Why teaching English on Preply is really not worth it

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In this video, I'm going to be talking about why I believe that teaching English on Preply is really not worth it.
You've probably heard about the online teaching platform Preply, and might be wondering about how much Preply tutors make teaching EFL/ESL? It seems easy to become a tutor on Preply- and it is- but is it the best way to go?
There are several key reasons why I believe that teaching English on Preply is better avoided, and I'll also be talking to one of my coaching clients who tells us about her experience on this online teaching platform.
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Hi, I’m Rachael. Like many people in our profession, I didn’t exactly grow up dreaming of working in ELT, but what made me fall in love with it was two main things:
❤ The opportunity to work directly with people and help them to help themselves change their lives for the better.
❤ The great colleagues I got to work with, as a teacher, teacher trainer, manager and materials writer.
Working as a business and mindset coach with ELT freelance professionals enables me to combine both those things, and to use the skills and experience I have to have a real impact.
One of the things I don’t like about ELT is the way that so many excellent professionals are underpaid, undervalued and scraping by. I also far too often see people working themselves into the ground. This might be OK when we’re in our early twenties with no responsibilities, but it’s no way to run a sustainable and enjoyable professional career.
I want to really challenge the low expectations, and culture of ‘having to’ accept poor conditions and teach ELT freelancers the steps they can take to make their businesses truly work for them.
I have: ⭐ 30 years of experience in the industry ⭐ 13 years as a successful small ELT business owner ⭐ heaps of training and coaching in running a small business, organic marketing and social media, copywriting and more …..as well as being a trained psychotherapist, counsellor, and coach.
This makes me ideally placed to empower freelance ELT professionals to earn more, work less, and live more fully. And that’s what it’s all about.
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@celsodecarvalho7927 Год назад

Nobody is saying Preply is perfect, but it is a great platform. I was unemployed for a long time, and Preply saved my career. I am there since 2018 and it has been a nice experience. I have nothing to complain about it. I recommend it.

@raquelmambonwa7136 11 месяцев назад

Kindly help me on how to go about it,I really need a side hustle

@swagata92229 11 месяцев назад

Hey.. How many days after the application did you get selected?

@frenchwannaloseweight 11 месяцев назад

@@raquelmambonwa7136 make short videos everyday to show what you can do for other people then clients will contact you. Preply takes a big commission more than 33% , italki 15% but it's very difficult to get students, I'm on it for one year and even though italki closed the doors there are not enough students so teachers quit also

@celsodecarvalho7927 11 месяцев назад

@@swagata92229 Sorry, I don't remember. It was in 2018, December I think. But I remember that it was fast.

@user-iz3hn5zd1b 9 месяцев назад

@@swagata922295 within 5 days

@jimmyc2300 11 месяцев назад

Totally agree with Rachel. Teachers should charge as much as possible so they will have the least amount of students for the highest return on their time. This means the students get a higher-quality of tuition, better lessons, and personal care.

@hongvinguyenthi6534 10 месяцев назад

Hi, I am a student of a high school in Vietnam. The average salary here is quite low so I can't afford to pay too much to learn English. Thanks to Preply, I have the opportunity to develop myself

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

@@hongvinguyenthi6534 If you don't have money to pay for your lessons a decent rate, then don't! There are other ways of learning English.

@nylotus Месяц назад

@@hongvinguyenthi6534 I have rich students from China who book. Thanks to preply, I can make a suitable living. We shouldn't have to be paid low just because people can't afford it.

@bigmil1 10 дней назад

@@hongvinguyenthi6534There's plenty of good Filipino teachers out there

@biancarocha3939 2 месяца назад

I had no ideia, Rachael! Thank you for those information!!!

@briansykes2806 3 месяца назад

If you are 18 years old, living at home with parents having just completed your A levels, Preply might be a starting platform for you. If you are a professional teacher or tutor, Preply is absolutely not for you.

@zurichcityenglish5070 Год назад

👏👏Oh my goodness yes! I did one trial lesson on Preply or similar a few years back. It was interesting to teach someone in Turkey for a change but I wasn't paid and they didn't continue with me so I got nothing. After that experience, I decided it wasn't worth it. I thought at the time it was free for the student. What a rip-off for teachers!

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

It seems like a no brainer to get everything done for you, but there's definitely a price to pay... and bigger than you might think.

@nornironnomad Год назад

Hi Rachel, glad I found your video, I'm just in the process of applying to Preply, having my doubts though. You have a new subscriber!

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

At least your eyes are open then :) Thanks for the subscribe.

@user-kd7qu5hj5q 2 месяца назад

fuck preply. they scammed me out of money

@iainhenderson4385 Год назад

Thanks for the warning. Appreciated. By the sound of them I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

@SeoulForeigner Год назад

Rachael, this is a great insight into this platform. Here is my experience of teaching with through them. When I first started out on Preply, the first month was dismal in relation to pay. I taught hours of trial lessons, in that first month and felt used with this. The first rate that I started out with $20 per hour. After 700 hours of teaching, I raised my rate to $40. The next point about native speaker tick box is rather disheartening. However, some words of advice regarding this platform. I would recommend those that are considering Preply to niche or specialise. If you are offering a general language course, then you are competing with the vast majority of teachers whose rate may be rather low. When specialising, you will be sought and can dedicate more time to seeking more reputable students who are willing to pay a little more. I did make a video about Preply - the pros and cons - but I use them to supplement my income, especially at this time where it is getting more and more precarious with employment.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Thanks for commenting, Martin. I couldn't agree more about specialising, definitely the key to earning more on Preply, but, if you're going to do that (and you should), I'd argue that you'll do better still by finding your own clients. Just talking about you personally, rather than the general 'you' - $40 an hour is still not great for someone with your experience and expertise, based in the expensive UK, and presumably you are still paying a proportion of that in commission as well? You have a big audience too. Lots of potential I'd say.

