TeacherOn.com

What TeacherOn.com does

TeacherOn.com operates a global two-sided online tutoring marketplace that connects students seeking academic, language, vocational, and skill-based instruction with independent tutors. The platform lists 211,999 tutors covering 18,000+ subjects, 3,500+ skills, and 1,000+ languages across 178 countries, with 205,653 tutors offering online sessions and 66,102 offering in-person home tutoring. Core product surfaces include Find Tutors, Find Tutor Jobs, and Request a Tutor, supplemented by native iOS and Android applications and the TeacherOn Store, where tutors monetize downloadable educational materials. The marketplace applies a 55.1% tutor acceptance rate as a quality filter and supports tutor discovery through ratings, verification, and a coin-based referral and rewards system. The platform's SEO footprint and app-store presence drive organic acquisition across both developed (US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore) and emerging (India, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Egypt, Morocco) markets.

The business model is asymmetric: students post tutoring requirements for free, while tutors pay for premium membership subscriptions (price not publicly disclosed) to access leads and platform features. The marketplace also facilitates transactions between students and teachers, with tutor rates ranging from approximately $1-2 per hour at the entry tier in emerging markets to $68-96 per hour for qualified UK-based tutors. TeacherOn Store adds a secondary materials revenue line on top of subscription and transaction fees. The company is headquartered in Boston, has 51-100 employees, and is privately held and for-profit. The most recent disclosed funding event was a $3.5 million round closed on 2025-03-11, the company's first institutional capital raise after more than a decade of operations, suggesting a transition from bootstrap-era growth to externally funded expansion of product, geography, and likely technology capabilities.

The technology stack is described as a web-based marketplace with mobile applications and no disclosed public APIs. The platform relies on conventional search, messaging, profile, and rating infrastructure rather than on AI-native tutoring, adaptive learning, or generative AI capabilities. This positions TeacherOn as a scale and distribution play in the global tutoring market rather than as a frontier AI tutor product.

Name

TeacherOn.com

Legal name

TeacherOn.com

Website

https://teacheron.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TeacherOn.com is a global two-sided online tutoring marketplace connecting students with 211,999 tutors across 178 countries, covering 18,000+ subjects. It monetizes through tutor premium memberships, transaction facilitation, and an educational materials store, while students access the platform for free.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Tutoring Marketplace

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructor Marketplaces (Find-a-Teacher / Book-a-Class) (EDAFAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tutoring & Homework Help Marketplaces (On-Demand) (EDAFAIAG), On-Demand 1:1 Live Tutoring Marketplaces (EDANAGAA)

Keywords

• Online tutoring marketplace
• Tutor-student matching
• Home tutoring services
• Assignment help platform
• Language learning tutors

Headquarters

HQ city

Ski

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Membership for Tutors: Teachers can purchase premium membership to access additional features such as enhanced profile visibility, priority placement in search results, and additional tools for managing their tutoring business.
2. Platform Transaction (Indirect): While the platform is free for students to use, teachers pay for premium features. The platform facilitates payments between students and teachers for tutoring services, potentially taking a transaction fee or providing payment processing services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TeacherOn.com operates a two-sided online marketplace that connects students seeking tutoring with teachers offering tutoring services. Students can post requirements and search across online tutors, home (in-person) tutors, and assignment help across 18,000+ subjects and 1,000+ languages, drawing on a network of 200,000+ active teachers from 178 countries. The platform is free for students and monetizes via premium membership subscriptions for tutors.

Product overview

TeacherOn.com is a free tutoring marketplace platform connecting students with teachers globally. The core platform enables students to find tutors (online, home, or for assignment help) across 18,000+ subjects in 178 countries, while also providing a job board for tutors to find teaching opportunities. Additional services include the TeacherOn Store for buying/selling educational materials (notes, worksheets, presentations), and mobile apps for iOS and Android. The platform features verification of tutor credentials (ID proof, address proof, certifications) and a rating/review system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TeacherOn Platform (Tutoring Marketplace) A free online tutoring marketplace connecting students with tutors globally, offering search for online teachers, home tutors, and assignment help across 18,000+ subjects in 178 countries.
• Find Tutors (Tutor Search) Search and filtering service allowing students to find tutors by subject, level, location, and availability. Includes Online Tutors, Home Tutors, and Assignment Tutors categories.
• Find Tutor Jobs (Tutor Job Board) Job board connecting tutors with teaching opportunities including Online Teaching, Home Teaching, and Assignment Jobs across various subjects and locations.
• Request a Tutor Post-a-requirement feature enabling students to submit tutoring requests specifying subject, level, budget, meeting preferences (online/in-person), and preferred tutor gender.
• TeacherOn Store Marketplace for buying and selling educational materials including notes, lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, research papers, digital activities, and other educational tools.
• TeacherOn Mobile App (iOS)
• TeacherOn Mobile App (Android)

Quantifiable outcome

• 55.1% teacher acceptance rate ensures quality tutors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wyzant: US-focused online and in-person tutor marketplace with a vetted tutor network and per-session or subscription tutoring. Comparable on marketplace mechanics, tutor vetting, and breadth of subjects, though geographically narrower.
• Skooli: Online tutoring marketplace offering on-demand 1:1 tutoring across K-12 and college subjects. Comparable on verified tutor pool, online delivery, and subject breadth, with a smaller global footprint.
• Italki: Global marketplace primarily focused on language learning with professional teachers and community tutors. Comparable two-sided marketplace model, premium teacher profiles, and global geographic reach, though narrower subject focus.
• Preply: Global online tutor marketplace operating a similar two-sided model connecting students with vetted tutors across many subjects and languages. Most directly comparable peer given shared global marketplace structure and tutor-side premium monetization.
• Superprof: Global tutor marketplace active in dozens of countries covering academic, language, and skill-based subjects. Comparable on global reach, breadth of subjects, and the free-to-students, tutor-pay model.

Emerging players

• Verbling: Marketplace for language learning connecting students with vetted language teachers via video sessions. Comparable on teacher-side monetization and global teacher network, though narrower in scope than TeacherOn.com.
• Cambly: Online marketplace connecting English-language learners with native English-speaking tutors for conversational practice. Comparable two-sided tutor marketplace mechanics, but narrower language-learning focus.

Broad incumbents

• Tutor.com: Long-established online tutoring service (owned by The Princeton Review) used heavily by US schools, libraries, and the military. Comparable on online 1:1 tutoring and vetted tutor network, but operates more institutionally and less as an open marketplace.
• Chegg Tutors (now part of Chegg Study): Chegg historically operated an on-demand tutor marketplace integrated with its textbook/study platform. Comparable on tutor matching and assignment-style help, though now embedded in Chegg's broader subscription study product.
• Varsity Tutors: Large US-based tutoring platform offering 1:1 tutoring, group classes, and institutional offerings as part of a broader edtech portfolio owned by Nerdy. Overlaps on marketplace tutoring but with much broader corporate and institutional reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mediamarketing.no

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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