Start Growing Your Own Business

Tutoring is perhaps the easiest type of business that you can set up yourself. You can do it from the comfort of your own home and the only  equipment required is a laptop or tablet and a reliable internet connection. The hardest part is finding the clients, and that’s where we come in to help.

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We understand you may have doubts and questions before starting, which is why we are offering free one-on-one meetings with experienced tutors who can offer advice and answer questions about all aspects of the profession. Simply input your email below and we’ll be in touch.

Why Start Tutoring?

Amazing Hourly Rates

The current UK minimum wage for a university student (age dependent) is £8-11 per hour. 

For private tutors, this would be the absolute lowest rate you would expect earn in the very early days aftet starting out, and the number will only go up as you gain experience.

Most university student tutors on this site will charge in the £15-£30/hour rate.

Flexible Schedule

One of the best things about tutoring is the complete flexibility it gives you.

University classes often change on a week-by-week basis, therefore an ideal student job is one that can seamlessly fit around this schedule. Whilst it is best practice to give students a regular slot, most of the time they don’t mind a one-off change as long as some notice is given. This really does make tutoring the most flexible job out there; at the end of the day, you are your own boss.

 

Work from the comfort of your own home

Although we wouldn’t reccomend you work from your bed itself, teaching from your own home has some serious advantages.

A 5 minite break between lessons is plenty of time to use the bathroom, grab some snacks and make a hot drink.

Cut Out The Travel Time

Another perk of working from home: zero travel time.

Think about it; let’s say you (optimistically) live a 10-minute journey from your place of work and do 3 shifts each week for 40 weeks per year.

That is 40 hours spent travelling to work annually. Doesn’t seem so little now!

Moreover, unless you’re commuting on bike or foot, the journey will cost you in terms of fuel or public transport fees.

Do Something Worthwile

Perhaps the most rewarding part of tutoring is seeing how you can make a real difference in someone elses life.

Maybe you give some last-minute lessons to someone a few weeks before exams, or help them improve their abilities over the course of years. Regardless of the context, tutoring allows you to help a person improve their ability in a subject and more importantly their confidence in general; it is a great journey to be a part of.

What if I don't have experience?
You don’t need any prior experience to become a tutor, nor do you need to be a master of your chosen subject(s). Tutoring is something you can learn as you go, and for those just getting started you can adjust your prices to reflect your inexperience and increase them as you gain confidence and practice.

We understand this can be a big leap of faith, that’s why we’re here to help and support you through the journey. If you have any concerns, feel free to get in touch with us here where we can arrange for one of our experienced tutor advisors to offer some free advice and coaching to get you set-up.

Our Subscription Plans
We offer two types of plans: monthly and annual. Both will give you access to the same features, although the annual one works out cheaper in the long run. Right now, both come with a 3-month long free trial which you can cancel at any time.

Monthly Plan

£ 5 Per Month
  • Profile Advertisement
  • Access to messaging services
  • First 3 Months Free
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Annual Plan

£ 50 Per Year
  • Profile Advertisement
  • Access to messaging services
  • First 3 Months Free
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How It Works

Sign Up

Sign up to the monthly or annual tutor plan. We’ll need to verify your tutor status and will send you an email as soon as you are approved. This can take 3-5 business days.

Design Your Profile

Once approved, login to your dashboard on the website and fill in your details. This will automatically update your public profile that clients will see.

Answer Requests

Once verified, your profile will go live. We’ll advertise it to potential clients; all you need to do is answer their messages in a timely manner through the sites message portal.

How We Save You Money

If you go to another tutor-matching platform they will allow you to make and advertise your profile for free. 

There’s a catch though, and that is commission. Almost every tutor matching site will charge a commission fee per lesson taught; the lowest tends to be 10% per lesson although 20% is more typical. 

So let’s say as a tutor you advertise on a site like this for £20/hour. For every hour you teach you will earn £16 and the platform takes £4. If you had one student and taught them once per week for 40 weeks per year, £140 would be going towards commission alone. Now lets be realistic, most tutors will have between 5-10 students at any one time, meaning the fees would skyrocket to £700-1400/year.

At Snowball Tutoring, the most you would ever pay for a year is £60 with the monthly pass, so no matter how you look at it you save a lot of money with us!

Hourly Rate Advice

What you charge per lesson is completley up to you; the sky is the limit. Just remember, price is a major factor that determines whether a potental client chooses you or not. Overall, you should base your cost on 6 main things.

Subject Taught

The more niche your subject, the more you can charge.

Accademic Level

The higher the level of education you are teaching, the higher the price.

Expereince Level

If you have an abundance of experience teaching, clients are happy to pay a premium for your time.

Qualifications

Those with an official teaching quailification can charge more. For student tutors, good grades in the subject(s) you teach will go a long way too. 

Lesson Frequency

You may choose to offer a discount for multiple lessons per week as an incentive for students to book more.

Lesson Length

Similar to lesson frequency, you may want to offer a discount for students who book in for longer lessons as an incentive.

Our Suggestion

Snowball Tutoring is a organization that solely relies on university students as their tutors. As a student you are probably aware of the fact that the smartest people are often the worst teachers; think about some of your professors, there are probably one or two that come to mind. Teaching is a skill in itself, and like any skill it takes time and practice to perfect. For this reason, we believe in-lesson experience is the most vital aspect in determining your asking price.

Just Getting Started
£10-£15/hour

If you are new to tutoring with less than 100 hours in-lesson experience, we recommend you charge within this range.

Knows The Game
£15-£25/hour

If you have between 100-500 hours of in-lesson experience, you will have the teaching skills to raise your rate a little more.

Veteran Tutor
£25-£30/hour

If you have taught over 500 hours of lessons, then it's safe to say you know what your doing and for that you can charge the higher fees.

FAQ's For Tutors

We need to verify your tutor status after you sign up which can take 3-5 days (although it is usually much quicker). Once we have done so, you will receive an email notification and from then on you will be able to access your account and make a profile.

We have an in-site messaging function. Profiles are displayed online to prospective clients and if they are interested then they can send you a message directly. Don’t worry about missing messages, we’ll send you an email if anyone gets in touch with you.

  1. Nope, you can use the websites in-chat feature to make introductions with the clients, but feel free to move to another more convenient platform whenever you like.

No, we recommend using free-to-use platforms like Microsoft Teams or Zoom to conduct your lessons. Most other sites have a built-in online classroom as they need to be able to track lessons in order to charge commission. Since we don’t charge commission here, we don’t need this feature.

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Have any more questions about how the process works? Want some more advice from our experienced tutor advisors? Simply get in touch using the form below!

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