Booking & Payments Platform for Academic Tutors

Sessions, packs, and programs — sold from your bio link
to every client ready to commit.

Share one link — customers book and pay on any device, no app needed.1
List all your services and set your own prices in minutes.
No invoices. No chasing. Less back-and-forth. Get paid through your link.

Free for 6 Months — No Credit Card • Market Rate Advisor • Ready in Minutes

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★★★★★

“The Single Session sells itself from my link. I stopped negotiating in DMs.” — Priya S., Seattle, WA

Tutoring is a recurring business with a hard seasonal shape. Demand builds through the autumn, peaks brutally in the weeks before exams, and collapses the moment they finish — and because the customer is usually a parent while the client is a teenager, the person paying is not the person in the room. That produces a specific administrative pattern: weekly sessions agreed informally, paid by bank transfer, sometimes remembered and sometimes not, with an awkward conversation required whenever it is not. Recurring billing solves the awkwardness, and blocks of sessions solve the seasonality by pulling commitment forward.

How Academic Tutors Price Their Work.

The billing structures this trade actually uses — and what each one means for getting paid. Every one of them can sit on a single rate card.

Per-session hourly rate

New students and ad-hoc bookings.

The default, and the most exposed to seasonal collapse.

Block of sessions, prepaid

Exam preparation and structured courses.

Pulls commitment forward and secures the exam-season slot.

Monthly recurring for weekly sessions

Ongoing students through the academic year.

Removes the weekly payment conversation with parents entirely.

Group or small-group rate

Siblings, friends, or revision groups.

Raises effective hourly income without extending your hours.

Where Academic Tutors
Lose Money.

The payment problems specific to this trade, and what actually fixes each one.

weekly transfers from parents

Weekly bank transfers from parents that sometimes do not arrive, requiring a conversation you would rather not have.

Recurring monthly billing removes payment from the relationship.

exam-season peaks and summer troughs

Exam season is oversubscribed and the rest of the year is thin.

Prepaid blocks sold in autumn secure both the commitment and the cash before the peak.

holiday cancellations

Cancelled sessions during school holidays are hard to charge for and hard not to.

Stating the policy on the rate card settles it in advance rather than case by case.

Online Booking & Payments
for Academic Tutors

RateCards turns your bio link into your storefront — sessions, packs, and programs sold and paid before the first meeting.2

Prepaid Sessions

Get Paid Before The Session, Not After

Clients pay when they book — single sessions or full packs. No end-of-month tallying, no “I’ll get you next time.”

✓ Pay-At-Booking
Multiple Payment Structures

Single Sessions, Packs, Or Programs — You Decide

Price a drop-in, discount the pack, run structured programs at a program rate. Package your offer the way tutors actually sell.

✓ Sessions · Packs · Programs
Service Menu

Every Service And Price On One Page

Hourly subject help, exam prep, and recurring weekly sessions — all listed with clear prices. Clients see exactly what you offer and book without the back-and-forth.

✓ Unlimited Services
QR Code & Shareable Link

One Link In Your Bio Does The Selling

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube — one link everywhere. Print the QR for in-person referrals and events.

✓ Instant Print-Ready QR Code
Recurring Payments

Monthly Programs On Auto-Bill

Weekly session plans bill automatically. Predictable income, zero chasing — your revenue floor, locked in.3

✓ Automated Recurring Billing
Clients Messaging

Confirm Jobs, Send Updates, And Stay Professional

Message clients straight from your dashboard. No more missed calls or scattered texts — every job stays on track from booking to done.

✓ Built-In Client Messaging
AI-Native Platform

Built on AI.
Built for the Working Class.

RateCards puts the power of artificial intelligence in the hands of tutors — not just big corporations.

AI-Powered Setup

Describe what you do and AI builds your profiles and rate cards in seconds — your services, prices, and descriptions ready to share.

AI Rate Advisor

Stop guessing what to charge. Benchmark your rates against real market data so you win jobs — without leaving money on the table.

AI Voice Receptionist

Never miss a client again. The AI Voice Receptionist answers your calls 24/7, quotes from your rate cards and books the job while you're on site.

