Run your own tutoring business
Keep your marketplace students where they are and build the independent side on terms you set. Tuton gives you the classroom, booking page, student records and invoices for the students you find yourself. Flat plans from $9/month; students pay you directly.
7 days free · No card needed · Students join free
Sarah Chen
English for work and travel, B1 to C1
Dublin, IrelandTeaches English
Prices
Prices are in EUR. Your bank converts when you pay.
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One month, worked example
The fee grows with every lesson you teach. The plan price doesn’t.
Scheduling
New students request times on your page
Student records
Notes and history in your own account
Invoices
Students pay you directly
Why going independent stalls
Platform terms decide your income
Rates you can charge, cancellation rules, how you show up in search: all decided for you, and they can change overnight. Your independent practice should run on terms you set.
Fees that grow as you grow
Marketplaces typically take 15-33% of each lesson. The better your month, the more the fee costs: a percentage scales with your success, and it never lets you outgrow it.
Student records live in someone else's system
Contact details, lesson history, notes: they live in the platform's system, under the platform's terms. If you ever leave, you start again from zero.
The tech stack feels like a second job
A classroom, a booking page, materials, invoices, a way to look professional: it's easy to stall on the setup rather than the teaching.
The classroom and the business, in one place
Tuton doesn't find you students, and it doesn't take a cut of what they pay you directly. It's where you teach and run the practice: the classroom first, then your booking page, student records, lesson library and invoices, in one subscription.
The classroom
A classroom that belongs to your practice
Teach in a browser classroom built for language lessons: video, lesson pages you both write in, an infinite canvas and 850+ ready lessons in one tab. The notes, vocabulary and, when you switch them on, lesson reports that each lesson produces stay on the student's record in your own account.
See the classroom
MariaYouHave you ever been abroad?
Talk about life experiences with the present perfect.
| Subject | Present perfect |
|---|---|
| I, you, we, they | have + been |
| he, she, it | has + been |
- I’ve been to the museum twice.
- Have you ever lived abroad?
- She has never tried sushi.
Lesson plan
2 of 5 · 50 of 50 min planned- Word Scramble5 min
- Present perfect: life experiencesLibrary · slide 4 of 1820 minHookNoticeTry
- Travel articlePDF ·Shared10 min
- Role-play promptsPage ·Private10 min
- Fill the Gap5 min
Your front door
Your own page for the students you find
Share one link, tuton.io/@you, in your bio, a referral message or an ad. Visitors see your photo, intro video, your prices (in their own currency where you've set one) and your open times, then sign up free and send a booking request. If you advertise, add your Meta, Google Ads or TikTok pixel to the page to see what your ads bring in.
See the booking pageWhen do you want your lesson?
Booking a 50-minute lesson
Soonest available
Tonight, 6:00 PM
Thu, Jul 24 · 50 minutes · your timezone
Book this timeThursday, July 24 · today
Friday, July 25 · tomorrow
Saturday, Sunday are fully booked.
Times shown in your timezone (Europe/Madrid).
Run the numbers on your own rate
Example: 30 lessons a month at $20/hour is $600. A 25% fee takes $150 of that, every month. A flat plan costs the same whether you teach 10 lessons or 60, so the more you teach, the more of your rate you keep. Put your own numbers into the free rate calculator.
Free rate calculator for tutorsOne month, worked example
The fee grows with every lesson you teach. The plan price doesn’t.
What switching looks like
Marketplace students stay on the marketplace. Independent students book on your own Tuton page.
Before Tuton
- Platform terms, rankings and cancellation rules decided for you
- A percentage fee that grows as you teach more
- Student records living in someone else's system
- Going independent stalled on assembling a tech stack
Teaching on Tuton
- Your rates, your cancellation rules, your independent student relationships
- A flat subscription from $9/month; students pay you directly
- Student records, notes and lesson history in your own account
- Marketplace students stay where they booked; new ones book on your own page
7 days free · No card needed · Students join free
Everything you need to run the business side
Flat pricing from $9/month
Students pay you directly. 7-day free trial, no card. Teach real lessons during the trial.
Frequently asked questions
What tutors usually ask before going independent on Tuton.
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