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Has Cambly Pro improved your Cambly experience (be it salary, student bookings etc.)?

Edit: And if it hasn't, have you gone back to regular Cambly?

I'm PhD scholar who teaches accountancy to 11-12th. Currently I'm doing part time job in private school where I teach Accountancy, and I have 3 year experience in tution. I want a WFH job to manage my finances, please help.

To qualify for Cambly Pro, your account must not be on probation. Is this only for new tutors? How do you know if your account is on probation, and has anyone ever been put on probation for not following Cambly's guidelines?

**UPDATE** After emailing them they told me I am on probation and have atleast 2 policy violations. I have been working on Cambly for 5 years.

Their response - Thanks for reaching out. Your account is currently on probation and has 2 Policy Violations on record.  If you’d like more details about this, please reply to this message and our team will follow up

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That as you know is the list of options facing a new student. So, for those on 97.5 and below, if they get past "Pro" and "Supertutors" you may snag a student if you are online. Don't forget that you will be at the bottom of the list of "online now" underneath all the available "online now" Pros and Supertutors. Make use of the downtime create other incomes.

I've been thinking about something that I can't get out of my head.

When you're teaching via video call, there's this invisible sync that happens between a great teacher and their student. You start picking up on tiny signals — the way they hesitate before answering, the words they choose, how they repeat your explanation back to you — and you adjust how you explain things accordingly.

But here's my question: how long does it take you to figure out how a specific student's mind works? And do you ever finish a session genuinely unsure whether they actually understood — or just nodded along?

I'm not talking about quiz results. I mean that gut feeling mid-session where you can't tell if the confusion is with the concept, your explanation style, or something else entirely.

Would love to hear how experienced teachers handle this. Especially those teaching 1-on-1 online.

I’ve been on Cambly since 2018, and honestly, I’ve never seen it this bad before. Usually I’m booked up 2–3 weeks in advance without even thinking about it, but these last few weeks have been really strange. I’ve actually had to go back to doing Priority Hours again, which I haven’t needed to do in years.

What’s confusing is that my stats are still solid, 100% attendance, 100% rating, so on paper nothing has changed. But it almost feels like my profile just isn’t being shown to new students anymore. The odd thing is, whenever I open a Priority Hour, I suddenly start getting bookings and new students again.

So it makes me wonder if some of us are being quietly pushed down in the algorithm unless we’re actively doing PHs. Maybe I’m wrong, but after this many years on the platform, you notice when something suddenly feels different.

Has anyone else noticed any strange happenings?

I'm just theorizing, but the black Friday sale usually offered attractive discounts for the six-month subscriptions. It's been about 6 months since black Friday, so I guess plans have expired and many haven't renewed? The black Friday sale started a few weeks before black Friday itself. I've had a steady decline over the past few weeks, with a lot of my formerly new students having not booked me in the last 2 weeks. That said, I've gained 3 new regulars who said that they can no longer book their normal tutor due to them now having Pro Status, so I guess there's that. It was nice to have them fill the gaps in my schedule.

i don't have much experience teaching. but i do think i will do okay. I'm a pretty patient person. Does anyone have any suggestions on starting out at Cambly?

Of students not reading my profile before booking.

I had a bunch of no shows today, most of them trial students. I spent the entire day just waiting around for people...then getting half of the pay I expected. No messages to apologize either.

How's everyone doing today?
I posted an ill-advised rant post which was frankly immature so promptly deleted it. Apologies to all..... bit frustrated ^_^.

Essentially, I have too much time on my hands to type a massive rant post during a PH.

What do you like to do on PH when you're receiving no calls?

I don't know if you guys remember me but I was losing my mind, in Thailand for years surviving off this and other platforms. It was hell. I lived paycheck to meagre ass paycheck. Finally had to throw in the towel.. called everyone I know back home and begged for a plan ticket and place to stay. I got on that plane wearing cheap clothes I'd worn throw smoke and rainy seasons for years, carrying all I had left in 2 giant Walmart reusable bags. Couldn't get a single callback in Canada for four months. I had sticker shock over the prices and was constantly freezing. But finally... I found something. They flew me out, put me up, pay me well. I have benefits now. I am sad and don't want to live here but I thoguht I was dead and done back then. I got a new chance. You can too. These companies are so predatory. There's always another way. Good luck

So, I had a ( new to me ) Pro student ( account from 2021) who no showed yesterday. It was my last class of the day- I was tired and annoyed. I didn't send a message, just let it go and noted the No Show. Today, I received a weekly class request from this student ( until November). I looked at their profile and it doesn't look like they have completed any courses in the entire time they have had this account.

Red flag for me is that 1) they no showed 2) they've requested weekly classes for several months and we've never even met. I am inclined to say no to this request, especially since they didn't show up for our first class. I get that things happen, but if they are a long time Cambly student? They should know how to message the tutor or cancel the class. What would you do?

So I had the same student for the second time today. The first lesson was about a month ago. The actual lesson today was OK, but after the lesson today he messaged me asking if I noticed an improvement from his first lesson with me a month ago(which I barely remember). I said that its hard to notice a difference from 1 lesson I had with someone a month ago. Then he asked me to look at the recording from the previous lesson to see if there's a difference. I told him I can't see recordings of past lessons.

After the first lesson, a month ago, he wrote me asking how long to improve his English from A2 to B2 level. I basically said it would be very hard to predict that, then he told me he wanted to achieve this in 1 or 2 months. I found this pretty laughable and just didn't respond when he said that.

I would rather just avoid this guy and block him. He booked another lesson with me tomorrow. I have enough time to block him and cancel the lesson but I'm worried this might just result in him giving me a shit rating as I don't know if he has already rated the last lesson or not. What do you guys think?

Uncle J., was a jerk. He spied on his family and stressed them out to no end with the whole “Missing Will” fiasco. He needed professional help.

Also, if I have to do the mysteries one more time, my brain is going to explode .

As titled, incoming call for a friggin 1 minute class?

Thoughts people?

I am considering joining Cambly Pro. I have been tutoring on Cambly for about five years and have a 100% rating. I have not been online much this year due to other obligations. My video is outdated, and I understand you have to upload a new video and photo. Is it worth the effort? Has it been a good experience? Cambly was great during the pandemic and gave me some extra pocket money. I still have some of my regulars and am happy to have been a witness to their progress over the years. Any input would be appreciated.

Hi everyone, my profile score is 97.5. I know it could be better, but it’s not terrible either. There are almost no available PH hours, even on weekends, until the day they actually open up. Monday to Friday is absolutely awful. Luckily, I don’t rely only on Cambly for income, but it still seems pretty bad. A score of 97.5 should still get me more PH hours if I want them. How is it for those of you with scores of 98 or 98.5?

I've started blocking students who just read AI-generated answers during class. It's so obvious, incredibly boring, and a complete waste of time. The answers sound so stupid and fake that I can hardly stop myself from rolling my eyes.

Do students really think we can't tell when they're just reading from an AI site?