InvestingLive Academy has launched an instructor programme enabling seasoned trading professionals to monetise educational content through a tiered revenue-sharing model. The platform is accepting applications from traders with minimum five years’ experience who wish to develop courses and build audiences within a structured framework.
The programme operates across four tiers with escalating benefits. Bronze tier instructors share in pooled creator revenue based on performance points. Progression to Silver requires publishing fifteen courses with ratings above four out of five, unlocking fifty percent of VIP subscription revenue plus pooled earnings. Gold tier demands one hundred active VIP subscribers and the same rating threshold, increasing VIP revenue share to sixty percent. A Platinum tier exists though specific requirements were not detailed in available materials.
This model represents a growing trend where established trading platforms create content marketplaces that blur traditional distinctions between proprietary education and third-party instruction. For brokers and fintech firms, such programmes raise interesting compliance considerations around who bears responsibility for educational content quality and suitability assessments. Firms must determine whether instructor-generated material constitutes marketing communications requiring oversight, particularly where revenue-sharing arrangements exist. Jurisdictions with strict financial promotion rules may view tiered compensation structures as potentially incentivising volume over quality.
The approach also highlights competitive pressure on broker education offerings, as independent platforms aggregate experienced instructors who might otherwise partner directly with individual firms.
FXnCO Insight
Brokers should monitor whether instructor marketplace models dilute their direct educational relationships with clients or present white-label partnership opportunities worth exploring before the space becomes saturated.
Source: Finance Magnates