A tour of TutorOcean1 / 9

TutorOcean in 9 slides

A global tutoring marketplace for academic and university subjects where tutors set their own rates. It absorbed many tutors after Chegg closed its tutoring arm, and has a low barrier to start.

Tutoring marketplace
Tutoring platforms
Based in Ottawa, Canada

2016founded

3.7our rating out of 5

45achievement points, Silver

How it works2 / 9

What you do on TutorOcean

How the money is made: teaching and tutoring

Set up a teaching profile
Students book lessons
Teach online
Get paid

TutorOcean is a Canadian online tutoring marketplace where tutors teach school and university subjects to students through its online classroom. Tutors set their own hourly rate, about $23 on average, and TutorOcean deducts a commission, while students pay a small card processing fee. No teaching certificate is needed, only a computer, webcam, microphone and reliable internet. Student payments are collected 48 hours…

Founded 2016 · next to 37 other tutoring platforms

Each dot is a platform of the same type, placed at its founding year.

Work and topics

Good for

Tutors

Fees3 / 9

What TutorOcean takes

5–20%the cut TutorOcean takes

Commission 5-20%

Reaches youDepends on your tier, category or clientTutorOcean’s fee

From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →

Getting paid4 / 9

How the money reaches you

From sign-up to payout

Sign up
Do the work
Earnings clearStudent payment taken 48 hours after the session, Stripe deposit within 7 days,…
Withdraw2 ways to withdraw

$40 for PayPal payouts

2 ways to withdraw

Real earnings5 / 9

What people actually earn

Typical earnings · All-time$23/hr

TutorOcean's tutor FAQ says most tutors charge $23 USD per hour on average for school subjects.

Source: corp.tutorocean.com ↗

Rating and achievements6 / 9

How it scores

3.7out of 5

Strong on proof of earnings and access. Weaker on getting paid.

Fees3.5
Getting paid2.3
Access4.0
Track record3.5
Proof of earnings5.0

45/100 ptsSilver

Verified earnings
Open worldwide
Clear fees
10 years running
Fully documented

How it compares7 / 9

TutorOcean against its peers

Guess: next to the 7 other tutoring platforms that charge a percentage, is TutorOcean…

The cut of all 8 tutoring platforms that charge a percentage

Platform	Fee
TutorOcean	12.5%
Verbling	15%
Studypool	20%
TutorBees	20%
italki	22.5%
Wyzant	25%
Outschool	30%
MyTutor	49%

Each column is one platform, at the middle of its published fee range, lowest on the left. TutorOcean in blue.

At 5%–20%, TutorOcean takes a smaller cut than 7 of the 8 tutoring platforms we track that charge a percentage fee (median 21.3%).
TutorOcean is the only one of the 34 tutoring platforms we track that pays out via Stripe.
Launched in 2016, TutorOcean is newer than most tutoring platforms — 30 of the 38 we track were founded earlier.

Profile completeness8 / 9

How much we know

70%

We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.

What we have

Plain-English overview
What kind of platform it is
Year founded
Headquarters
Fees
Minimum payout
How fast you get paid
Withdrawal methods
Countries it accepts
Real earnings figures

Still missing

Payment protection
Join requirements
Review ratings
Wikipedia or reference page
Support channels
Mobile apps
Social accounts

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Next steps9 / 9

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