Guides for students and tutors

Costs

How much does a private tutor cost? Online rates, what drives them, and how to budget

What private tutors charge per hour online, what pushes a rate up or down, how to estimate the total cost of reaching your goal, and how to pay safely.

Exam preparation

How to choose an IELTS speaking tutor

What a good IELTS speaking tutor does, how lessons should map to the test format and marking criteria, questions to ask and red flags to avoid.

Choosing a tutor

How to find a good English tutor online

A practical way to choose an online English tutor: set your goal, check your level, read profiles well, spot red flags and run a useful trial lesson.

Choosing a tutor

Questions to ask a tutor before the first lesson

The questions adult learners should ask a private tutor before booking, what good and vague answers sound like, and a first message you can copy.

Pricing

How much to charge for online tutoring: a method, not a guess

Set your online tutoring rate with a floor price, a market check and a value test. Includes US wage data, a worked example and when to raise rates.

Getting started

How to become an online English tutor without a degree

Where a degree is required and where it is not, what to show students instead, the setup you need, and a 30 day plan to find your first private students.

Finding students

How to get private students online: a practical plan for independent tutors

A step-by-step plan for finding private students online: pick a niche, build a profile that converts, get listed, and turn messages into lessons.

Tutor profiles

How to make a tutor introduction video: script template and checklist

A 60 to 90 second tutor intro video script with timings, a filled example, a phone filming checklist, captions, and the mistakes that make students skip.

Tutor profiles

Tutor bio examples: a template and three sample profiles

A fill-in tutor bio template, three sample profiles, a before and after rewrite, and headline formulas that tell a student who you teach and how.

Finding students

Where to advertise tutoring services (free and paid options compared)

Free and paid places to advertise private tutoring online and locally, what each is good for, the rules to watch, and how to tell which one is working.