@SeoulForeigner Год назад

@@earnlearnthrive true about Preply taking a chunk out of my hourly rate. I would love to offer online group lessons but have no idea where to start. However, with much happening at the moment, I may have to put this on hold and see what could be organised in the future.

@mishikhan5428 Год назад

@@SeoulForeigner hi there! Your comment is commendable! I am a professional English teacher but have no clear idea about online teaching yet. Can you please suggest some other websites or should I go for preply? Respect from Pakistan

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

I'm not sure that specializing is a good idea. I used to do that, I didn't want to teach beginners and was mainly doing exam preparations. Unfortunately I had to change this strategy because my conversion rate (the ratio between people watching my profile and booking a lesson) was too low. Now that I accept beginners I have a better conversion rate and a better ranking... It's sad but specializing doesn't seem to work on this kind of platforms.

@DissidentNomad 4 месяца назад

Brilliant video, Rachael. Lots of misleading videos about Preply around but this is one of the best l have seen.

@earnlearnthrive 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@DEUTSCH-kurzundknackig 3 месяца назад

Thanks for your insight. I'll be checking out more of your videos!

@editway500 9 месяцев назад

I want to talk about preply from a refund perspective. I’ve used them and I think the ‘buy flow’ is pretty happy experience (meaning from finding tutor, to booking, to set up schedule to pay) but when you want your money back from unused hours, they seriously make it difficult. A bit sad that they try to squeeze as much they can from both tutors and buyers.

@earnlearnthrive 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this point - something I hadn't thought about.

@emmieheese5542 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for the information I was just about to sign up with them but felt like I needed to check reviews

@TheEnglishCatESL Год назад

Very interesting point of view. Also very interesting to mention that the student pays full price for a 'trial' lesson, hadn't thought of it that way round. I am currently working on Preply but trying to build my own profile of private students. I think it takes the marketing out of it for you, but it is a huge amount of commission you are paying... for not a lot in return.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Building up visibility through marketing is definitely more effort but then it pays off whereas you will never earn more than a certain amount on a platform.

@StudySmartESL 9 месяцев назад

I work for Preply also

@gilles8104 Год назад

I worked on Preply and taught French for 3 years and at the rate of 50 hours per week for 8 or 9 dollars per hour with the first course at 100% commission and the others at 18% (+ 21% for Urssaf and 3% for Paypal...) I had a "Super Tutor" and "Super popular" profile then one day when I was trying to send documents to learn phonetics to a new student a "Bryan", incompetent Arabic from their support falsely accused me of wanting to teach a course outside of their platform. First of all I could no longer send messages to anyone then 24 hours later they maintained their false accusations against me without even answering me and closed my profile even though I had given them the screenshots of my answers negative to the last students who asked me for a WhatsApp as well as those showing that I had tried to simply send documents for phonetics before a first lesson was booked. I am 39 years old, I have been fluent in Chinese, Spanish and English for 20 years, but I have never had any training or work in France. For me this slave job was a chance.

@earnlearnthrive 11 месяцев назад

I’m very sorry to hear this story, Gilles.

@gilles8104 11 месяцев назад

@@earnlearnthrive it's ok I just wanted to give another vision of what could go wrong there even when we think everyday is perfect. lol I am planning to move to iTalki and I also have an old Amazing Talker account I'm gonna reactivate. The most funny is now I am teaching some of the students I had on WhatsApp and Zoom (but before their accusation I never even tried) lol ! They are employing such pathetic clowns in their supports. I'm happy to be gone. We have good social welfare in France anyway and I will cherish my free time now...

@gilles8104 11 месяцев назад

@@earnlearnthrive it's OK, I'll learn how to work on my own without this kind of "mafia" lol

@tchumango9131 10 месяцев назад

"Incompetent arabic from their support". I bet there's more to the story, you're probably rude and crazy.

@hils1015 Месяц назад

@@gilles8104 You reminded me of a Korean company I was teaching with for just over a year. I never had a single day off in all that time, then one day my body was just so tired, I could not physically get out of bed. I was exhausted, I couldn't even open my eyes. When I eventually woke up and tried to log into the platform, my details were not being recognised. I contacted my manager and asked what was going on and she said that I missed my classes without getting in contact with them so the company had to take a decision and they fired me. These companies have no value for us, we're just a number in their machines.

@sarahkas Год назад

Personally I went on Preply and considered it a free internship to gain experience since it was my first time teaching online 😅😂 after one month on the platform and 40+ lesson taught and less than 100$ made I’m moving on to a better paying company

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

I guess experience is useful but that’s a shocking rate! Glad you’re moving on.

@gilles8104 Год назад

Which company ?

@sarahkas 11 месяцев назад

@@gilles8104 Cambly and amazing talker

@ukrainianhandembroiderywit344 9 месяцев назад

Are those companies reliable? I’ve tried to register on Amazing Talker and the system hasn’t been working properly during my registration process.

