Don´t know why. Had 3 in July and 100% conversion.
I am ranked 1-3 always.
People save me as favourite - i write them - nobody answers. Feels like bots.
It´s strange. Never had that before.
I am getting nervous.
I am trying to think about what to do about my schedule.
Currently it's 10 - 3 & then 6 - 10 M - TH but I hardly have any bookings.
Should I change to the weekends? I also want to work with more LATAM students ... what days & times are they usually available?
I am currently studying Spanish - however I have lived in Japan for years which is why sometimes I get more Asian students... but to be honest I am more interested in teaching Latin American students at this time.
How can I change my profile to attract more latin american students? I can't really explain lessons in Spanish at this point so I have no idea what to put that would attract more of them :(
If my and student's cameras are on and I use whiteboard, how many MBs will Preply spend for 50 min lesson (min and max)? How much traffic do I need per month if I teach, for example, 12 hours per week? And is there any way to reduce traffic usage on laptop?
I know using mobile internet is not recommended, but our apartment is slated for demolition and my internet provider took away the equipments. I have to use mobile internet for a month or two.
I teach Math
At first I even liked the platform as a student, but I very much hate it now. I learnt quite a lot in a few weeks, so it was not completely lost but that was until stuff started to go sideways for me.
Teachers cancel all the time or quit on you in the middle of the month, but since it works on a subscription plan you might be left with a bunch of classes in your account where you need to look for another tutor. But that one can cancel on you too if you are unlucky like me, so then you are back at it again.
And if you have classes in your saldo - sure use it for another tutor, but only for a trial lesson, bc after that you need to subscribe to that tutor - but then you end up having even more classes in your saldo? Well be sure to plan them quickly bc they might end up expiring!! And if your tutor is not that available then you are looking at two options which is A - losing money bc saldo expires or B - back at square one of looking for another tutor with more availability 🫠🫠🫠
Sounds tiring and complicated for no reason? Well the reason is you gonna most likely end up losing money by accident. And there is A LOT of fine print so you will most likely slip up on something.
AVOID and just look for a private teacher or a course somewhere else.
I started tutoring on Preply a little while ago and set my price way too low starting out ($13 which, with commission, comes out as less than the minimum wage in my country), without really understanding the market or the commission structure. I recently tried to raise my price for a family with two kids (they pay one 50 min lesson together for both). They said the new price is too expensive and they’re going to stop lessons after their already-booked sessions finish. The new price I‘d like to raise is $24. Considering that I have to do preparation and follow-up for both kids individually as they are at such different levels, I think that’s be more than fair as the time I spend on them is a lot.
For those of you who’ve been through this: how do you typically handle raising prices with existing students? Do you offer a lower “loyalty” rate for people who started with you early on, or just accept that some students will leave when you adjust to a fairer price? Also curious if there’s a smoother way to introduce a price change next time, so it doesn’t come across as a big jump.
Hi everyone,
I only last week subscribed to a so far very good online tutor on a preply. When I signed up a few days ago, the rate locked in at an incredibly low intro price (around $10/hr equivalent). However looking at her profile now, she has updated her official rate to double that amount. She has years of experience and hundreds of completed lessons so her new price is completely justified.
I’ve only had two lessons so far but I really want to study with her long-term. Frankly, I feel like I'd be robbing her by staying at this cheap rate.
I want to message her and ask her to manually change my student rate on her end to match her new profile price but have some anxiety that this might come across as weirdly condescending or patronising. I know I’m the one who clicked on a $10 rate but I did not think I’d be getting this quality of teaching.
For context, her culture heavily values social politeness and mutual respect and I don't want to cause any awkwardness. Has anyone done this before? Is it the right thing to do or should I just accept the lower rate and wait for her to raise it. If you are a tutor, how would you feel if a brand new student asked you to raise their price?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there, I have been an English Tutor on Preply for almost a year. I have a young adult professional B2-level student who originally subscribed for once a week lessons. Over several months, I think he was too busy to keep coming every week and started to skip lessons fairly often. Which is fine with me, it's about the student, not me. Then he decided to take a break for the summer, but I suspect maybe wants to stop lessons with me. I'm his mom's age - to me that may be an issue that he'd like a younger tutor to speak with as most of the lessons are conversational. At this point he has 3 lessons in his account but zero scheduled with me. I reached out to see if he wanted to get on the schedule. I know he saw the message but has not replied. I am tempted to let him know it is totally fine with me if he wants to change tutors. I could even explain that he can transfer his subscription to another tutor if that's a concern. He was such a polite young man that I wonder if he just doesn't want to offend me by telling me he's not going to schedule anymore lessons. Has anything similar ever happened to anyone? I don't mind him canceling because he never schedules and my rate is higher now anyway so new students are preferred. It's like he's just hanging out there on my roster. Of course, now that I posted this, he will probably schedule...Thanks in advance.
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I am new in preply, what price i should set and how to get students?
Hi Tutors, how often do you give the regular feedbacks with the Preply function?
And to students, how often do you get or want to get feedbacks from your tutors?
I joined Preply since February. At the beginning, I was working on the regular feedbacks every month, every time when Preply sent me messages to send the students feedbacks.
But nowadays I’m having around 25 students to manage and starting to feel that I am working too much for the money I am receiving. I’m not giving feedbacks every month anymore to the students from who I get only a few euros more than minimum wage in my city (Central Europe).
It depends on students, but usually I feel comfortable to give feedback after 10-15 lessons. I can see their progress clearly so I’m confident to praise their progress. At the same time I understand more about what are they struggling with and can offer some solutions. And also build the lesson plans for coming months.
I care about my students progress so if my extra work would be more valued then I would love to do it. I’m willingly doing it with new students who pays me more.
