Topic
Rates
Setting, justifying, and raising tutoring rates without losing the students you want to keep.
How to Price Lesson Packages for Busy Professionals (US and UK Examples)
Price tutoring lesson packages for busy professionals with US and UK examples, discount logic, and clear terms.
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.