Irrumator

Sounds just like many of the Thais I have taught for 18 years! That is the real downside of working for yourself and not having an agency to refer them to.

That seems fair enough. I've just started teaching a member of the wife's family and I'm charging him 400 baht because of he's only 20 and not earning much, and of course, he's family. I had been charging 450 an hour for online but I'm going to start charging 500 this year. For face to face, I charged 700 an hour plus a topup for travel depending on where I had to go to. I want to cut the travel down to no more than 20-30 minutes from home, and I think increase to 800 an hour basic and add an estimate for travel, which will depend on how convenient for me. Seem fair?

I checked with the iTalki website and positions for teaching English for both Professional Teacher or Community teacher are both currently closed.

I have been full time teaching here in Thailand since 2004, all sorts from KG1 to M6 classrooms in schools, but mainly business English in companies and Government departments. Since Covid came along, I have been teaching online English of all types. I’m very experienced, speak Thai and am very familiar with the Thai mindset regarding studying. Now that I am much older and don’t want to travel all around Bangkok, I want to concentrate on online teaching and I’m part way through constructing a Facebook page. I’m also wondering what other platforms I could use. Any suggestions welcome for the latter. However, what bugs me is what is a fair price per hour? I do some work for one agency which pays 360 baht an hour (sometimes 300, for some reason) and another which pays 350 baht an hour. Now, that’s all very well when they are finding the work for you but to my mind, it’s rather low. I have seen private teachers pricing themselves at 450 – 500 baht per hour, and I personally know one guy (who is very good with younger kids) who charges 1,000 baht an hour – and gets it! I don’t want to price myself out of the market, nor do I want to work for too little. I prefer to teach 18 years and upwards, so university students but also working people who want to improve their speaking and listening skills for work or further education. They also have more disposable income. I only teach one hour classes because 30 minutes is a waste of time, and after an hour, most people’s concentration starts to flag. Even 1½ hours is too much for many. Any *serious* suggestions as to a fair price for an hour’s class and also where else I could advertise very welcome.