Skillshare

Skillshare

Skillshare is an online learning platform focused on creative skills. Course preview and enrollment widgets may be embedded on partner and affiliate sites, enabling visitors to preview course content and initiate sign-ups. Scripts may track referral activity.

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Overview

Skillshare is an online learning marketplace focused on creative disciplines — design, illustration, photography, video production, and freelancing. When detected on third-party websites, Skillshare appears through affiliate enrollment widgets, course preview embeds, and referral tracking scripts on partner and creator sites. The platform's presence on external websites is primarily driven by its affiliate marketing program, which compensates partners for driving new subscriber sign-ups.

What This Script Does

Skillshare embeds and tracking scripts serve affiliate marketing and course promotion purposes.

  • Course embeds: Preview widgets load from Skillshare's CDN, displaying course thumbnails, instructor information, and sign-up CTAs within the host page
  • Affiliate tracking: JavaScript tags track referral clicks and attribute new subscriber sign-ups to the referring partner. Cookies store affiliate identifiers and click timestamps for conversion attribution.
  • Cookies set: Persistent first-party cookies storing affiliate referral identifiers with multi-day expiry windows for conversion attribution. Session cookies maintain the enrollment flow state.
  • Data collected: Click events on affiliate links, referral source URLs, conversion events (free trial starts, paid subscriptions), and affiliate partner identifiers. Browser and device information may be collected for fraud prevention in the affiliate program.
  • No behavioral tracking: The tracking is focused on affiliate conversion attribution, not on monitoring browsing behavior across the host website.

Consent & Compliance

Skillshare falls under functional and marketing consent categories.

Under GDPR and ePrivacy, course preview embeds serve a functional content display purpose. However, the affiliate tracking cookies set for conversion attribution constitute non-essential cookie storage under the ePrivacy Directive, falling into the marketing category. The persistent affiliate cookies store referral identifiers that link visitor actions to advertising partners.

Under CCPA/CPRA, affiliate tracking data and conversion attribution constitute processing of personal information. The sharing of conversion data with affiliate partners may constitute "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Should You Block This Without Consent?

Conditional. Static course preview content can display as functional elements. The affiliate tracking scripts that set persistent cookies for conversion attribution should be blocked until marketing consent is granted. If the host site earns affiliate commissions from Skillshare referrals, the tracking cookies are marketing tools and require consent.

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Consent Categories

Functional
Marketing

Also Known As

Skillshare coursesSkillshare creativeSkillshare online classesSkillshare affiliate

Industries

Science and EducationEducation

Tracked Domains (1)

skillshare.comFunctional

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Skillshare require consent on my website?

Consent is required for Skillshare's affiliate tracking components. Static course preview embeds can display as functional elements. The affiliate tracking scripts that set persistent cookies for conversion attribution are marketing tools and require prior opt-in consent.

What cookies and data does Skillshare collect?

Skillshare's affiliate tracking sets persistent first-party cookies storing affiliate referral identifiers with multi-day expiry windows. Click events, referral source URLs, and conversion events such as free trial starts and paid subscriptions are recorded for partner attribution.

How does ConsentStack handle Skillshare?

ConsentStack separates Skillshare's functional embed from its affiliate tracking script. The course preview loads as functional content, while ConsentStack blocks the affiliate tracking cookies until a visitor grants marketing consent on your site.

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