@lisak1355 7 месяцев назад

@@sarahkas Those are not better companies. On Cambly you will never be able to make the kind of money one can make on Preply because they pay rate has been the same for over 10 years. 0.17c per minute. That's disgraceful

@miriamp4437 Год назад

I started Preply because I need the money since I have no job right now, so when the person asked for a trial I make sure is a child because that’s where my expertise are and I filter all the other ones. Yes I agree, I understand they should get a commission but for the 1st trial 100% is a lot the only benefit I see with this is that they find you the students so I don’t have to do it, yet I have to find more students on Outschool😕

@annika328 8 месяцев назад

Hi i am working on preply since this week. And i am working the whole week, i did a lot of experiment lesson but never earned nothing. I Don t have any time for my daughter, because there a such a Mountain of e mails to respond. If you dont respond the app blocks you. I didn t slept more than 3 hours a night. Really, i am very sad about all this situation

@diana.lingua 5 месяцев назад

You’re definitely right 🤍

@boyar1978 Год назад

It is understandable that students who are learning English are going to want to be taught by a Native English Speaker. If I wanted to learn Mandarin, Russian, or Khmer I would expect my teacher to be from China, Russia, or Cambodia as I would anticipate they will also know the culture and other aspects that are crucial to know when it comes to learning a language. As for setting one's pay rate. On Preply I anticipate that I am competing with other teachers for students. I also know that as a customer they want to get the best value for their dollar. I would figure my rate based on my expenses. I am a Native English Speaker from the USA who is living in Cambodia and has a BA in Political Science and a 120 hr TEFL certificate. I also have over 5 years of experience teaching English in Brazil, China, and Cambodia. In the USA I would also teach Cooking classes. Seeing that I am living in Cambodia whose cost of living is low this means I can charge less than what I would if i had lived in the USA. Basically, I would take my living expenses and multiply it by 2 and then add 3 dollars which will likely be preply's cut then i would figure out what my rate would be per hour if I were to work 40 hours a week. This would result in my charging students 9.00 an hour Unless my expenses go up which they aren't likely to as rents in Phnom Penh Cambodia or actually go down due to an oversupply of available rental units I am not likely going to raise my rates as I live comfortably on what I am charging. I also do not rely completely on preply. I think of preply as more of a side gig that i use to earn extra money while working in a local school while between jobs, or if I were to start an unrelated business. While I was in China I learned how Chinese people conduct business. They are happy to operate on 1% price margins which means that many of their competitors will be unable to compete with them based on price alone. I set my rates as low as necessary so that I make at least a 1% profit and I strive to be provide as much value to my students. This ultimately will result in me being lower than 60% of other Native English Teachers

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Wow. A lot to respond to here. In order.. I think we need to consider why someone is learning a language. If I’m going to live in Rio I might want to try and acquire a Carioca accent, but most people who learn English are going to use it as a lingua Franca. We (English, American etc) don’t own English any more. As for pay rate and 40 contact hours a week - if it that works for you, that’s obviously totally your call. But that’s not what I would want or advise for my clients.

@ohhi5237 Год назад

nobody who wants to learn english should learn the language from someone in 1) sw london 2) northern england people who cant speak it have a fantasy about harry potter sounding teachers, but wont understand ANYONE in REAL ENGLAND

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

@@earnlearnthrive Non-native teachers teaching my language (French) always make mistakes, even if their very short introductory video!

@earnlearnthrive 2 месяца назад

That’s a bit of a sweeping statement.. but it probably says more about the calibre of many teachers on Preply than anything else ..

@anastasiakazakova 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely true. It’s just hilarious. They advised me to charge 6 dollars per hour! S. I. X. I have more than 20 years of experience, and this - it is lower than minimum hour rate for non-qualified jobs in my country.

@earnlearnthrive 10 месяцев назад

It might be funny, if it wasn't so tragic.... Honestly, six dollars?

@anastasiakazakova 10 месяцев назад

@@earnlearnthrive I should have screenshoted it ;-) but I was too shocked ;-)))

@refentsemokobe2105 Год назад

Preply suspended my tutor account for "breaking policies" but they don't really tell me what policy I broke. They suspended my account with my earnings for the month and they told me that they have the right not to communicate further.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Sorry to hear that, that doesn't sound good at all.

@CaspertheGhost78 7 месяцев назад

Then which platforms are good to give lessons? I wish you also gave a few examples and explained them.

@earnlearnthrive 7 месяцев назад

Generally I think you’re better off finding your own clients. But here’s a link to a recent post on LinkedIn where I explained when platforms can be a good idea and in the comments there are some recommendations for platforms that take a lower commission etc www.linkedin.com/posts/rachaelroberts-eltbusinesscoach_what-do-you-have-against-preply-activity-7137749975676915712-erCs?

@maryammtz9407 4 месяца назад

thanks for informing us about this platform

@mysterious3994 Месяц назад

She is advising to not use it

@frenchwannaloseweight Год назад

I'm on Italki, teachers get 100% of the trial class and 85% of normal class. But there are much fewer students since 2022. I never understood teachers going to Preply

@mishikhan5428 Год назад

Hi there! I am a professional English teacher from Pakistan but have no vivid idea about online teaching jobs. Can you pls suggest some authentic websites according to your experience.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

That sounds a lot better. It’s fair enough for a platform to take a percentage but it needs to be reasonable and not encourage a race to the bottom.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

To be honest, I haven’t researched other platforms in depth because my recommendation is usually to find your own students.

