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FAQ's
For Providers
How much does it cost?
Check our Pricing Page to see the full details and plans you can take out
If listing is Free, what’s the catch?
There is no catch, but Free listings are limited to Charities and not for profit organisations. We also offer free listings to users who have courses or workshops which are less than £15 to attend. If any of your courses or workshops throughout the year are over £15 the Free listing opportunity will not be available. If you think you qualify for Free listings, please email us at admin@yourcoursesearch.com.
Who is YourCourseSearch.com?
Quite simply, YourCourseSearch.com matches Course providers with people looking for Courses. Founded in 2011 by Elliot Meads, yourCourseSearch.com sets out to become the site to go to for finding Courses, Workshops & Tuition in the Craft, Cooking and Creative industries.
YourCourseSearch.com is always keen for feedback from Course, Workshop & Tuition Providers and is constantly evolving to meet your needs. In return, we’ll give friendly help and support when you ask for it.
The company is based in the South West of England. Read more at our about us page.
How do I contact you with other questions?
We’re very happy to answer any other questions or comments – please email us at hello@yourcoursesearch.com. You can also send us problems with the site or ideas for how to improve via our feedback form which is located on the left side of everypage, or alternatively call us on 0843 2896457.
What can YourCourseSearch.com do to generate me more business?
We are not any old directory site, in fact, we don’t like to be classed as just a directory site; instead we want to think of it as the next best thing to meeting your customer’s in person! We want to inject a new take on learning craft, cooking and creative courses by providing a fantastic site with great courses and content to engage users to enquire or book from you!
YourCourseSearch.com gives you immediate access to thousands of people looking for Course’s, Workshop’s or Tuition by matching their exact criteria to give highly targeted results, and to capitalise on our national marketing campaigns.
The more information you add to your listing, the more potential bookings you’ll receive. You can also get the chance to be featured in our blog or how-to-guides which can gain you extra exposure.
Can I promote special offers and late availability?
Yes – you can promote late availability on all our plans, when a user performs a search on the site, they can choose whether they want to view the courses which are ending soonest first, this means your course will be at the top of results!
We’re always on the lookout for the best deals to promote to our subscribers and social media followers and to the media. Just list them on our site and you never know, you might end up in the newspapers!
You can also add special discounts to your Course or Workshop and not only will they show the cheapest price first if a user refines their search for “cheapest first”, but we’ll also feature the discounted course on our “Specials Page”.
I already have online booking on my website - why do I need yours? And how do I know the customers wouldn’t have come to my site anyway?
Many of our bookable Courses also take online bookings via their own websites - in the same way that companies like BA, Hilton and Virgin still use lastminute.com and Expedia, even though they take online bookings direct.
Our online booking options complement your own online booking system by acting as an extra sales channel, and will bring you customers who are unlikely to have come across your site otherwise. We will help especially with late-availability offers - a similar service to LateRooms and lastminute.com in the hotels market.
Our media profile and marketing activity mean that you can be confident of attracting new customers, rather than customers who would have booked with you anyway. With our paid listings attracting 40x more traffic than free listings, upgrading to a paid plan on YourCourseSearch.com allows you to capitalise on our traffic and national media coverage.
While many customers may be finding out about your site themselves, thousands more want to search availability or late deals at multiple sites on a regional basis, or look for sites matching several criteria - such as courses for begginers, disabled access, or proximity to a certain location - and make the booking on the same website. Our figures show that YourCourseSearch.com users are three times more likely to book if the Course is bookable on YourCourseSearch.com, compared to forcing a user to click away to another website.
Contacting a list of individual sites about availability can take days and many users won’t wait, especially at the last minute. It is these additional customers that YourCourseSearch.com provides access to. Just as many people will no longer spend time phoning around airlines and hotels to check availability, our users want to search and book courses in one place.
If my details change in the future, how do I change them?
Easy - Simply log in to your Provider Portal and enter your registered email address and password
My business has received a negative review, how can I remove it?
Our user reviews are intended to provide another perspective on our listed courses. Negative comment is inevitable in any worthwhile reviews system and we hope that course providers will treat constructive criticism as just that.
Although we don't remove reviews simply because they are negative, we recognise that not all reviews are genuine or accurate. You can ask us to remove reviews that are fictitious, personally insulting or factually incorrect by emailing us at admin@yourcoursesearch.com.
How do i cancel my subscription to YourCourseSearch.com?
If you would like to cancel your subscription with YourCourseSearch.com, just login to your PayPal™ account and click on Manage Subscriptions where you can cancel the payments at any time. Alternatively, if you have purchased a yearly plan we cannot offer a refund on this payment format for the year you have paid for, however, we will not take any further yearly payments for the following years.
For Customers
Can I book via telephone or email?
Currently you cannot pay via telephone or email directly from our website, however, if you have previously arranged to do so with the course organiser through our enquiry form this can be an option available to you. Please contact Course Providers first.
Can I give feedback about a particular business? What will you do with this information?
Yes, we'd love to hear about your experiences - your reviews, ratings and photos help us provide an impartial view of the course providers on our site. To submit your reviews and ratings, click the "Add a review" button on the course providers page.
If you're a facebook user, you can show your approval of a course or learning holiday by clicking the "Like" button on its YourCourseSearch.com page.
Can I provide feedback about YourCourseSearch.com? How will you use my feedback?
Sure - we want to hear about any and all bugs, tweaks and new feature ideas! Our clever little user feedback site allows you to leave suggestions and/or vote for those left by others. The votes create a rating system that helps us to identify the most pressing issues.
Click on the red feedback tab which is located on the left hand side of every page to do so.
Can I use a debit card for my booking?
Yes, normally it is possible to use a debit card to pay. Please check the individual listing for more details. You can also find out the cards accepted at the site in the 'Features' tab within each listing.
How can I Unsubscribe from your mailing list?
To unsubscribe from our mailings, please follow the unsubscription instructions at the base of our emails.
How do I know that my booking information is secure?
We use a secure server to capture your card details from the booking form, using the industry-standard “Secure Socket Layer” (SSL) technology to encrypt all your personal and card details. You can verify that the page is securing by checking that there’s an https:// prefix in the web address of the page, and a key or padlock icon in the browser’s status bar
I did not receive an email after I booked, what should I do?
Please double check your email address before finalising your reservation. Also, please check your spam folder. If you don't receive an email after making a booking, please contact us with your booking number using our contact form.
What will you do with the personal details I give you?
Please visit our privacy policy for more details.