerships & affiliatesHigh effortMedium

Why does partnerships & affiliates work for this?

You solve the partner's churn and monetization pain while tapping their audience, so the deal sells itself.

The exact steps (5)

The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.

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Sources

Works for
Info products / courses

Frequently asked

What kind of products does the "Offer to Teach Their Users for a 50% Cut" tactic work for?
It is a good fit for Info products / courses — pick it when your product looks like that, since the play is shaped around how those users find new tools.
How is the "Offer to Teach Their Users for a 50% Cut" tactic verified?
It is drawn from 1 primary source — a real founder write-up or interview, not generic advice. It is linked in the Sources section above so you can read the original account yourself.
How much effort is it and how fast are results?
It is high effort, and results tend to be medium.
Where can I see the exact step-by-step?
The full step-by-step a founder ran, documented via Source — IndieHackers, is in the paid library.

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