@miriamp4437 Год назад

I went to Italki but they are not hiring Spanish tutors😕

@miriamp4437 Год назад

At the time

@user-ib3fv8ll1d 2 месяца назад

Yes, I read all the terms and conditions. Preply is oversaturated I guess, and that makes it really hard for tutors to find students. Preply is still a great choice for those just staring off . Indeed, the native language tutors are favourited by the platform.

@earnlearnthrive 2 месяца назад

It’s oversaturated with commoditised teachers who are being chosen mainly on the basis of being cheap. Someone starting out might not have a choice, doesn’t make it a good choice though.

@learnenglishwithmichael 10 месяцев назад

Great informative video. So please tell me where new teachers can go to get students.

@earnlearnthrive 10 месяцев назад

I think it’s obviously harder if you don’t have much teaching experience. There are better places to gain this though, and, depending on your other skills and experience you might still be able to attract your own clients by focusing on the experience and skills you DO have. Maybe you’ve worked in a particular industry and would be able to help with English for that industry for example. Check out my video on how to get students without using a platform.

@happyteacher4281 11 месяцев назад

I teach mainly Spanish . I haven´t tried Preply .Thank you for the warning. I´ve tried Amazing Talker. It looks like a "legal scam" the worst trap ever !

@earnlearnthrive 11 месяцев назад

Oh my goodness... I just looked at that site and even what they say you can earn on average is pretty terrible because it's based on 40 hours a week, which is a CRAZY amount of work for teaching, and takes no account of preparation or marking. If you did 20 hours contact time a week, that would be 7 euros an hour on average- so some earning less. There aren't many countries in the world where that's a good rate.

@zandirachael8326 11 месяцев назад

I have been on Preply for two months now. I have watched so many videos on how to get students. I have lowered my rate and available myself most of the time during the day but I still have no luck in getting students. I am so demotivated 😢

@earnlearnthrive 11 месяцев назад

The problem is if you differentiate yourself on price alone there will always be someone cheaper. You need to develop an offer which will make students specifically want to choose you.

@alexbull5838 2 месяца назад

As a student I have an unique opportunity to find out some native tutors for affordable money. Those might live in a country with low-cost living expenses so that would be quite win-win deal.

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

It's never a win-win deal. I lived in Peru, believe me, we need money everywhere. A computer costs the same everywhere, a good place (quiet!) to work is expensive, even in "poor" countries, Internet connection is also very expensive!

@user-yc2zb9xw2g 9 месяцев назад

Greetings! I am an English tutor from Russia. There is a huge struggle among English teachers, we have several platforms like Preply. They take huge commissions ( up to 70%)so basically you work enormous hours in order to survive. The salary is really low. I didn't think that native teachers are treated like us.

@earnlearnthrive 9 месяцев назад

Basically anyone who feels they don't have another option I guess :(

@Rozetteright 8 месяцев назад

Hi, would you be kind enough to share with me the various platforms currently in Russia especially in Moscow because I am base in Moscow. I'm looking forward to join an online platform to begin my English teaching journey as an immigrant. Thank you in advance 😊😊

@zetsuboucrimsie 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the video. I was ready to apply to Preply without reading their Terms and Conditions. Having watched your video I understood how worthless they make a teacher's work for teachers themselves.

@earnlearnthrive 3 месяца назад

Always read the Ts and Cs!

@DarthRudious00 2 месяца назад

I’ve been a registered Preply tutor for five months and still haven’t got a single trial lesson request. The sight is too saturated with tutors. My calendar availability is set for all the peak times and a reasonable price.

@shabuj100 2 месяца назад

Can I record video

@earnlearnthrive 2 месяца назад

Really sorry to hear that, it must be super frustrating. TBH I don't think it's about saturation, though. It's about the fact that most potential clients are simply looking for 'a tutor' (any tutor) at the right price, and you can't stand out that way. Have you watched my follow up video on how to find clients without using Preply? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N0ExDSsiaws.html

@entisarsaeed429 2 дня назад

i want an English tutor for my 6 year old son , if you are interested let me know

@abigailfulbrook9049 Год назад

Is there a limit on the amount of trial lessons a learner can take, or that a teacher can give? Otherwise you're going to spend your whole day working for free for someone else to get paid - there's a word for that....

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

I'm not 100% sure but I imagine it's one per student. However, since I released this video I've been hearing more stories... apparently there are a lot of students who use the free trials for interview practice etc.

@MichaelEnglish88 Год назад

According to my research, the trials amount to about 7% loss on your net income.

