How much would you pay for a structured, cohort-based online course on Islamic history (Sirah + pre-Islamic Arabia)?
Salam everyone,
I'm working on a project, an online platform offering interactive courses on Islamic history — starting from the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic Arabia) all the way through the Sirah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the early Islamic era. The idea is a full year-long curriculum, taught live by qualified instructors (ustadh/ustadha) with real degrees in Islamic sciences, in small cohorts (10–20 students) so people can actually engage and ask questions — not just watch pre-recorded videos.
Format: 4 live sessions per week, 1.5 hours each, over 12 months, with a fixed teacher per cohort so there's continuity and real follow-up.
To be clear: this isn't about profiting off deen. The goal is to make authentic knowledge accessible to the French/english-speaking Muslim diaspora in Europe and Canada,US who often struggle to find serious, structured resources in French and English. But we do need to fairly pay the teachers and the developers maintaining the platform, so it can't be fully free either.
I'm trying to figure out fair, sustainable pricing. Genuinely curious what this community thinks:
What would feel like a fair monthly price for something like this?
Would you prefer monthly or yearly pricing?
What's made you hesitate (if ever) to pay for online Islamic education platforms before?
Any honest feedback — even harsh — is welcome. JazakumAllah khair 🤲