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For engineers who want to pre-sell a course before building it

Sell your course before you build it.

Most engineers who try a course spend months building it, then launch to barely any sales. I help you skip that. We test demand with real pre-orders first, from your audience or from paid traffic, and I build only the course buyers already paid for. No quitting your job, no building on a guess.

You do not pay for the course build until real buyers pre-pay, whether from your audience or a paid traffic test.

Book your free pre-sell call

A free 30-minute call. I take on only two launch partners at a time because I do the build myself, so the call is also where we both check the fit. You leave with a first-pass answer: who the course is for, what outcome to test, and whether you have a realistic path to buyers.

The pre-sell, start to finish

  1. Put the offer to your audienceA complete launch sequence, built for you. Page, ads, and emails.
  2. They pre-order, or they do notReal money is the test. You get a clear go or no-go.
  3. I build only what soldThe course your buyers already paid for. Nothing wasted.

You do not pay for the build until the pre-orders are in.

The real risk

You could spend three months building this, and sell zero.

It is the most common way a course fails: built first, validated never.

Building a course nobody bought costs you twice: the months of nights and weekends you spent making it, and the confidence to try again. The fix is to find out your audience will pay before you build, not after.

Every reason this feels hard

You have probably already talked yourself out of it.

Here is every reason engineers stall, and how the pre-sell approach handles each one.

  • I do not know if my audience will actually pay.

    That is exactly what we test first. We pre-sell to your list before building, so real pre-orders tell you the answer instead of a guess.

  • I have a full-time job. I do not have months for this.

    You give me your knowledge in a few working sessions. I do the labor. And we validate before building, so you never pour a season into something that flops.

  • I do not know what to teach or how to scope it.

    The Sprint does that. We turn what you know into a clear offer and a module-by-module outline built around one outcome.

  • I am an engineer, not a marketer. Selling feels gross.

    Pre-selling is not hype. It is asking. I give you the exact announcement sequence to send, in plain language, so you are inviting your audience, not pitching them.

  • It will look amateur next to the polished courses out there.

    You are not building this alone. For over a decade I have designed courses inside companies like Freddie Mac and Fidelity Investments, where people have to actually pass and apply the training. I build yours to that same standard, so students finish it and get a real result, and the ones who finish become your first case studies.

  • I tried before and it stalled half-built.

    The go or no-go gate prevents that. We only build once buyers have paid, so the project either has real momentum or it never starts.

  • What if I build it and it still flops?

    Then you should not be out the money. You do not fund the build until your audience pre-pays, and you get your full deposit back if the launch misses the agreed target.

How it works

Validate first. Build only what your audience paid for.

No guessing, and no building on hope. We prove the demand with real money before a single lesson gets made.

  1. Audience and offer audit

    We look at your audience and shape the offer: what to sell, to whom, and at what price.

  2. Pre-sell to your list

    We put the offer in front of your audience with a clear announcement sequence, and ask them to pre-order.

  3. Go or no-go

    We agree on a pre-order target up front. Hit it and we build. Miss it and you have saved months and most of the cost.

  4. Build only the paid course

    Once buyers have paid, I build the course around outcomes and real practice, the kind students finish and recommend.

  5. Launch and tighten

    You launch to buyers who already said yes. Then we improve it with what the first cohort shows us.

What you get

Everything the pre-sell needs, in one place.

You start with the Pre-Sell Sprint. If your audience validates, the Launch includes the extras below at no separate charge.

The Pre-Sell Sprint

  • The offer: what to sell, to which buyer, at what price.
  • A module-by-module outline built around one clear outcome.
  • The exact announcement sequence to take the offer to your audience.
  • We run the pre-sell and collect your pre-orders for real.
  • A pre-order target that gives you a clean go or no-go.
  • Working calls to plan the pre-sell and read the results together.

Included with the Launch

  • Buyer call scripts. Prompts and answers for handling buyer questions and closing pre-orders without pressure.
  • Cohort delivery assets. Onboarding messages, student prompts, worksheets, and referral prompts around the course.

The risk is on me, not you

The deposit-back guarantee.

If I build your course and the launch misses the target we set up front, you get your full deposit back. Your only job is to do your part: email your list on the dates we plan and show up for the working sessions. The financial risk on the build is mine.

  • You do not even fund the build until buyers pre-pay. We agree on a pre-order target up front. If the pre-orders are not there, we do not build, so you never sink money into a course your audience did not buy.
  • The Sprint gives you a real answer, not a sales pitch. People paying is the test. If they buy, the full Sprint fee credits toward the Launch. If they do not, you have your answer for a fraction of what building blind would have cost.
  • The call is free. We look at your audience and your idea, and you leave with a plan you can use whether or not we work together.