@e-genieclimatique 8 месяцев назад

in brief: **1. Introduction:** - Rachael Roberts introduces the topic by mentioning that there are 11,912 English language tutors on Preply, and she believes they might be making a mistake. - She aims to help English language teaching professionals earn more while working less. - Preply's business model is beneficial for the platform but not for the teachers. **2. Preply's Marketing and Commission:** - Preply markets itself as a platform that handles everything, allowing teachers to focus solely on teaching. - Rachael argues that paying commission to Preply is not a good idea. - A client of Rachael's shares her experience with Preply, mentioning that she chose it due to its widespread advertising. - The platform requires teachers to give a free trial lesson, but the student pays the full fee, which Preply takes entirely. - After the trial, Preply takes a 33% commission for the first 100 hours of lessons with a student. This commission decreases over time but remains high. **3. Pricing and Bias on Preply:** - Preply encourages teachers to charge low rates, with advice to start at 12 pounds an hour. - Success as an online teacher is not about having many clients at low rates but about attracting clients willing to pay for quality. - Preply's search system may bias towards native speaker teachers and those charging lower rates. **4. Business Model and Teacher Struggles:** - Preply's business model of attracting many students at low prices works well for the platform but not for teachers. - Teachers have limited time and energy, making it challenging to teach many students and maintain quality. - Teachers can end up working extensive hours without earning enough, leaving no time for marketing themselves elsewhere. **5. Conclusion and Call to Action:** - Rachael warns against the trap of relying solely on platforms like Preply. - She emphasizes the importance of finding students who value a teacher's expertise and are willing to pay for it. - Rachael invites viewers to subscribe to her channel and join her membership for ELT freelancers. Overall, the video highlights the potential pitfalls of teaching on Preply and encourages teachers to seek alternative methods to market themselves and find students who value their expertise.

@debaochicho 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@DefeatLust 2 месяца назад

Wow, dude, you're a LEGEND!

@yes_man_lol 2 месяца назад

did u ai app to summarize?

@mysterious3994 Месяц назад

@@yes_man_lol .

@missteree2905 11 месяцев назад

Free trial lessons are THE WORST. I just tell myself that the more lessons means a lower commission rate 😭

@earnlearnthrive 11 месяцев назад

Well, that’s true. But , depending on where you’re based I guess, it’s a very hard slog to get to a decent hourly rate. Have you tried marketing yourself in other ways?

@hanounahanane5167 3 месяца назад

My english is at lvl of B1, and i want to practice more my english. So i find preply but idk if it free or not because im still young and i have no bank acc

@earnlearnthrive 3 месяца назад

No, it's not free.

@seoul_muks 2 месяца назад

what would a good alternative be? italki doesn't accept any more German community tutors anymore sadly :(

@MeuAmigoAutismo-wm8di Месяц назад

Hey, do you teach German from Deutschland? Ich möchte einen Lehrer

@AufUndDavonnnn 7 дней назад

Hello. If the person you commented on is not responding. I am a native German speaker and a tutor on Preply. I stumbled on that video because fully agree with the statement that the platform is treating their "employees " not very well, and I started to reach out for students on my own. If you still need a German teacher please let me know

@Gingerxmas 9 месяцев назад

They didn't accept my request to be tutor there, saying that I didn't fill up requirements and my subjects are not in demand, but is a lie. After my RU-vid video presentation, for 3 times, put on public 3 times and nothing, they said I can't be tutor there... I was thinking to hire a teacher there to learn a language, but knowing that they get your 100% work... after try to become a tutor... I will definitely not be hiring anyone from there, rather search and chose without platform. It is better pay to get TOEFL or similar certificates and be hired anywhere in the world, everything payed besides the salary, beside the huge experience with new culture everyday.

@clivekingshott4323 Год назад

Hi Rachael, i am in the process of transitioning from in class teaching to online teaching. I am based in China, so would like to stay in this timezone and focus on Chinese students. I have just been made redundant from the first and only job i have had in China, so after 8 years at this school, i do have some loyal students and parents who have already approached me for private teaching, so over the short term my position may well be a hybrid of in person and online. I have considered using Moodle as the LMS for my new adventure, having 8 years worth of teaching resources and lessons, I have enough to create a learning environment suited to the K-12 education in China. SO if you have any tips on Chinese friendly platforms I am all ears!

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Hi Clive, Sorry not to respond sooner but I have been asking around as China is not a market I'm very familiar with. You might want to follow James Liu, as I believe he knows more about this market.

@DoyinVoice 5 месяцев назад

I just received a call to potentially join. I am a cover teacher looking for a new role. Should I go with it ? help please x

@earnlearnthrive 5 месяцев назад

To join Preply? Honestly, I can't tell you that because it depends on your specific situation. As you can tell from the video, I don't think it's a great option, but it depends how much you need to earn (which varies depending on cost of living in your country), what experience you have, whether you're willing to learn to market yourself...

@dr.dirkfranke9563 Год назад

I am using Preply as a student (Russian, I am a German). As a student I would prefer being taught by a native speaker, because the learning curve in the pronunciation of the language will be better. The learning of the grammar, I can do in self-study, passive understanding by reading books and watching movies or listening to music. Would I really expect from the teacher is teaching of active conversation skills and good pronunciation.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Really interesting to get a comment from a Preply student, thank you. :) Obviously, you're the customer and it's your choice, but in fact I think it's a misconception that a native speaker is necessarily best for learning pronunciation. In our global connected world (unlike in the past), you can listen to hours of Russian for free to pick up pronunciation naturally, but only a qualified and experienced teacher, native or non native, will understand the nuances of how to actually produce the sounds, how words run together in the stream of speech and so on. Similarly, teaching good conversational skills requires an understanding of turn taking conventions, appropriacy, and the ability to explain and correct as appropriate. Just being a native speaker isn't enough, and a poorly paid one is that much more likely to be a poorly qualified one.

@user-mz7de3kc3d 11 месяцев назад

why would you want to learn russian? Concering...everything?

