#preply

1. I am unpaid for the first lesson with every student. Preply takes it all.

2. Preply takes a hefty commission on all other sessions. I charge $15 an hour, and I only make $10.05 because of the commission rate. It also costs 20 cents to transfer funds to PayPal.

3. Preply heavily pushes a subscription model, but most students do not seem to want this. I've had many students who booked a trial lesson and stated they'd like to continue, only to never schedule another lesson again.

4. If there are technical problems during a lesson that cause me to lose connection, then I don't get paid. I was in a session for over 20 minutes out of 60 a month ago when Firefox crashed on me, and I didn't get paid a cent for it, even after logging back into the session ~10 minutes later!

5. Preply support is total ass. A few weeks ago, I had to cancel a trial lesson with a student, and let them know over 24 hours in advance...they said ok and thanked me for the notice.

Then, a week and a half later, they marked me as absent! My profile was hidden and I got some other penalties, too. It took support 6 days to resolve this issue and get the report discarded and my profile unhidden. The only support on Preply is a chat function and an email.

The PFPs in the chat all look AI generated, so take from that what you will.

6. I can only tutor one subject.

7. When you sign up, you can list your languages and your proficiency in each. I listed my Spanish as A2 when I first signed up.

Several months later, after much studying, I tried to change it to B2, but couldn't. Preply support told me I needed a test result to prove I was at B2, and said I could use an online test, so I did and sent a screenshot of my results.

Then I was told that my proficiency level can't be changed unless I take the DELE exam, which I have to pay (and likely travel) to take, and send the results in the support chat...even though I could put in whatever proficiency I wanted when I first signed up.

8. Scammers are common. Every single message I got during the summer months was from a scammer.

9. Unscrupulous homeschool parents are also common. A woman reached out to me asking me to tutor her daughter in history according to Canadian curriculum -- I said sure. Then after the 1st session, she finally was honest and told me that she wanted me to teach an entire history class to her daughter...for $15 ($10.05 due to the commission) once a week Fuck that!

The video chat thing is on and then you hear the sound indicating that the tutor is entering the classroom:

Language Learning Goals?

Le Dr Seth Capehart a publié une vidéo vraiment intéressante sur le fitness masculin… mais elle est en anglais. Marre de devoir regarder avec des sous‑titres à chaque fois ? Améliore ton anglais sur Preply avec moi et apprends toutes les expressions dont tu as besoin, quel que soit ton domaine d’intérêt. J’enseigne l’anglais depuis plus de vingt ans et j’aimerais beaucoup te rencontrer.

El Dr. Seth Capehart tiene un video muy interesante sobre fitness para hombres, pero está en inglés. ¿Estás cansado de verlo siempre con subtítulos? Mejora tu inglés en Preply conmigo y aprende todas las expresiones que necesitas para cualquier área de interés. Tengo más de dos décadas de experiencia enseñando inglés y me encantaría conocerte.