Preply

Be flexible! Use their wonderful calendar feature that allows to plan your schedule according to your daily routines

Teach students from all around the world, young and old. 

Present yourself the way you want. You can show your yourself in your own video, tell people about your teaching method and let them know what an awesome tutor you are. 

Learn and grow with Preply. They are always newly inventing the way they work and you can benefit from that.

Huge student base.

Set your own price for your lessons, up to $100.

24/7 Customer support in case something just does not work the way it should.

Use the Preply Space – their own video platform for flawless tutoring Face to Face.

Guaranteed payments, you can withdraw your earnings whenever you want and they assure you that you get paid for the lessons conducted on their platform.

Preply pays teachers through Payoneer.

Most popular tutors on Preply can earn up to $550 weekly. Their earnings are influenced by the hourly rate they set, the quantity of lessons they conduct, and the number of students who continue post-trial lessons. A suggestion for tutors new to the platform is to initiate with a lower hourly rate to attract their first students quickly; they have the flexibility to modify this rate at any time.

Preply deducts a commission fee from the lessons to attract more students globally, enhance the video tool, and develop learning materials for the sessions. The platform also offers free professional development webinars and multilingual customer support to assist tutors throughout their journey.

The commission taken for every trial lesson with a new student is 100%. For all subsequent lessons, the commission begins at 33% and decreases to 18% as tutors accumulate more teaching hours on the platform.

As an independent contractor, Preply takes a cut of your earnings as payment for building and maintaining the platform you use and for attracting and retaining the client base.

The more you work, the less Preply takes in commission. This is how
the scheme works:

● 0–20 hours: 33%
● 21–50 hours: 28%
● 51–200 hours: 25%
● 201–400 hours: 22%
● 400+ hours: 18%

One of the best features of Preply is the ability of tutors to set their own rates. As a contractor, this gives you greater control over your income, which can definitely be a plus. But there can be a downside: what is the best way to come to the ideal pay rate? If you set it too low, you miss out on valuable income. But if you set it too high beyond your qualifications, you could miss out on new clients.

When setting your pay rate, consider these factors:

– What are your qualifications? Do you have an advanced degree?
– Whom are you expecting to teach? Working professionals with more disposable income or cash-strapped younger students?
– What subjects will you be teaching?
– Do you prioritize a high per-hour rate or attracting more students?

It's worth keeping in mind that you can change your rate at any point – so one good strategy might be to keep your rates competitive in the beginning to attract more students and then to slowly increase the price once you have attained a base of repeat students who value your work.

Payoneer is essentially the lesser-known cousin of PayPal, the online payment system that is often used for transactions on the web such as online tutoring.
Creating a Payoneer account is straightforward. All you need is a bank account to link your account to. After a short verification process, you can begin sending and receiving money.
Following your completed lessons on Preply, the company then credits your internal account that you can then choose to deposit into your Payoneer account. The money is then yours to do with as you please.

Make sure your internet is as fast as possible to avoid inconvenient and disruptive lags in video connections. An internet speed of at least 25 Mbps is advisable to maintain a steady connection with your clients. Check your internet speed for free here.

Select a neutral, presentable background. Be aware of what is going on behind and around you.

Set your camera at eye level.

Pick a quiet, secluded space to teach where you will experience
minimal interruptions during tutoring sessions.
Use headphones with a microphone to ensure good
communication.

Wear presentable, professional work clothes (at least on top).

Students can't necessarily see what you are wearing on the bottom, but they can see your choice of attire covering the upper portion of your body. As a rule of thumb, wear a shirt that would be acceptable in an office setting while teaching online – just because you are at home doesn't mean your clients won't expect you to dress the part of the professional.

Due to the nature of Preply's platform, students get to choose whom they use for their tutoring. Consequently, the strengths and weaknesses of your profile are constantly weighed against the many, many other tutors on the platform.

Unfortunately, regardless of how qualified you are, most students on the platform will only look at your profile for (at most) a minute before making a snap judgment about whether to work with you or not. Within that timeframe, it's imperative that you make a lasting, positive impression.
What this means is that you need to make your profile stand out to attract students. Here is what you might want to include to spruce up your profile and attraction the maximum volume of clients:
● Education
● Credentials
● Professional experience and any teaching jobs you’ve held
● Any specialty topics that you teach (i.e., business English, English
for tourism)
● Personal interests (students with shared interests will find those
tutors more attractive)
● A smiley, friendly profile picture
● A well-produced, polished intro video

Preply offers more than 100 subjects, encompassing languages, school and university disciplines, as well as various hobbies and arts.