@dr.dirkfranke9563 11 месяцев назад

@@user-mz7de3kc3d I am interested in the rise and failure of societies and culture. It is quite interesting for me to compare the Soviet socialistic empire with the German national socialistic empire of the 1930s. A great number of opponents of the Soviet leadership wrote excellent pieces of literature in exile, which is all published in Russian. Also, a great number of liberals and opponents of the Hitler regime published political books in German language. If you want to know what goes wrong in a society, you have to read the literature of opponents and intellectuals of that time, otherwise history is difficult to understand.

@dr.dirkfranke9563 11 месяцев назад

Just an example: Boris Akunin is a contemporary Russian writer in exile in London. He has published great books, not only books on detective and historical fiction, but also books about the Russian society in general. It is very enjoyable and enriching to read these books.

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

@@earnlearnthrive Just being a native speaker isn't enough but not being one doesn't guarantee that you are teaching better! I teach my native language although I could teach another one. I feel more comfortable teaching my language. I had to learn how to do it of course, but I am 100% sure of what I say in my language. Non-native teachers always make mistakes when they teach!

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

I recently came across this really interesting blog where a teacher describes exactly how much she earned in a year on Preply. Check it out here: joannaesl.com/2023/02/24/one-year-on-preply

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

I ask students interested in my profile to book a 30-minute trial lesson, some book a 50-minute one but most respect my choice, this helps!

@earnlearnthrive 2 месяца назад

Good idea!

@salakorichard2859 4 месяца назад

As a non-native speaker, what platforms are best for me to teach English online?

@earnlearnthrive 4 месяца назад

It obviously depends where you’re based and what’s popular with the kind of students you want to work with, plus I generally advise people on how to not use platforms at all. As a rule though, I’d suggest platforms where they take a one off fee rather than a commission, such as SuperProf. And where they don’t favour NS of course.

@user-pc9yh9hl7t Год назад

Can you suggest some alternatives?

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

Yes, decide on a niche, and work on marketing to find your own clients.

@YJB-pj2hu 3 месяца назад

Not to mention, they have an awful customer service from a student's perspective. They have about 6 people reply to each message, asking about the same thing. And they end up telling you they can't solve the issue. Also, they don't refund you after 30 or 60 days. It is completely unrealistic if you buys like 40 hours to take 1 hour lesson per week for 40 weeks, then your tutor suddenly disappears. I've had this happen. This is an awful and predatory site that has gotten worse over the years.

@earnlearnthrive 3 месяца назад

Yes I've started hearing more stories like this from students.

@MichaelEnglish88 Год назад

Correction: You go to 25% after 50 hours, not 100 hours.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

You're quite right- not sure if this has changed since I researched the platform, but here's a link to the current commission model. help.preply.com/en/articles/4171383-preply-commission-model I still think it's high though, and I also notice the suggestion that $10 an hour is an acceptable rate.

@tchumango9131 10 месяцев назад

I think that this fails to mention that wether it is worth it or not depends really on where you're based at. It's considerably harder to maintain youself if you're in an expensive, first world country. Prices are driven down by the number of foreign tutors willing to work for cheaper since the USD is worth way more where they're at. Not everywhere is the US or the UK.

@earnlearnthrive 10 месяцев назад

Yes, that's a fair point, and I have talked about this elsewhere in the comments. Because I'm based in the UK and price accordingly, most of my clients come from countries where the cost of living is roughly similar, and for them, the average hourly rate on Preply is very low indeed, and even a relatively high rate, such as £30 an hour, isn't great when you consider that McDonalds UK is paying nearly half that, with no preparation or marking or expensive teacher training courses to take into account.

@tchumango9131 10 месяцев назад

@@earnlearnthrive Also, the 100% trial commission they take may seem harsh, but it's what enables them to replace or refund trials, and it's single handedly the feature that attracts the most students out of all the ones they have. Students feel safe knowing that trials can be refunded no matter what, so the perceived risk is much lower.

@earnlearnthrive 10 месяцев назад

@@tchumango9131 Sure, but while I can see that this is attractive to students, it's also going to disproportionately attract time-wasters, and puts all the risk onto the teacher.

@le832 19 дней назад

The commission rate is highway robbery IMHO.

@m.b.d7001 3 месяца назад

What’s the best platform then?

@earnlearnthrive 3 месяца назад

@yaroslavkovalenko523 6 месяцев назад

cambly or preply which one is better?

@earnlearnthrive 6 месяцев назад

I don’t recommend either. Here’s a post I found on Google about Cambly teflhero.com/blog/cambly-review/#:~:text=Cambly%20Teaching%20Experience%20Cons%3A,student%2Dto%2Dteacher%20ratio)

@jens1230 6 месяцев назад

I wanted to apply to Preply some years ago, but as soon as I saw that they take 100% of the earnings and then charge a very high commission, I said no way. I could never do that to myself.

@earnlearnthrive 6 месяцев назад

There are definitely better options.

@observerstation 5 месяцев назад

Honestly i havent found anything better. Do you have another video discussing better alternatives? @earnlearnthrive

@earnlearnthrive 5 месяцев назад

I don’t because basically I don’t recommend platforms but finding your own clients. There is a video about that.. How can I find online students for my ELT/ESL Freelance business without using Preply? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N0ExDSsiaws.html But if you want some recommendations for better platforms there was some useful discussion under a recent post I made on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/rachaelroberts-eltbusinesscoach_what-do-you-have-against-preply-activity-7137749975676915712-erCs?

