I’m trying to help my taiwanese girlfriend set up a tutoring website so she can offer classes and sessions to teach TOEIC, TOEFL, and academic writing courses.
I tried using wix but now I’m realizing that they only accept payment platforms that dont operate in Taiwan (or have very limited operations here like PayPal)
Is there an alternative any one knows that will let me set up a booking calendar and everything?
Thanks!
Offer her services on italki and call it a day?
She’s trying to create her own business here so no that won’t work
Thanks for the input though
Offer her services on Pinkoi and call it a day?
Here are some examples in their “Workshops” category
Just take care not to put her tutoring workshops in the Other category. Some of the courses in that category could get, um, confusing if you are looking for a TOEIC tutor (NSFW)
Use tutorful and call it a day?
If I were still teaching English I’d probably just work online.
Using the good old fashioned bank transfer and call it a day?
That’s how I paid my Chinese tutor.
Setup some Instagram profile, then use existing online systems to teach ? Dunno. I wouldn’t make it too complicated at the start.
Could you set up a free WordPress site and use a free bookings plugin and call it a day?
I think I will just do this. And use the bank transfers like another poster reccomended.
Thanks for the help guys
Instagram? How would that work isn’t Instagram for women to show off all their travels or sell beauty products?
Just FYI those websites which are essentially just “find a tutor” take 20% cut on the amount you pay. Combined with the fact that you can get really cheap 1 on 1 classes on those (400-500 NT per hour, a lot of good teachers live in low COL locations) it becomes really hard for newcomers to make money in the long term.
Having your own website is a slower start, but much better in the long run if you’re dedicated and a hardworking teacher.
Yeah I agree. I appreciate people offering the information about them, but I really think making a dedicated site and doing the advertising herself will result in a better return. Plus if she decides to set up an in person school later, it’ll be better to have a dedicated website and everything I think
Yep I agree.
In the long run will be better . And maybe you just use simple Google sheets for booking to start. And communicate using LINE with clients .
That’s also a good idea. Thanks for the suggestions
Only 20%? I signed up for one of those a few years back and then realized they took a 60% cut. Didn’t do a single session. Got kicked off the platform when I didn’t respond to a potential student within 12 hours.
I can see why someone would want to set up their own site
Do overseas international school prep and consulting, big business in Japan.
You think they’d let her consult remotely from Taiwan?
Hi. I’m looking for a tutor for my 10 year old. Can you send me your girlfriend’s contact or website please?
This typical on most e-job sites like that, whether or not they are teaching focused. I’m not quite sure why. It’s really a form of legal servitude and legal profiteering.
And being online you can experience all sorts of ways to get screwed over by such organisations, with little or no recourse because you’re overseas and you’ve pretty much signed away all your legal protections, anyway. But you don’t have to step on an airplane. So I guess that’s one thing.
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