We connect students and tutors directly

Why we built it

Private tutoring is a big market, but a scattered one. Students find tutors through word of mouth, rates vary wildly from person to person, and tutors often hand a large share of their earnings to agencies. WantATutor was built to fix those three problems: visibility, transparency and no commission.

How we work

Tutors create their profiles for free; once the required fields are complete the profile goes live, and our team reviews profiles. Tutors who upload and get their diploma or degree certificate approved receive a “Verified” badge. Students filter by subject, level and rate and contact tutors directly. The lesson fee and payment stay between the student and the tutor — we take no commission.

Where we are today

WantATutor works for both sides: students search for a tutor, review profiles and send messages through the site; tutors see those messages in their dashboard and agree the rate and schedule directly with the student. The number of live tutors, verified tutors and subjects with a tutor are shown below — all three are counted from our database every time this page loads. No numbers are typed in by hand.

What we don't do is just as clear: we don't take payments, we don't take a cut of tutors' fees, and we don't sell memberships to students or tutors. There is no payment system on the site; the lesson fee goes directly from student to tutor.

For tutors: what to know before you sign up

• No degree required. Certified teachers, subject graduates and college students can all create a profile. A diploma is only needed for the optional “Verified” badge, and it is never published on your profile.
• No approval queue. Your profile goes live as soon as your subject, level, country, rate, phone and a short bio are complete.
• Featured spots aren't for sale. You move up the list when visitors arrive through your shared profile link or when a colleague you invited publishes a profile. There are no paid promotion packages.
• You're in control. Change your rate, availability and lesson format any time, or unpublish your profile from your dashboard and turn it back on later.

Create a free tutor profile or read how WantATutor works first.