@observerstation 5 месяцев назад

@@earnlearnthrive Thank you. I will check it out

@nikeshdubey4129 Месяц назад

Agreed, in my opinion, even this hourly pay should be removed. And a monthly pay should be encouraged

@ructionradius2888 17 дней назад

So basically a successful career with preply is the same as starting any business, you take on the risk, put in the work, and build your business.

@earnlearnthrive 17 дней назад

If the model works for you, great. It will do for some people who actually don't want to take on any risk in terms of investing in marketing etc, and who are OK with low rates because they live in countries with a much lower cost of living. Personally, I'd rather put in the hard work on my own business, but it's a choice for sure.

@jessicaxmarques 6 месяцев назад

They delete my account after I did lots of free trials and got clients, because the robot didnt recognize my ID.

@earnlearnthrive 6 месяцев назад

That sounds infuriating.

@GokhanGur_GorgeouSkykhan 3 месяца назад

You are right. The system of Preply is so dangerous. Even if you are a good student, you can be abused with microphone or camera situations. Therefore, you can see a lot of abused teachers for delaying lessons. My account was deleted 5 hours ago. I was a 🅰️ good student for Russian, English, German, Spanish, French and also Arabic and Hindu. One of them are abused me. The system deleted my account. They did not respond me. I am not guilty. I am well. I pay my bills.

@earnlearnthrive 3 месяца назад

Sorry to hear about your bad experience.

@GokhanGur_GorgeouSkykhan 3 месяца назад

@@earnlearnthrive Thank you for your kind reply. Unfortunately, it is was done. My enthusiasm is decreased now for this platform. No more preply anymore.

@GokhanGur_GorgeouSkykhan 3 месяца назад

@@earnlearnthrive Latest News. 5 hours ago. I wrote a review to TrustPilot official website for preply. I told what everything happened. Therefore, I gave 2 points and them I emailed it to support preply com. After that 2 hours and 26 minutes. They replied my email address as a real staff member reply. They opened my account again. It is activated again. They ask to re organize my review. I have today give 5 points them. TrustPilot is working. If not, it will not be occured.

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

What I don't like about the platform: - you can't choose your students - you can't specialize (otherwise that affects too much your conversion rate, the ratio between people seeing your profile and booking a lesson) - commissions are incredibly high - trial lessons are not paid - students can cancel their lessons and their subscriptions very easily and you are not paid - too many no-shows (and I think that I am not paid in those cases....) - the subscription model - Preply Classroom, I want to teach in Zoom ETC ETC BUT at least I have a few students there and can make a bit of money... Good luck to all of you!

@earnlearnthrive 2 месяца назад

The cons seem a lot more compelling than the pros. Do you have other ways of finding clients?

@Confidential84 Месяц назад

Intriguing from a future prospective student's perspective. However, unless there are none(?), you failed to provide an alternative for both tutors and students who want to support tutors rather than the middle man...

@earnlearnthrive Месяц назад

As a business coach, I generally recommend freelancers to go about finding their own clients, and I have a lot of videos about this. A good place to start is How can I find online students for my freelance teaching business. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N0ExDSsiaws.htmlsi=fbtAbRFMEXX0MDOQ. However, some platforms are clearly better than others, and there have been quite a few recommendations in the comments. So, as a student you could look there, or you could look on social media platforms for independent teachers. What language are you hoping to learn?

@annika328 8 месяцев назад

Honestly i bought a lot of books to give better classes. So i went spending a lot of money. I worked and i also spend money. Too bad, i cant recommend this Platform, i dont want to have a burn out

@THOMAS_MHDS 9 месяцев назад

It is THE WORST platform. So bad in fact I also made a video about it yesterday. Now I'm finding this review and others. Great video btw.

@peterdeneke8401 7 месяцев назад

My super badge was taken away and students have left. My salary is up and down. My rate is $12

@earnlearnthrive 7 месяцев назад

Obviously I don't know your level of experience or cost of living where you are, but that seems super low to me. This is a skilled job.

@half_a_lager_arthur 6 месяцев назад

In a market place that is saturated with non-skilled i.e. no experience, no certification, no qualification and no regulation, you are at the mercy of price. Everyone is competing for the same business. Concentrate on your strengths and USP and then target those clients who want your specific skills. There will always be money out there but people are choosy and expect high quality, so give it to them. @@earnlearnthrive

@Sincethe80sGaming 5 месяцев назад

I wouldn't work there, rather have my own gig, as hard as it might be, preply makes tons of $$.

@earnlearnthrive 5 месяцев назад

Marketing yourself is time and effort but so is teaching long hours for a low rate. Choose your hard, as they say.

@samusvikerness661 Год назад

Is there any way to earn more than I could go get at Walmart from teaching online realistically? This is starting to seem like a sad joke.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

It will obviously depend on your experience and skills but, yes, absolutely. But you’ll need to have a clear offer and market yourself well.

@glowyearthworm 5 месяцев назад

Very informative and genuine video. I agree 100% that what they are doing is truly a scam and taking advantage of teachers. I will most definitely avoid using such an unjust platform. Thanks you, cheers!

