You've spent years building real expertise. The algorithm rewards someone with a ring light.
Class26 is a platform where professionals find coaches and experts based on real expertise, demonstrable experience and reviews from other users. No likes. No sponsored positions. Just proof.
30 minutes. No pitch from our side.
You judge us at least as well as we judge you.
Everyone calls themselves a coach these days.
Scroll through Instagram or TikTok for ten minutes and you see them: coaches who charge large sums, make professional videos, and have thousands of followers. Some are excellent. But many of them have little more than a good camera and persuasive scripts.
Meanwhile, there are people with ten, fifteen, or twenty years of real practical experience whom you never encounter. Who don't advertise. Who aren't on social media. Who simply do their work and remain invisible to the people who need them.
That is the problem we solve.
A platform where expertise is found based on evidence.
Class26 is a marketplace for coaches, trainers, and experts. Professionals search for a coach or trainer here based on field of expertise, work experience, specialization, and reviews from previous clients.
No algorithm that puts the most popular at the top. No paid positions. No follower numbers as a measure of quality.
Who are you, what have you demonstrably achieved, and what do people who have worked with you say?
I was looking for a coach myself. Not someone who had gone viral on Instagram, but someone with real experience in my field.
What I found: people who call themselves coaches because they’ve taken a course and have a professional camera. They charge thousands of euros. They know how to convince people. But the expert with twenty years of practical experience, they aren't on the right track. They aren't being found.
That is the platform I would have wanted to use myself. So we decided to build it."
Murat Gümüş
C0-Founder Class26
Meet the founders
Ayse Gümüş
Co-Founder
With a legal background and years of experience as a director in healthcare and chair of an industry association, I have seen firsthand how hard it is to find the right expertise at the right level. Class26 is my answer to that. A platform where real professionals connect with real experts, not to collect certificates, but to actually grow.
Murat Gümüş
Co-Founder
After 10 years in financial services, optimizing processes, building systems, and coaching colleagues, I started noticing something that bothered me. Expertise was becoming invisible. Everywhere you look, new coaches appear overnight. Class26 exists to change that. To give the experts who have truly earned their place the platform they deserve.
We have just started. That is exactly why this is the right moment.
There are no other experts on the platform yet. That is the honest state of affairs and simultaneously the proposition.
The first group of founding experts determines what Class26 looks like, feels like, and functions. You are not just another name on a list. You are someone who helps set the standard.
What founding partners receive
Permanent 10% commission, permanently, even when rates change in the future.
The standard rate will be 17%.
You decide which categories we open first
Your field of expertise will be given priority at the launch.
Prominent visibility at launch
The founding experts are shown to new users first.
Influence on product development
Your feedback helps determine which features we build first.
Direct access to the founders
The first group of experts will have direct communication with the founders.
We will hold a maximum of 15 interviews this month. After that, we will temporarily close the selection.
Class26 is not for everyone and that's exactly the point.
We work with a small, selected group. Not as a marketing technique, but because quality control is at the core of what we build. You qualify as:
You have a proven track record - Not only years of experience, but demonstrable results with clients that you can name.
Your name stands for something in your field - You have developed your own approach, methodology, or perspective through years of practice.
You want to structure your offer beyond 1-on-1 - You are thinking about programs, group courses, or other ways to reach more people without simply working more hours.
You understand that quality and positioning are not a side issue - You would rather build something that is right than something that is fast.
Three steps, and you'll know where you stand.
Intro Call - 30 minutes
We talk about your situation, your offer, and your ambitions. No PowerPoint from us. No pitch. Just a conversation between two people seeing if there is a match.
Selection & positioning.
Together, we look at whether and how your offering fits within Class26. How do you position yourself? Which target audience do you serve best? If there is no match, we will say so, honestly and directly.
Launch as Early Partner.
You are part of the first group. Permanent 10% commission. Prominent visibility at the launch and a direct line to the founders for the duration of the first phase.
Tell us who you are.
We will tell you honestly what we are building.
In 30 minutes, you will get an honest picture of what Class26 is, where we stand, and what being a Early Partner means in practice. You evaluate us. We evaluate whether there is a match. If there isn't, we will tell you immediately.
You will be redirected to Ayse's calendar. Choose a time that suits you.
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