What would you actually take home?

No. You set your rate and Tutopiya's 40–50% commission is added on top, so the student pays your rate plus the commission and you keep 100% of what you set. This is the opposite of most platforms, which deduct their cut from your rate and leave you with a fraction of what you charged.

Your rate multiplied by the paid hours you teach, released monthly via Wise in your own currency. There is no separate platform fee taken from your earnings beyond the subscription, which is billed at SGD 10 a month or SGD 90 a year.

No. Each new student starts with one unpaid trial lesson, which is a short introduction for both of you. Once they continue to paid sessions you earn your full rate. The calculator above lets you enter how many new students you expect a month so the unpaid time is visible rather than a surprise.

That is yours to decide, and it is the main lever on your earnings. A higher rate needs a stronger profile and may slow your bookings; a lower one tends to fill your calendar faster. The Tutoring Rate Guide shows what is typical across 18 markets as a starting benchmark.

That depends on the subjects and curricula you offer, how many hours you publish and when, and your rate — not on anything we can promise in advance. Tutors who open a wide slot range across the Gulf and Asian evening peaks are matched soonest. The subscription keeps your profile visible; it is not a guarantee of bookings.

In practice, yes, and it is the thing that makes this income recurring. Students pay a monthly subscription and keep the same weekly slot with the same tutor, so a student on an 8-lesson plan is two hours of your week for as long as they stay. They can cancel at any time, which is exactly why reliability matters: the tutors who hold a full roster are the ones who are consistently there. Take on the number of students whose slots you can genuinely keep rather than the number that makes the calculator look best.

About a quarter, averaged across the platform over recent months — so roughly four trials to win one student who stays. It varies a lot by tutor, which is why the calculator lets you move that figure: tutors who prepare for the trial, ask what the student is stuck on and show them something useful in the first lesson convert well above the average, and the free CPD training covers exactly that. Treat 25% as the starting point, not your ceiling.

Students choose a plan of 4, 8 or 12 lessons a month — roughly once, twice or three times a week. Four a month is the most common choice. Almost all lessons run 60 minutes, which is why the calculator defaults there.

Students booked 586 trial lessons in September 2026, our highest month so far, and 1,067 trial requests came through across Jul–Sep 2026 in the curricula and subjects we support. Whether that translates into your hours depends on your subject and the slots you open — ask us for a current count in your subject before you decide.