r/Preply

I booked time off for Saturday and Sunday because I'm busy. I'm almost certain that one student will try to book those out of habit. Just curious what he'll see when he finds out the slot can't be booked. Will it show it's time off or just unavailable?

Hi all, I am looking to begin learning the Japanese language and wanted to know if Preply is a good, reliable source to look for a tutor? A lot of different websites and options come up on google and it can be a little overwhelming. After reading some reviews about this website I am leaning towards using this over others. I just thought I would ask here to get a better understanding. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I saw it today in the Tutor Search results. How are tutors getting it, what is the criteria and do we have any Top 5% guys in here?

Just started tutoring 2 weeks ago and got 5 students and 1, 5 star review so I decided today to increase my price for new students I heard that incremental increases are good (is it good)?
So like my question is how many students should I go for max?

So i had a student book a trial lesson (50min) and, in the beginning, i asked about their goals etc (normal stuff for a trial). The conversation then became about various topics, discussions about our cultures etc and the student was a c1/c2 level so i assumed it was a situation where they simply wanted a native speaker to conversate with as i have had some students like that. At the end of the lesson, however, he asked for my instagram and proceeded to tell me he wouldn’t subscribe and would actually be deleting his account as he never wanted to learn English with Preply, he only wanted to talk with Polish women to understand how they act because his ex was Polish and she hurt him (I’m not even Polish…). So there’s an hour of my life i won’t get back and i don’t even get a student out of it. He deleted his account right after the lesson so i couldn’t report him or anything either. It’s extremely frustrating and unfair

I had a student who "favourited" my profile at my old price point. A few weeks later she booked a lesson with me. Where my price point is higher. But she still ended up paying the old price.

I thought it was a bug. But it happened today with another student. I had no idea that things work like this till now. This makes no sense.

Did it happen to any other tutors?

I've had 3 different people say "pree-pligh" (rhymes with 'tree fly') and I always thought it was "prep-lee".

How do you pronounce it, and where did you learn that pronunciation?

My account has been inactive for a few years due to personal reasons. This month I decided to go back fully, I have updated the video, photo, all profile information but it feels like no student is seeing my account, I mean no account visits. How do I get out of inactivity and start getting students. I initially thought of deleting the account and creating a new one since they tend to push new accounts. I’m at crossroads here, any help is appreciated

My tutor increased their price from around $9/hour to $14, and eventually $25/hour. I've been studying with them for over 2 months now (2 classes every week). I’m one of their older students, so I still pay the old rate ($9) for now because of the legacy pricing system, but I’m worried they may eventually ask me to switch to the new price.

So I wanted to ask tutors: would you ever be willing to negotiate a slightly lower price for a long-term, motivated student? For example something between the old and new rate?

I’d honestly feel a bit ashamed asking for a lower price because I really like this teacher and totally understand why they increased their rates. At the same time, going from 9 to 25$ per class is a huge jump financially for me.

Would asking about a compromise rate be awkward or unreasonable?

Hi I am a self Japanese learner, I do my daily vocabulary SRS in different apps (renshuu, wagotabi, kanji study).

I read graded books, listen to podcasts, watch blogs and so on...

I wanted to have a checkpoint every month to review a bit what I've learned and do some speaking practice.

I read that you can book a 4 lesson subscription, cancel and schedule them over four months.

Is this something common and something tutors are okay with?

Thanks!

So a coulpe of months ago I had a studend book a trial lesson and not show up. Weirdly common thing but hey, if they want to burn their money, that's on them.

However, the student marked me as absent in order to reschedule their missed class - which they did, to the next day. (I obviously blocked them, my first student blocked yay!!)

Queue panic attack, queue angrily talking to the poor folks at the preply help center and I managed to get everything sorted out.

Today, first class of the day. I punctually log in and wait for my student. Then I get a message from him telling me he's logged in and waiting for me. I reply, saying that I am also waiting for him, but he never sees the message. He assumes I had some personal problem - pretty nice student, has been with me for a while - and asks me to get in touch and reschedule. I reply with a date we could reschedule to, since we had already lost too much time,but he doesnt see that either. I get on with my day.

I did however tell the useless preply ai thingy about this, to know what to do.

So now, after the very last class of the day, goddamn Preply tells me that my profile has been blocked because I missed a class.

Queue angry chat, queue issue solved again.

I dont think the student is at fault here this time. He probably didnt know he would block my profile and from his side, it did look like I'd just disappeared.

My issue is: Punishements cannot be handled automatically. If I accuse someone of stealing my wallet, the person doesnt immediately go to jail - rather they get sued and have a chance to prove themselves. The fact that I could solve the problem easily is irrelevant - I still had to, even though it was an error by preply.

