Record once.
Earn forever.
MingleIn pays Hosts 50% on every Workshop sale, twice what Skillshare pays, with no algorithm, no monthly grind, and a strict no-AI-content policy. Set your price. We do the rest.
Side by side
How MingleIn compares to everywhere else.
Most platforms treat your craft as content for their algorithm. MingleIn treats it as a product you own. Here’s what that actually means in practice.
| MingleIn You | Skillshare | YouTube (ads) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your share of revenue | 50% of every sale | ~25–30% royalty | ~$1–3 per 1,000 views |
| What you have to make | One Workshop. Ever. | One Workshop. Ever. | Constantly. Forever. |
| Who decides your reach | Your audience & Watch Parties | Their algorithm | Their algorithm |
| AI-generated content | Banned, by policy | Allowed | Increasingly common |
| Exclusivity required | None, sell anywhere | None | None |
| Built-in social layer | Watch Parties + Boasts | Class projects | Comments |
Skillshare royalty figure based on creator-reported averages, late 2025. YouTube CPM varies enormously by category and audience.
How it works
Three steps from “thing you know” to “thing you sell”.
No studio required, no editing software to learn, no upfront cost. Most early Hosts go from first conversation to a published Workshop in about three hours.
- 1🎯
Pick something you love teaching
The simplest rule: teach the thing people have always asked you to show them. One specific outcome, "how I cure salmon", "my botanical line-work technique", outperforms broad "intro to" Workshops every time.
- 2🎥
Record it on your phone
Real workspace, natural light, one take. We provide a one-page filming guide and our concierge onboarding helps early Hosts personally. No editing software, no studio, no production budget.
- 3💰
Set a price. Hit publish. Get paid.
Upload to MingleIn Studio, set your price (typically $20–$80), and your Workshop goes live. Buyers find it, watch it, share Boasts of what they made, and host Watch Parties with their friends. You earn 50% of every sale, paid into your account.
The maths, plainly
What a Workshop earns. What Watch Parties multiply.
Two scenarios at the same $40 price point. The left is your Workshop selling normally. The right is what happens when one of your buyers throws a Watch Party with friends, same Workshop, same price, eleven sales in one evening.
Standard sale
A buyer finds your Workshop, watches the preview, buys it, and watches at their own pace.
One buyer hosts a Watch Party
That buyer invites 10 friends. Each friend buys their own seat at full price. Same Workshop. Same price. One evening.
Who hosts on MingleIn
Three kinds of Hosts. Three different paths.
MingleIn works for makers at any stage of their craft. If one of these sounds like you, the dedicated page goes deeper into your specific situation, pricing, and approach.
- ★ Designer · Maker · Etsy seller
Crafty Charlotte
An interior designer or Etsy maker who's hit the ceiling of their local geography. Uses MingleIn Workshops as a marketing channel for their design business, every buyer becomes a warm lead.
If this is you → - ★ Music teacher · time-poor maker
Muso Matteo
A working musician or music teacher who's time-poor and tired of repeating the same beginner lessons. He records one Workshop his students can pause, rewind and resume, so they learn on their own schedule and he gets his evenings back.
If this is you → - ★ Master craftsperson · Mentor
Leader Lenny
A semi-retired craftsperson with decades of experience and a club mentality. Doesn't want to learn video editing or build a YouTube channel, just wants to share what he knows and earn a bit alongside his pension.
If this is you →
Common questions
Becoming a Host, plainly answered.
Your craft is already worth teaching.
It costs nothing to publish a Workshop on MingleIn. The first few hours of recording become an income stream that earns indefinitely, and grows every time one of your buyers throws a Watch Party.