{"id":18793,"date":"2023-01-31T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/?p=18793"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:19:54","slug":"stand-out-english-teaching-marketplace-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/stand-out-english-teaching-marketplace-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stand Out on Teacher Marketplace Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tutor marketplaces<\/a> can be scary places for both veteran and new teachers. With hundreds of profiles, it can be hard to stand out on English teaching platforms. Let\u2019s take a look at some easy ways you can increase your profile\u2019s visibility and attract a lot more students<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earn Specialized Certification in the 60-hour Bridge Teacherpreneur Academy to master the ins and outs of building and growing an independent English teaching career.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a tutor marketplace platform?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A tutor marketplace for teaching English online<\/a> is a website or an app that helps students find teachers and vice versa. Another way to put it, a marketplace mediates between supply (teachers) and demand (students).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platforms don\u2019t do this for free. They take a commission for each lesson you complete via the platform. This is usually around 20-30% of your hourly rate. On the upside, as a freelance English teacher<\/a>, you’ll get to choose your own hours and rates and often use your own lesson plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a BridgeUniverse Expert Series webinar<\/a>, industry experts discussed what qualifications you need in order to teach on a marketplace platform. Here’s what they had to say: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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