A friend of mine tried something like this about 5 years ago. He set up a website that had basic instructions for common things people do online (email, Facebook, messaging etc.) and he offered lessons and even group classes. What he found was that there were a fair number of older people who wanted to learn this stuff and would gladly take his classes, but none of them wanted to pay for it. He tried several different things to drum up business but it all ended in the same way, they thought they should get it for free, or they simply didn't have the money to hire him.
It could work, but it will likely be a very rough haul.
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