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Sure.

Case:
Imagine you are a native Spanish speaker and so is your customer and let's say you are an expert in finance. You can choose to teach in Spanish, of course. Why not?

Case:
Imagine you wanted to teach French to Students whose mother tongue is Japanese. That should be possible. But do make sure to set a "required minimum English level" on your Course to ensure your Japanese customer can communicate with you in case they can't express themselves enough in French. There must always be a common language for you to communicate with your customers. And as a Teacher, this is "your" responsibility.

Good to know:
When Students sign up on our platform, they must set their English level.
Also, you can add up to 4 translations of your Course description on your Course page to attract customers who speak those languages. Another great marketing strategy.

Case Student:
Imagine you are the mother of an 8-year-old girl and you want your daughter to learn English but ONLY from a "female" native English teacher. That should be possible and so in order to make that possible, we have to ask you, the Teacher, for your biological gender.

Case Teacher:
Imagine you are a female Teacher and you only wanted to teach "women". That should be possible and so in order to make that possible, you can set a required gender on your Courses so that only people with that gender can see and buy your Course. This way, you can't be disappointed. We believe that is REAL value for both the Student and the Teacher.

Note: We do not explicitly show anyone's gender on the platform, it's only used through search filters.

No. Out of the question.

Why not?
We do things differently. And we don't want to waste anyone's time. Your "paid" Single-session Course is the best opportunity to show your customer/client what value you are offering and the best opportunity for your customer/client (the Student) to experience you as a teacher, coach, consultant or expert in the field. So make sure that you have created a 5-star value Course with an attractive title, a concise and clear Course description and a confident Course Introduction Video which will function as your sales pitch. And if that is all 5-star quality, we're sure they will buy.

No back-and-forth sales conversations before they buy on our platform. They either buy, or they don't. Just like on Amazon.

Sure.

We want you to have full control about who can see your Courses, who and how they can book them and a lot more features that will help you create your own audience and niche market in this marketplace so that you can stand out and teach the people you really want to teach.

How can you become happy by teaching teach people you don't like?
Let's change that, shall we?

Good question!

Our platform allows each Teacher to create different marketing strategies for each Course. The first and foremost thing is to create each Course with 5-star content: a great Course Introduction Video, description, title, tag line, tags, images, video thumbnail, etc.

Besides that, you can:

1. Create a Course Request from your own Course
2. Create an Added Value article and connect your Course to that so it will show up as an "ad" on the AV article.
3. Provide a downloadable Course file. Then, once they pay, they can instantly download that file.
4. In your Course description mention that you create specific tailor-made files for your Students when they buy the Course. Examples are: "audio recordings", "voice recordings", "downloadable files" e.g. code, calculations, spreadsheets, etc.
5. In your Course description mention that "you" take the notes for your Student. Then, they can just watch, interact with you and review their notes any time after their Session.
6. Use the default required settings for your audience so that you target the largest audience possible: Student level, English level, gender, etc.
7. Set your required commitment to all commitments
8. Set your classroom options to the most popular ones e.g. Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams, etc.
9. Work together with Influencers: set the Influencer's coupon code and their email on your Course (these are never shown to anyone) They will do the marketing for you in return for an agreed deal you have with them.
10. Provide a Single-session Course free of charge: set "your own coupon code" in order to do that. Then market this Course with the coupon code in your circles.

Currently we only pay out through Bank Transfer and Paypal so make sure that you fill out your bank details correctly on your profile. Do keep in mind that you will incur all bank charges for payments you receive from us. So in order to minimise these bank charges on your end, we've added an option for you to aggregate all your outstanding payments. Go to My Financial Transactions > Pending Course Payments. There you can see all your Courses that are completed and have outstanding payments in your advantage. You can choose to have them paid out all in one amount on the 1st of the next month by clicking/tapping on the "Request Payment" button. This is to reduce the bank charges on your end, allowing you to keep more of your earnings.

Note: If your bank account is in Hong Kong, payments will occur faster and with far fewer costs because our bank account with HSBC is also in Hong Kong.

1. show us that you are a teacher at heart
2. show us that you truly care
3. show us that you are passionate about the things you want to teach, coach or advise on
4. show us that you have substantial experience in the field of what you want to teach, coach or advise on
5. be at least 18 years old
6. have at least a lower-intermediate English level
7. have a Linkedin profile (private info)
8. your bank details to receive payments (private info)
9. your phone number (private info)
10. add a quality profile picture
11. add a quality Personal Introduction Video (PIV)
12. add a quality Course Introduction Video (CIV)

Note: To teach under 18s (kids), you must have a Certificate of Good Conduct (CGC) issued by your local Police within the last 6 months. (private info)

No, it doesn't. Students buy or they don't buy.

