The total amount you pay for a booking includes the cost of the lesson, applicable discounts and a service fee.
Lesson Cost or Booking subtotal
There’s no standard hourly rate for hiring tutors on Tuteria. Each tutor chooses the amount they'd like to charge for tutoring—per hour or per month. Your booking subtotal is calculated based on the total number of lesson hours booked.
For example, if a tutor charges ₦2000/hr., your booking fee for a 3 hour lesson will be ₦2000/hr. x 3hrs = ₦6000.
Changing the number of hours booked will automatically change the booking subtotal.
Discounts
Some tutors offer discounts for bookings involving more than one student which will be clearly indicated on their profile. The discount offered applies from the second student.
Using the above example for instance, if the tutor offered a 20% discount and you book the 3 hour lesson for 3 students. Your booking subtotal is calculated as follows:
First student = ₦2000/hr x 3hrs = ₦6000
Remaining students = ₦2000/hr x 3hrs x 2stdts x 0.8 discount = ₦9600
Booking subtotal = ₦6,000 + ₦9,600 = ₦15,600 instead of ₦18,000. So you save ₦2,400.
Service Fee
Tuteria charges clients a small service fee for each booking to help cover the costs of processing the booking. The amount of the service fee depends on the booking subtotal, and ranges from 3% to 5%. The larger your subtotal, the smaller the service fee percentage will be so you can save money on larger bookings.
Bookings below ₦20,000 apply a 5% service fee. Those between ₦20,000 and ₦50,000 apply a 4% service fee, while those above ₦50,000 apply a 3% service fee.
So in our above discounted example, your total booking price for a 2-hour lesson for 3 students will be calculated as follows:
Booking Subtotal = ₦15,600 at 5% service fee percentage
Service fee = 5% x ₦15,600 = ₦780
Total Booking Fee = ₦15,600 + ₦780 = ₦16,380.
