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Freelance project · SaaS

Course Marketplace

Find, compare and choose the right course without the guesswork

The Course Marketplace brings courses from many instructors into one place and helps learners choose well. I designed search and filters, course pages, comparison and checkout for learners, plus the listing flow for instructors.

Role
Product design
Type
Freelance
Platforms
Web
Scope
UX, UI design

01The problem

What needed solving

When a marketplace has many courses on the same topic, learners struggle to tell them apart. Titles sound alike, ratings cluster near the top and course pages read like adverts. The design had to help people compare on what matters to them and buy with confidence, while giving instructors a fair way to stand out.

Who it’s for

  • Learners choosing courses

    Need to compare options on level, outcome, format and time, and trust what they read.

  • Career switchers

    Need a path that fits their starting point, not just one popular course.

  • Course instructors

    Need to list a course clearly and show what makes it different.

02The main flow

From search to enrolled

The moment in blue is the one the whole design is built around.

  1. 01

    Search a skill

  2. 02

    Filter by level and format

  3. 03

    Compare shortlisted courses

  4. 04

    Read the course page

  5. 05

    Enrol and start

03Structure

How Course Marketplace is organised

Everything has one home. Getting this right first keeps every screen simpler.

Discover

  • Search
  • Categories
  • Learning paths

Course

  • Outcomes
  • Syllabus
  • Instructor
  • Reviews

Compare

  • Shortlist
  • Side-by-side view

Account

  • My courses
  • Wishlist
  • Purchases

Teach

  • Create listing
  • Course analytics
  • Payouts

04Key decisions

Choices that shaped it

What I considered, what I chose, and why.

Decision 01

Structured listings over free-form pages

When instructors design their own pages, every course describes itself differently and comparison becomes impossible.

Considered

A rich-text editor for instructors to lay out their own course pages.

Chosen

I designed a structured listing form with required fields for level, prerequisites, outcomes, length and format, plus one free section for the instructor’s own voice.

Why it works

Instructors give up some freedom, but learners get comparable pages, and the same fields power the filters and the comparison view.

Decision 02

A shortlist that becomes a comparison

Learners open many tabs to compare courses and lose track of which was which.

Considered

A dedicated comparison tool reached from a separate menu.

Chosen

I added a save-to-shortlist action on every result card, and the shortlist opens as a side-by-side table of the structured fields.

Why it works

Comparison grows out of something learners already do, saving things for later, instead of asking them to find a new tool.

Decision 03

Reviews that say who wrote them

Star ratings alone don’t tell a beginner whether a course suits a beginner.

Considered

An average star rating and a list of the newest reviews.

Chosen

I tagged each review with the reviewer’s starting level and whether they finished the course, and let learners filter reviews by level.

Why it works

A review from someone like you is worth more than a high average, and showing completion makes reviews harder to game.

05What’s inside

Key features

Search by intent

Search and filters for level, format, length and outcome.

Shortlist and compare

Saved courses open as a side-by-side view of their key details.

Reviews by level

Reviews tagged with the reviewer’s starting level and whether they finished.

Learning paths

Ordered sets of courses for a goal, from first steps to advanced.

Quick checkout

Enrol with saved payment details and start the first lesson right away.

06Outcome

What was delivered

Delivered

  • Search results, filters and course card design
  • Course page template built from structured fields
  • Shortlist and side-by-side comparison
  • Checkout and enrolment flow
  • Instructor listing form and dashboard

What I learned

  1. 01

    In a marketplace, consistent data is a design decision. Structure on the supply side is what makes the demand side work.

  2. 02

    Comparison features work best when they grow out of something people already do.

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