Three steps to decide how to build a business with Coda
Figure out what type of Maker you are.
Choose one or more paths to build a business.
Decide how to monetize.
What type of Maker are you?
The Content Creator
You love creating digital content like templates, videos or resources and enjoy doing marketing and promotion strategies.
Key Skills
Building beautiful Coda docs
Marketing and social media
Content creation
The Developer
You love coding in JavaScript and want expand Coda’s power with a custom Pack.
Key Skills
Programming in JavaScript
Understanding APIs and Coda’s building blocks
Marketing and customer support
The Consultant
You love helping other companies solve their challenges and can offer a solution with Coda.
Key Skills
Understanding company’s needs
Building custom Coda docs
Project management
Ways to build a business with Coda
You can mix and match any of these and have different paths depending on your skills and experience.
What
Best for...
Channel
✅ Pros
❌ Cons
What
Best for...
Channel
✅ Pros
❌ Cons
1
Coda templates
The Content Creator
The Consultant
3rd party platform
Scalable. Build once, sell many.
Low price, high volume needed.
Customer support and time creating tutorials and guidelines.
2
Coda Packs
The Developer
Coda
High value for teams and companies. Scalable.
Recurring and predictable revenue if sold through the Coda Gallery.
High technical barrier.
Low price, high volume needed.
3
Coda Courses
The Content Creator
3rd party platform
High margins
Higher prices
Scalable
Time intensive.
Marketing and driving high traffic to the course might be very time-consuming.
4
Custom doc builds and advisory to companies
The Consultant
3rd party platform
High margins.
High price, low volume needed
Time intensive and
High technical barrier.
5
Create digital content like playbooks or curated list of resources
The Content Creator
The Consultant
Coda
Scalable. Build once, sell many.
Low price and revenue possibility
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How to monetize
Once you decide what paths you want to take, there are multiple ways to generate revenue, some of them could be done by using Coda’s native features and other could be done by using 3rd party platforms.
Where
Monetization Tools
Ways to monetize
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Where
Monetization Tools
Ways to monetize
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Coda
Affiliate Program - Earn cash when new users sign up from a published doc
Create digital content like playbooks or curated list of resources
Packs Marketplace - Sell you pack for a monthly price per maker
Coda Packs
Pack Bundling - Pack gets bundled into Coda’s pricing tiers
Coda templates
3rd party platform
Selling templates - Sell a premium Coda template
Coda templates
Doc Subscription - Sell access to content through a Coda doc
Create digital content like playbooks or curated list of resources
Paid Course - Sell a course or educational content
Coda Courses
Consulting - Offer advisory and custom doc building
Custom doc builds and advisory to companies
Next
Calculate and estimated revenue you can get from each path