Topic
Rates
Setting, justifying, and raising tutoring rates without losing the students you want to keep.
When Should Independent Tutors Raise Rates vs Add Hours?
A practical framework for choosing when to raise tutoring rates versus adding teaching hours, with math and warning signs.
How to Sell Lesson Packages (Instead of Single Lessons)
How to structure 5/10/20 lesson packages, price the commitment discount, write policies that protect you, and pitch them in twenty seconds.
Online English Tutor Rates in 2026: What Tutors Actually Charge
What independent online English tutors charge in 2026, channel by channel — and how marketplace commissions change the number you actually keep.
How Many Students Do You Need to Tutor Full-Time? The Honest Arithmetic
Skip the guesswork. Build your own student number from income, rate, and lesson frequency — plus the hidden multipliers and the capacity ceiling.
The Rate-Raise Conversation: Scripts That Don't Lose Students
Three scripts (email, in-lesson, waitlist), four verbatim objections, and the responses that hold the new rate without losing students.
How Much Should You Charge for a Trial Lesson?
Free trials attract tyre-kickers; full-price trials kill conversion. The 50%-with-credit model, with rough conversion maths to test against your own.
How to Set Your Tutoring Rates (And Stop Undercharging)
Most tutors guess their rate. Here's how to calculate a minimum, justify a raise, and stop undercharging the work you're already doing.