My Online Tutoring Business is Still a Reliable Income Source

Don Sabado
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2 min readOct 5, 2024

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I've been a tutor longer than a teacher, meaning I have tutored since college. I'm now in my final year of teaching before I retire from teaching, but I'm still receiving clients enough to make a few hundred dollars a month.

It's not significant money, but it's money I would never have had if I didn't tutor online. I've been decreasing my online tutoring for many years now because I wanted to move in a different direction from my various side hustles.

I've always picked up change from the ground if I see it on the ground. I remember the early years of my teaching career when money was tight. I couldn't see myself praying to God about money and yet passing over something as simple as picking up a penny or a dime on the ground others may have passed over.

I see my tutoring side gig in the same way. I don't get tutoring clients from parents often, but I don't pass up $100/hour when I do. Last month, I made $100 from my side gig and another $80 from a company that sends me tutees whenever they can't handle the number of students.

All my tutoring is done online now, so I don't have to go to any brick-and-mortar to do any tutoring. But passing on any tutoring side…

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