Introduction
An introduction to Tuitionable — a complete, self-hosted online tutoring marketplace. Learn the two roles, the marketplace model, the two learning modes, and how the platform fits together.
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Overview
Tuitionable is a complete online tutoring marketplace. It connects students who want to learn with tutors who teach, and provide tutors everything needed to run the business in between — discovery, scheduling, live lessons, payments, and reporting.
How this documentation is organized. The guides follow each role's journey. Students and tutors each have their own sections, with dedicated areas for payments, the learning hub, privacy and integrations. Use the menu on the left or pressCtrl+Kto search.
The Two Roles
Almost everything in Tuitionable is shaped by who is using it. There are two primary roles, each with its own home area:
| Role | What they do | Where they work |
|---|---|---|
| Student | Discovers tutors, books and pays for sessions, joins the live classroom, leaves reviews, and learns through self-paced courses and AI study tools. | The student dashboard and the public marketplace. |
| Tutor | Builds a profile, sets pricing and availability, accepts bookings, teaches live sessions, creates courses, and earns money paid out to their account. | The tutor workspace. |
Students can also book as a lightweight guest and convert to a full account later. The complete role and permission model is covered in Roles & Permissions.
The Marketplace Model
Tuitionable is a two-sided marketplace: students pay for lessons, and tutors receive the money, minus a platform fee. How that fee works is one of the most important ideas in the platform, because a tutor earns in one of two ways:
- Commission — the tutor keeps each session's price minus a platform commission percentage. It needs no upfront cost from the tutor.
- Subscription plan — the tutor pays a recurring plan fee that reduces commission (each plan sets its own rate, plus a separate rate for package sales), so they keep more — or all — of each session's price.
When a session is completed, an earning is recorded to the tutor's ledger as pending, then becomes available, and finally paid out when the tutor withdraws it. The commission charged is resolved the same way at booking and at settlement. Students pay through any of the supported gateways, a wallet balance, or a coupon. The full money flow is documented in Earnings & Commission, Payouts, and Checkout & Payment Methods.
Two Ways to Learn
Tuitionable supports both live and self-paced learning, and most students use a mix of the two:
1. Live sessions
The core of the marketplace. A student books a time from a tutor's availability, pays, and the two meet in a online live video classroom or inperson at the scheduled time and location. Sessions can be a single lesson or part of a multi-lesson package. The classroom runs on a video provider (Jitsi, Zoom, Google Meet) and includes a shared whiteboard, file sharing, and optional recording.
2. The Learning Hub
Beyond live lessons, students can enroll in tutor-created self-paced courses (organized into sections and lectures with video, reading, and downloadable materials), follow an AI-generated learning roadmap, keep notes, and stay motivated through gamification (achievements and learning streaks). See the Learning Hub guides for details.
Where to Go Next
- Follow a role end to end: How Tuitionable Works walks through the student, tutor, and admin journeys.
- Find a tutor and book: start with Finding a Tutor and Booking a Session.
- Teach on Tuitionable: read Becoming a Tutor.
- Just want to use it? Jump to Creating an Account.