To make one feedback, I need to check back the notes and lessons plans. And it really takes quite a lot of energy by thinking back how did we tackle each grammatical points and activities, how were they, the progress, the difficulties and put all these things into words. Forming the sentences in a language that students prefer is also a task. I love languages but it doesn’t mean I can do it easily. Finishing one feedback takes usually 1-2 hours. So of course it’s impossible to give every students every month’s feedbacks. And I’m even feeling sometimes I don’t wanna do it for some students because I’m afraid of that they ask me more and more.
I wanna know how tutors deal with regular feedbacks and the students expectations for tutors. Tutors, how many time do you spend on it and do you think it’s important factor in tutoring?
Thanks in advance! :)
Just like the title says. I was at work. Saw an email from Preply that email was changed. And in quick successions came two PayPal transactions alerts. Now, I can not log into my account- since the email was changed. PayPal so far said they will not do anything. I am now dealing with combination of Preply AI bs and their sporadic support.
I’m a young French teacher, and I met a woman in her 30s online. At first, it was simply in the context of my lessons, but over time, we became very close.
We can talk for 3 or 4 hours without even noticing the time, sometimes about completely random things. And the strange thing is, I genuinely love talking to her. Whenever we talk, it makes me feel really good.
After spending so much time talking to her, I developed very, very strong feelings for her. I think about her a lot, I’ve even dreamed about her several times. Sometimes I try not to message her for a whole day to create some distance, but the urge always comes back.
And when she talks to me about other men, I have to admit it: it hurts, and I feel jealous.
I think she has probably figured out that I have feelings for her, even though I’ve never clearly told her.
The problem is that I have absolutely no idea how to make her understand that I love her without making things awkward or ruining what we have.
If you were in my position, how would you let her know that you have feelings for her?
Tal cual dice el título, retire mi dinero y usualmente me llega instantáneo… pero hoy ha tomado una hora y aún no llega. Contacte soporte y abrieron un ticket pero aún no responden… les ha pasado esto? Ayuda.
Hi all!
I'm a complete noobie when it comes to Preply (started almost 3 weeks ago), so even being a tech person, it's a confusing platform, to be honest. At least for me.
Here's my situation:
The "student" didn't schedule a trial session and went straight to buying 8 lessons with me, once a week, basically pre-paying 2 months of lessons. I forgot to ask for more info before the lesson (I had too many trials scheduled, my mistake).
When I got there, turns out she'd booked those lessons for her niece, who's 14.
I don't teach kids or teenagers. I don't have a degree in education and don't feel I have the expertise for that. And honestly, I prefer teaching adults, the subjects and content just flow more naturally.
We already did the first lesson today.
I didn't want to waste her time or money, so I went with the basics with the niece for this one session. But I don't want to continue...
I felt really uncomfortable with the situation, and honestly, continuing would be a waste of my time and her money.
So my questions are:
I just want to vent tbh.
It’s just midday and I had 3 trials.
Two no shows (they won’t even read or reply to my messages) and one who told me, right at the end of the lesson, “you know I honestly think the price is too high”.
That’s for a total of 125 minutes wasted, way to go.
I've noticed that most videos on Preply are one shot, not edited. Although they don't specify in the guidelines that the video can't have cuts, I've noticed some people saying their video was rejected just for being a little more complex (different scenarios, for example). I sent a video that is more on the complex side (different scenarios and angles to catch the attention + subtitles), so I'm worried I'm going to have to redo it as something more bland, as I feel like being creative is something that could attract students. So, to those who have been approved, how creative were you able to be with your video? Are there cuts, different scenarios, subtitles, pictures?
Edit: They got back to me the next day! They did tell me to edit a few seconds of it where I show one of my certificates, as it could reveal my full name (although it's very small and brief), but made no further complaints.
For tutors that do Preply and othe online platforms as a fulltime job, how do you cover all expenseses? Particularly if you live in a "high cost" country like the US, Canada, UK, Germany, etc.
A student took a trial with me, then he subscribed for 4 lessons. He showed up for the first lesson; did not show up for the second, but he confirmed the lesson. Then, I kept rescheduling the lessons and texting him with no response from his side. He did not cancel the subscription, though. Now, the deadline of his assignment which he asked for help with is coming up in three days.
what is the right action to take in the situation? should I show up for the lessons in the scheduled times although I am quite sure he will not show up? or should I cancel the remaining two lessons from my side? I am afraid that cancelling from my side might affect my visibility on Preply. Any advice?
I created a profile on Preply using a preferred name because I do not go by my legal name professionally or in real life for personal reasons. I passed ID verification despite my legal first name being different. Is this an issue for uploading teaching certificates?
I like my tutor, she's friendly and we get along (been working with her for about half year). However, I feel like she's kind of leaving it up to me to come up with topics to talk about in class. Initially I didn't mind as much, and used it as an opportunity to do some studying in between classes and it helped me to have a few talking points prepared, but now I find it takes up a fair bit of mental energy for me to decide on the topic, and end up kind of dreading it.
I understand Preply is likely more affordable than what I would pay for a private class elsewhere (specifically, I pay ~37€ per class, 1 per week for 50 minutes), but still don't know if this is the expectation and not sure if I should raise this concern with my tutor, or try other tutors.
How does it work for you? What topics are prepared for the class and how does it work? My goal was to have conversational classes and focus on speaking, but I did expect a bit more structure I suppose. Should I bring up more specific goals, I am kind of not sure how to even approach this subject.
Hello, the same student booked 5 classes in a day.
From my experience at school I'm normally used to prepare 3 classes per day, but 5 classes
never happened to me. Do you have any tips? Which activities would you recommend in your experience?
Thanks a lot