We ensure that you have lots of features and functionality that you can use to make your Course stand out. When Students search for Courses in which they are interested, we give every Course a chance to be found. We're not like Google who only float the most liked, most seen to the top. But the reason why they would buy your Course has everything to do with the value you offer in your Course, the Course price, the Course features you've set that are attractive to them (e.g. screen sharing options, course files, repeat bookings, coupon codes, influencer connections, etc.), and the quality of your Personal Introduction Video (PIV) and your Course Introduction Video (CIV).

You decide what price to set on your Courses based on our provided "price options".

Case:
A math teacher values his time at USD 50/hr.
He should be able to set that price.

Case:
Another math teacher values her time at USD 150/hr.
She should be able to set that price.

Case:
A business consultant values her time at USD 500/hr.
She should be able to set that price.

Wouldn't you agree?
We work with price options to make things easy to set, easy to compare, easy to follow up and easy for the Student to decide.

Here are our current price options for:

Single-session Courses:
USD 25/hr, USD 35/hr, USD 50/hr, USD 75/hr, USD 100/hr, USD 125/hr, USD 150/hr, USD 200/hr, USD 250/hr, USD 300/hr, USD 350/hr, USD 400/hr, USD 450/hr and , USD 500/hr.

Multi-session Courses of 4 Sessions:
USD 43/hr, USD 60/hr, USD 88/hr.

Multi-session Courses of 12 Sessions:
USD 38/hr, USD 55/hr, USD 74/hr.

Multi-session Courses of 24 Sessions:
USD 35/hr, USD 48/hr, USD 63/hr.

Note: All Sessions are set for 1 hour.

We pay out every month on the 1st of the month, just like you would receive a salary. However, you can only be paid out if the Course you sold has been completed, i.e. if there are no outstanding Sessions for that Course, and you must also hit the "request payment" button on your Financial Transactions overview page for that Course to be included in your next payment. This last part is for you to aggregate your incoming payments in order to reduce the bank charges incurred from receiving your payments from us. Banks charge money for every transfer and on our platform are borne by the receiver. So we bear the bank charges from the payment of the Student and you bear the bank charges from the payments of 5StarTeachers. The fewer transfers you have, the lower your overall bank charge will be, and the more money you get to keep.

Any. Simple.

Subjects can range from academic subjects for school or university, to business and personal development like coaching, for example.

Say you have great experience in beer brewing and you want to be a consultant for people who want to start out brewing beer, that should be possible.

Say you want to share your knowledge and insights from your career as a salesperson, that should be possible. I'm not aware of any Bachelor's or Master's degree in "sales", are you?

So go find your best talent, gift or skill and start using that to generate an income from wherever you are, online, 1-to-1 via screen sharing and video calls. 

Good to know:
You cannot set an unlimited number of skills on our platform, only 3.

The limit of your earnings depends on how many Courses you've sold, at what price you've sold them and how much of your earnings we keep. When you become an approved 5StarTeacher, we pay out 95% of your Courses you've sold during the first 3 months counting from the day of your approval. For all Courses you've sold after these first 3 months, we pay out 85%.

Yes, you can.

You have to show us that you have at least a lower-intermediate English level so that our Students know there will be a common language that you can use to communicate with them in any case. And if the Student speaks your native language, feel free to ask if you are allowed to teach in your native language. It doesn't have to be English.

Signing up is always free of charge. And there is no subscription fee.

If you wish to book a Course with one of our 5StarTeachers, you'll have to pay the price they have set for their Course. Remember, this is not a video Course platform. It's 1-to-1 learning with the 5StarTeacher from the Course via screen sharing and video calls.

Here's why:

1. first and foremost: the acquired Student can report you for this at any time. And if they do, you are liable to prosecution. Is it really worth it?
2. it may be convenient for you as a Teacher but may be less convenient for the Student e.g. they have a guarantee,
3. you would have to create, market and sell your Courses on your own,
4. you would have to spend 'unpaid' time selling and pitching your Courses to potential customers,
5. you may not have the exposure to lots of potential customers who come here to find the right teacher, coach, consultant or expert in the field for them,
6. we'll make sure you'll miss the convenience of using our platform by continuously improving the user experience on our platform. That's a guarantee.

On 5StarTeachers we believe that you should teach, coach or advise people that you like teaching, coaching or advising. That way, you will keep enjoying what you do for much longer. Therefore, we created the "decline button" so that you can decline a Student who has previously taken one or more Courses with you in case you don't want to teach, coach or advise them anymore. Once you have declined them, they won't be able to see or book your "Available Courses" any longer. Because, just like in romance, some people don't get on well with each other.

Note: you can still undo the decline action at any time.