Hello, I hope everyone is doing good. I got accepted by preply 2 weeks ago and I tutor English. So I am wondering how you got students, any tips? I would highly appreciate it.

Hey yalll. I am back again😅 i got my account verified!! Thanks to all that have suggestions 🥰

I fear i am gonna be the resident yapper in this group. I just wanted to ask how long it took you to get your first student and also how to set up payment system.

Thank in advance

I am this question to other fellow hindi tutors on preply .
I am new at preply , my profile got approved 15 days ago and I didn’t receive even a single student request at yet.
Is this normal guys ?
Also could you also tell me about in how many days you got your first student?
Thanks

Im not OP:

Just a reminder to tutors, do not get excited if a student joins your session if they talk badly about their previous tutor.

In a twist of fate, a student who used to learn with my friend has not chose me as their new tutor. Unaware I am friends with her previous tutor.

She missed almost 2 two months of lessons with my friend and cancelled the day before each time (with no reason).

She has then been asked to find a new tutor from my friend and she has found me and told me her former tutor turned up late, and was not nice.

I blocked the student after the trial lesson. Students should also be able to be reviewed because this is appalling behaviour from a "student".

This is wild!

Hi -

Just a sort of venting post. I'm honestly in pain because this has been a recurring theme on this site for me. My tutors will act like we are friends, sometimes talking to me off app nearly every single day, and then the second I get attached, suddenly there's some weird new professional boundary. I'm not saying things are always inappropriate (although my last one was), but I am saying they make me feel special, even calling me a friend, giving me HOURS of extra time, but then the moment I act like we are friends, they pull back and act cold.

I have very bad depression, and a toxic environment at home. Learning the language has been my biggest medicine. I don't trust a lot of people, so this really hurts. They'll go from "you're my favorite student to talk to and I care about you" to "I can only offer lessons on the app now." Like, okay? Then why did YOU start the DMs? Why did YOU say you're my friend? Why did YOU say I was your favorite to talk to?

I don't want to open up to another tutor. I don't even want to learn the language anymore. It's been completely tainted, and that hurts more than anything, because learning the language and loving the culture has been my biggest reason to push through depression.

Is this a common thing on the app? Is this because I'm a (so called) attractive woman and my tutors have been males? I feel completely beside myself. I'm literally not doing anything wrong but acting like they mattered in my life. Not even prying personal questions. Just acting like they matter. Now once again, I have to find another tutor or just quit because another one tried shove me back in the just a student on Preply box out of nowhere. Just when I think I found one I can trust and learn from while feeling safe, suddenly I'm not anymore.

I'm totally fine with an only Preply relationship, that's how it should be most of the time I guess. But when someone starts it, then talks to me every day off app for months, talks about us meeting in the future, then without warning claims it's not "healthy or sustainable" it's like...okay, then why did you start and continue it then? Ego? I don't understand. I know people will come on here and make fun of me probably, but I'm not sure where else to go.

Just started on Preply as a Chemistry tutor after teaching students offline for the past few years, mostly IGCSE/IB students.

Honestly, the whole beginning phase feels a bit weird 😅
You optimize your profile, record the intro video 17 times, adjust pricing, open tons of availability slots… and then just stare at the dashboard waiting for life to happen.

I’m starting at $5/hour for now mainly to build reviews and momentum first. Trying to figure things out properly instead of rushing.

Would genuinely love to hear from other Chemistry/STEM tutors here:

• How long did it take you to get your first regular student?
• Did Chemistry take longer to grow compared to language tutors?
• What actually improved your trial lesson conversions?
• Anything you wish you knew when you first started?

Would love to hear real experiences, especially from fellow Chemistry tutors because sometimes it feels like 90% of Preply is English teachers 😄

I've been having classes with this woman for the past 2-3 months. She had 25 minute classes almost everyday, didn't study at all and barely retained anything. I changed my approach numerous times and finally told her I think it would be more beneficial for her to have classes every second day and study on her own on the other days if she finds it difficult to find time to review. She agreed and I haven't had a class with her since.

As for now she has cancelled her weekly spots and cancelled all of the upcoming classes and told me that she would like to have 2 one hour long lessons weekly in the future but as for now she doesn't know at what time or day.

I want to take on new students but what I'm scared of is, would it be reasonable from supports point of view if she leaves a bad review because I don't have time to teach her anymore? I know that even if she told me the specific time that she would like to have classes in the future, I don't owe her that unless she books that weekly spot. But she has 11 classes bought and not used so I'd understand if she was angry if she couldn't use them. It would be difficult for her to use those classes with another tutor because I'm one of only two tutors in her price range who teach my language in her language.