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What is platform commission actually costing you?
Commission is deducted before you are paid, quoted as a percentage, and charged per lesson — so no single deduction ever looks big. Put in your own numbers and see the year.
Or use a published rate
Published figures as of 2026-09-19, shown as a starting point. Platforms change their terms — use the rate on your own account for a real answer.
Over one year
€2,400
goes to the platform, out of €9,600 you bill.
A year of TutorPax Starter
€228
Flat. It does not move when you teach more or raise your rate.
You would keep
€2,172
per year, if those students booked you directly instead.
At €40 an hour, 6 lessons a year covers the whole subscription. Everything after that is yours.
This is arithmetic, not advice. It assumes every lesson runs through the platform and ignores tax, payment processing, and the students the platform sends you that you would not have found alone — which are real, and the reason plenty of tutors stay. Compare the platforms →
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About this calculator
How is the yearly figure worked out?
Your hourly rate, multiplied by hours per week, multiplied by the weeks you actually teach, multiplied by the commission percentage. Nothing clever — the point is that writing it out annually makes a number visible that a per-lesson deduction hides.
Why does the weeks figure matter so much?
Because almost nobody teaches 52 weeks. Holidays, exam seasons, and quiet months usually put the real figure between 35 and 42, and using 52 overstates the total by a quarter or more.
Does this account for the students the platform found me?
No, and that is the honest limitation. If a platform is producing students you could not have reached, its commission is buying you something real. The calculation is most useful for the students who would have found you anyway — referrals, your own following, people who already knew your name.
Are the preset percentages current?
They are each platform’s published figure as of the date shown next to them, kept as a starting point rather than a source of truth. Commission terms change without much announcement, so check your own account and type in the rate that actually applies to you.
Keep the difference
TutorPax rents you the website and takes nothing from what your students pay you.