How to Make Money Online with Virtual Events in 2025

At Creator Trail, we are all about helping content creators make money from their skills and passions. We have seen an explosion of virtual events in recent years, which will not slow down as many people still prefer the comfort (and less cost) of learning virtually rather than in-person events.

Virtual events are a great way to make money if implemented correctly, especially if you love to teach others your skills.

This article will teach you how to make money online with virtual events.

Monetizing your virtual event

We will be writing about how to plan and host virtual events in future articles, but let’s think about monetization because this is an important task when planning your event. You can make money online from virtual events in several ways, and it’s all about choosing the best option for you.

1. Charge people to attend

Once you have built a small audience, you could charge people to attend your virtual events. Our advice would be to keep it small and personal. Think of a skill you can teach people that is easy to consume. You want to keep it reasonably slow-paced so people can make notes.

People would pay you to attend because they know they are getting your personal coaching in a small group. This could be a weekly, monthly or quarterly virtual event you offer your audience.

Let’s pretend you are helping people secure a remote job like our friends at the Remote Hive. Host a monthly virtual event where you teach your audience the process that increases their chances of getting a remote job interview.

Provide lots of value for your audience

At the end, have a Q&A session for 30-45 minutes where you answer questions. You would want your attendees to go away feeling more confident when applying for remote jobs. As a bonus, you could record the event so they can re-watch the video later and also ask you questions async.

People would pay for a virtual event where you share how to achieve a particular goal. Knowing that you do not need a huge audience to run this virtual event and make money online is vital. There are probably many topics you could focus on within your niche.

WordPress ticketing solution

In a future article, we will explore how you can charge people for a virtual event. Still, if your website is powered by WordPress, we recommend checking out the Events Calendar, which has some premium add-ons to help you with the booking, hosting and ticketing for your virtual event.

2. Acquire sponsors

Another option to make money from virtual events is to reach out to potential sponsors and make the event free to attend. The sponsors need to be a close match to the topic of the event and also the audience.

We have written about how to approach companies for sponsorship, so we’d recommend reading this article for more advice.

The virtual event could have one primary sponsor, or depend on your niche, you could have different categories of sponsors.

You must remember that within your virtual event, you need to ensure that the sponsors receive exposure. Limit it to 2 or 3 so your attendees don’t feel overwhelmed with sponsorship promotion throughout the event.

Do not be afraid of charging for attending the virtual event and have a few sponsors – at the end of the day, it’s all about adding value to your attendees and making money from it. You want to be in profit by the end.

3. Promote a product or service

Another popular route is to make the virtual event accessible but use it to promote a product or service. Host a virtual event to teach the audience a skill but then make sure you have a solid call to action about your product or service during the event to make sales.

Chris Ducker at YouPreneur does this very well in that he teaches a super valuable skill and then has a solid call to action to where people can sign up for their group coaching programme.

You could even use this option if you want to promote a product or service as an affiliate. Run a live virtual class and include a call to action for people to purchase and receive a commission per sale.

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There are many opportunities; hopefully, this article has taught you how to make online money from virtual events.

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