For the Launch build I take a deposit plus a capped share of what the course sells, and you can buy me out anytime. My upside is tied entirely to your course selling.

No mystery pricing

What it costs.

You will always know the price before you commit. You start with the Sprint, then continue only if the pre-orders make the case.

The Pre-Sell Sprint

$1,000

I help you define the offer, then run the pre-sell to your audience and collect real pre-orders, so people paying is the proof before you build a thing. You finish with a clear go or no-go.

Nonrefundable, and the full $1,000 credits toward the Launch if you move forward.

The Launch

Scoped after validationdeposit + capped share, buyout anytime

Once buyers have proven they will pay, I build the course they bought, plus the buyer call scripts and cohort delivery assets. You see the deposit, the cap, and the buyout terms before you commit to anything.

Full deposit back if the launch misses the agreed target.

Because I do the build myself, I take on only two Sprint clients a month. Once a month fills, the next opening is the following month, so the call is the place to start.

Maaz Rahmani, founder of Course Launch Partner

Why the courses work

After validation, I build a course people actually finish.

I am Maaz, an instructional designer. For over a decade I have built corporate training, full courses, storyboards, job aids, and video scripts, for programs run across large workforces at companies like Freddie Mac and Fidelity Investments. That work is strict about one thing. People have to actually learn it and finish it, or the training failed and everyone can see it. That is the same standard you hold your own work to: it either performs or it does not, and you can measure which.

Corporate learners are a hard audience because most of them did not choose to be there. Your buyers did choose you, but they will still quit a course that feels confusing or slow. I take the same craft that keeps reluctant learners moving and build it into a course people are glad to take, around outcomes and real practice, not passive lessons. That is what makes a course finishable, referable, and worth a premium price.

You keep the expertise and the voice. I make the path to the result clear.

Honest fit

Who this is for

This works best when you can put an offer in front of buyers, whether through your own audience or with ads, and you want to turn that into course income without building on a guess.

A good fit if

  • You are an engineer or technical expert who can reach buyers: either an audience on YouTube, LinkedIn, a newsletter, or an online community, or a budget to run ads to your offer.
  • People already ask how you do what you do, or pay you for it.
  • You want a second income from what you know, without leaving your job.
  • You are willing to pre-sell: to let buyers pay before the course is fully built.

Not a fit if

  • You have no audience and no budget to reach one. There has to be someone to pre-sell to.
  • You mainly want ads, funnels, or sales copy as a standalone service.
  • You want to build the whole course first and figure out selling later.
  • You are not willing to let your audience vote with their wallet before you build.

Straight answers

Questions you are probably asking

Why pre-sell instead of just building the course?

Because building first is the most expensive way to find out nobody wanted it. Pre-selling puts the question to your audience in the cheapest possible way: will you pay for this. If yes, you build with cash in hand. If no, you saved months. Either answer is worth having before you start.

How do I know this will work for me?

You do not have to take my word for it. The proof comes from your own buyers: they signal interest, then they pre-pay, and only then do we build. The call is free, the Sprint tells you the truth even when the answer is no, and on the Launch you get your deposit back if it misses the target. On top of that, I have spent over a decade building courses inside companies like Freddie Mac and Fidelity Investments, where training has to be passed and applied. You get that same craft applied to your course.

What if my audience is small, or I do not have one yet?

You do not need a huge list. You need a way to put the offer in front of buyers. That is usually your own audience, even a small engaged one, but it can also be a budget to run ads to your offer. What you cannot do is pre-sell to no one. On the call I will look at what you have and tell you honestly whether it is enough, or what to do first.

How much of my time does this take?

You give me your knowledge and the final decisions. I do the labor. We have a few working sessions to shape the offer and the course, and I handle the build and the write-up. You stay the teacher, not the course designer.

Does my topic have to be technical?

No. It has to be something your audience wants from you. That is often your engineering specialty, but it can be anything you have real credibility in. The pre-sell tells us whether they will pay for it.

What platforms do you work with?

The common ones. We fit the course to wherever your audience already is and whatever you want to host it on. We confirm the details on the call.

Your next step

Find out if your audience will pre-pay

On a free 30-minute call we look at your audience and your idea, and I tell you whether your list looks ready to pre-sell, what I would test first, and what would make me say no. You leave with a plan whether or not we work together.

And if we go all the way to a build that misses the target, your deposit comes back. The risk is on me.

Free. 30 minutes. If the scheduler does not load, open it in a new tab or email me at rahmani.maaz@gmail.com. If there is no fit, I will say so.