@sasha-leevandermerwe1925 4 месяца назад

I didn't get to set a price when I started with Preply. It was by defult $5. I only realized it too late. Immediately I got swamped with messages (about 32 per day) from new students. When I raise my price with $2 to $7. I get no messages 😂 this is ridiculous... i cannot plan lessons and teach quality lessons at this rate. I dont think I will stay with this company any longer. I am utterly exhausted by the amount of trial lessons and low paying students, I cant even search for other alternatives. So you are 100% correct about this video 💯

@earnlearnthrive 4 месяца назад

So sorry to hear all this. That doesn’t sound sustainable at all.

@Sofiia-nm2bk 11 месяцев назад

I just registered on Preply and didn't hear anything new in this video, for me thats all alright. I'm not a native speaker but defenately can say that more people would choose someone who speaks their language rather than native speaker for English lessons, but for some people that important so there is nothing wrong with this button. Personaly, for me £50 for a lesson is insane, what would be the point for you to come out in search for this people, they wouldn't even look at your profile. "I choose price they advised and it was low so they are bad", is that even an argument?

@earnlearnthrive 11 месяцев назад

Hi Sofiia, If you're happy with the rate you're getting and it works for you, then obviously that's fine. I don't think £50 a lesson is remotely insane (I definitely have clients who charge more than this), it all depends on a number of factors. Obviously firstly the cost of living where you are, the kind of clients you have and where they're based, the experience and expertise you have and so on.

@sangeetasathe2841 Год назад

The ‘native speaker’ tick box is shocking!

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

It is, isn't it?!

@user-pc9yh9hl7t Год назад

@@earnlearnthrive Yes. it is of course.

@camillesolange182 2 месяца назад

@@earnlearnthrive Not at all. I find it 100% logical but people don't even tell the truth. On Preply and other platforms there is a woman called Patricia stating that she is a native speaker of English, French and Polish. In fact, she makes mistakes when she speaks French but she doesn't have enough students to teach only her real native language, Polish! Many people from North Africa also pretend they are French native speakers although they are not!

@hongkongiii9569 4 месяца назад

SCARY AND HARMFUL TO THE DEVELOPMENT FOR KIDS!!!!!!!. Tutor in Preply told my 9 yr old kid to read something flesh and blood, reading novel that include violence ,the word "kill" appears around 60 times in the book. And the customer service just say " I can help you cancel the lesson and transfer your credit to another teacher"! and they said after review carefully, We can refund any leftover balance if you wish without the processing fee." What a irresponsible company! I will never send my kids to Preply again!

@earnlearnthrive 4 месяца назад

Sorry to hear about this experience. It sounds as if the teacher wasn't suitable. Probably better to find (and vet) the teacher yourself.

@bosstuna8115 Год назад

Native speakerism is a sad reality of the profession. Companies have no incentive whatsoever to favor non-natives, and it's easier to hire natives because schools can skip a lot of the examination process. It's not about wether or not we're willing to work for that money, we have no other choice than to accept slave wages so we can survive. I have a high enough level of English to pass as native, but I feel for the Filipino tutors and teachers who really have no choice.

@earnlearnthrive Год назад

This is very sad to read. I’ve just recorded a follow up video about finding your own clients that I’ll be posting next week.

@jesd5578 14 дней назад

Your words are incredibly misleading & unprofessional! I’ve only heard of preply today, so I have zero affiliation. Bias you say? It’s simple optional choice for the learner! That’s no where near the correct definition of bias. 😮 Until you’ve ever done all the marketing and sales and platform making for your own business, then you can’t at all comment on the “fairness” of 18-37% commission. They would be perfectly justified to take 50%! That’s an actual educated opinion. Ok they lower it cos you still have to “stand out” and win people over when you get to their platform. Anyone who’s ever been SUCCESSFULLY self employed will know well that you end up using half the time in actually setting up your business and the other half fulfilling the service. They suggest start low prices cos it works! But if you don’t need a full timetable FAST, then yeah keep your prices up. Silly silly

@earnlearnthrive 12 дней назад

I'm not sure why you feel the need to be so aggressive in your response... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now, and assume you actually do want to have a conversation about this stuff. - Giving people a choice about something doesn't mean that there can't be bias in the way that choice is presented. - I actually do all this for my successful business, and, you are absolutely right that it takes a lot of time and effort. However, everything you do for your own business is an investment in earning more in the future. You are also much more easily able to stand out and find the right clients if that's where you're investing- rather than investing in someone else's company. - Yes, you can probably get more clients more quickly if you price low. However, depending on what you need/want to earn, that can be unsustainable as you will have to work a lot of hours to keep your head above water, and will probably also attract a higher proportion of unmotivated students and 'no shows' as your clients may not value what you offer. Ultimately, everyone has to make the choice that's right for them, and I think if you are very new to teaching or live somewhere where a low rate still makes economic sense, a platform like this might work out fine. It is also possible to work up over time to higher rates and gain a loyal following (though, as I said, personally I'd be putting that effort in elsewhere) Otherwise my 'actual educated opinion' is that it probably isn't the best way to go, which is what my video says.

@krisisbangkok 24 дня назад

It sounds like modern day slavery...

@the-language-learner 7 месяцев назад

don t teach on preply !!!!

@DoyinVoice 5 месяцев назад

Really I just received a call to join them and that I had been a selected candidate as a British Born Native Speaker. What should i do i really need a job please help

@the-language-learner 5 месяцев назад

@@DoyinVoice if you are ready to pay 100% comission for the first lesson, go ahead ....