Up And Running In Minutes.

Three steps. That’s it.

1

Set Up Your Rate Card

Add your services and pricing in minutes. No tech skills needed.

2

Share Your Link

Text it, post it, or print it — customers open it on any device instantly.

3

Get Paid

They book and pay. You show up and do the work. Money in your account.

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Academic Tutors: Sell Your Services with a Link-in-Bio

One link in every bio, every post, every text — wherever your clients already find you.

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Free for 6 months. No credit card required.

No Hassle.
No Friction.
No Delays.

Everything your customers need to pay you —
nothing they have to figure out.

  • Customers don’t need to download anything
  • Works on any phone or device
  • You set and control your own pricing
  • Free to set up — Low monthly fees
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Free for 6 months. No credit card required.

★★★★★
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Prepaid clients show up. My no-show rate basically disappeared.

MT
Marcus T. Academic Tutor — Denver, CO

Common Questions.

RateCards is a booking and payment link for Academic Tutors: list your services and prices on one page, take bookings and deposits, and get paid by card through Stripe — no website, no app, no code. Free to start, and most providers are set up in minutes. See how RateCards works or explore every feature.

QHow Do I Stop Chasing Parents For Weekly Payments?

Set the weekly session up as a recurring monthly charge. The payment runs on schedule and neither you nor the parent has to raise it at the door each week.

QCan I Sell Blocks Of Sessions For Exam Preparation?

Yes. A prepaid block secures the slot through a period when you will be oversubscribed, and it brings the cash forward ahead of the quiet summer.

QCan I Charge A Different Rate For Group Sessions?

Yes. List group and one-to-one as separate services. Groups raise your effective hourly rate without requiring more hours from you.

QHow Do Tutors Get Paid Faster?

With RateCards.app, clients pay directly through your link — no invoices, no chasing. Payment is processed through Stripe and typically arrives in your account fast.1

QWhat Is A Rate Card For Tutors?

It’s a simple page listing your services and prices where clients can book and pay quickly — like your own mini storefront.1

QCan I Sell Session Packs And Programs?

Yes. List single sessions, multi-session packs, and full programs — each with its own price — and clients buy directly.

QDo Clients Need An App To Pay Me?

No. They open your link in any browser on any device and pay in seconds — no download required.

QCan I List Multiple Services?

Yes. Hourly subject help, exam prep, and recurring weekly sessions — add every service you offer, all on one profile.

QCan Clients Tip Me?

Yes. Tipping is built in and optional for every job — one tap at checkout.4

QHow Do I Share My Rate Card?

Put the link in your Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube bio and print the QR for in-person events.

QWhat Does RateCards Cost?

Starter is free for your first 6 months — no credit card required. After that it’s $5/mo billed annually ($60 a year) or $7/mo billed monthly. Solo is $24/mo billed annually ($288 a year) or $29/mo monthly, and Business is $119/mo billed annually ($1,428 a year) or $149/mo monthly. See the full breakdown on the RateCards pricing page.

QWhat Fees Come Out Of What I Earn?

Two, and both are flat percentages of the listed price. A 5.5% service fee is deducted from your payout — that rate is all-inclusive, so Stripe’s processing costs are absorbed within it rather than charged to you separately.7 A 5.5% client booking fee is added to your client’s total at checkout.7 Solo cuts your service fee by 20% and Business by 30%; the client booking fee stays 5.5%. Every rate is listed on the pricing page.

RateCards gives academic tutors one shareable link where clients see services and prices, book, and pay by card through Stripe. This page covers how the trade prices its work — per-session hourly rate, block of sessions, monthly recurring for weekly sessions, and group or small-group rate — and the payment problems specific to it: weekly transfers from parents, exam-season peaks and summer troughs, and holiday cancellations. Deposits, recurring billing, tips, and a print-ready QR code are built in, and clients need no app or account. Free to start.

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Stop Waiting To Get Paid.

Sell ALL your Services in ONE Link on your Social Media.

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Starter is free for your first 6 months — no credit card required. $5/mo billed annually after that.7