Show students what they can book
With SpeakingHumans
- Define lesson types, durations, and prices.
- Offer lesson packages for longer-term learning.
- Give students a clear choice between individual lessons and packages.
Compare the alternatives
On marketplaces
Marketplaces create strong price pressure. Even experienced, well-rated teachers often compete in an environment where rankings, discounts, trial lessons, and student comparisons push prices down.
Running it yourself
Generic tools can handle bookings, but they are not designed around language lesson offers, packages, durations, and a polished student booking flow.
Let students choose a lesson and time
With SpeakingHumans
- Give students one page to view your profile, lessons, prices, and availability.
- Connect Google Calendar so busy times are blocked automatically.
- Set your weekly availability and how far in advance students need to book.
Compare the alternatives
On marketplaces
Availability is tied to platform rules, and teachers may need to manage it separately from their real calendar. Minimum notice periods and booking rules can also be constrained by the platform.
Running it yourself
Tools like Calendly handle availability well, but teachers still need to configure the wider lesson flow themselves, including booking rules, payments, packages, reminders, and lesson access.
Make payment and expectations clear
With SpeakingHumans
- Students pay by card or PayPal when booking and receive instant confirmation.
- Your payment is sent directly to your PayPal account once a student books.
- Choose a cancellation window that protects your time.
Compare the alternatives
On marketplaces
Marketplaces usually process and control student payments inside their own system. Teachers often receive payouts later according to the marketplace's payout schedule and rules.
Running it yourself
Teachers can use payment links or bank transfers, but checkout, confirmation, cancellation terms, and payout tracking often need to be managed separately.
Make every lesson easy to join
With SpeakingHumans
- Teachers and students receive lesson details and reminders.
- Calendar invitations with Google Meet links are sent to both teacher and student.
- Lesson times appear clearly across time zones.
Compare the alternatives
On marketplaces
Marketplaces usually keep lesson access inside their own student flow, which can make teachers dependent on platform-specific communication.
Running it yourself
Teachers can send calendar invites, meeting links, and reminders manually, but details can be missed when several tools are involved.
Build trust before students book
With SpeakingHumans
- Teacher pages are reviewed before they are published.
- The review checks for genuine teaching experience.
- Previous teaching feedback can support the review.
Compare the alternatives
On marketplaces
Marketplaces screen teachers, but quality signals can become mixed with rankings, pricing, and volume-driven competition.
Running it yourself
A private booking link alone does not give students much external reassurance about teaching quality.