WyzAnt Tutoring

My daughter struggled throughout middle school with math while I kept trying to find a tutor that fit our busy schedule. I found WyzAnt online where I could research tutors in Flower Mound, Texas (75 028). She has been meeting Ian M. weekly for the last 2 school years for tutoring in high school math & science… and I can’t thank Ian enough for the turn around. To see my daughter’s transition from a student who dreaded math (and science) in middle school because of the continuous frustration from not grasping the core foundation to a confident student who her peers seek for assistance. I could not believe how upset she got last semester when she received a B on a math test/quiz…IT WAS AWESOME! My daughter has transitioned from someone who felt all she could do was just get by in math to someone who now loves math. Thanks Ian M. (Denton, TX)!!!

Amazed the reviews here. Yes the commission that has to be paid to wyzant does hurt but until now I have met many students thanks to this site. And I really enjoy the students I meet. And honestly this is a tool to find students and it is very useful many students enjoy it

I have been a tutor with
for over 6 years. I had an excellent rating of 4.8 out of 5 with 65 5-​star reviews. I’m a very experienced, credentialed math teacher and my students have been very pleased with my services. I recently received an email stating that I broke their terms of use and they were deactiving my profile, which they did. When I called, I got Customer Service who said they could not help me or explain what terms of use I broke, but would refer it to a Policy Team. When I replied to the Policy Team’s email stating that the deactivation of my profile is final, I asked what terms of use were violated and how could I get an explanation and the chance to respond. They told me flat out that no one will talk to me or answer any of my questions. This is a most unprofessional and unethical web site. I see another tutor wrote a similar review with a similar experience. I agree with that review and urge tutors and students to avoid this web site altogether.

This is a pyramid scheme, Plain and simple. I do not mind them taking 40% of tutors earnings to pay for things like the website and other sources, but they will
Terminate your profile once you reach the alleged hours needed to keep more than 60% of your earnings.

Beware that tutors from this site will charge for the initial consultation without letting you know that you will be charged. Tutor I interviewed seemed OK but a few days after that they billed me. Doesn’t seem fair since in the interview the tutor was meeting with the parents and then did some evaluation of the children.

Scammed by out of 8 bucks by submitted a flawed background check, then tried to charge me for a second one.
Stay away. Far away.

Like other reviewers, I was a tutor that was listed with WyzAnt. I would strongly recommend that students and tutors stay away from this company, as it is my belief that they are engaged in unethical and exploitative business practices.
I have a graduate degree in education and have been in the educational field as a teacher, tutor, and program specialist for nearly 15 years — and I can say, without reservation, that I have never dealt with such an unethical organization as WyzAnt in my educational career.
Tutors are not considered to be employees but independent contractors, much like Über classifies its drivers. However, I believe that WyzAnt is misclassifying tutors as independent contractors not only to avoid labor regulations and avoid paying employment taxes, but to exploit low-​wage tutors. WyzAnt’s behavior is particularly egregious because its business model is built much like a traditional pyramid or Ponzi scheme, with a high investment in time and money required by a new tutor in order to find students through the system, with the promise of earning a high return on that initial investment in the future as the tutor logs more hours of tutoring experience.
However, in order to minimize the payout, WyzAnt’s regularly deletes profiles without warning, often done when a tutor rises to the next stage of the pyramid and begins earning a higher commission. These deletions are conducted by a «profile review team» at WyzAnt, which only provides very cursory and vague explanations as to why a profile was deleted, and refuses as a matter of policy to discuss the matter at all with a tutor. The criteria used by this team in determining which tutor profiles to delete is considered «proprietary» by the company and is kept secret.
Based on my experience as well as the experiences of other tutors who have had similar experiences with the company, I have come to the conclusion that WyzAnt is exploiting tutors deliberately by misclassifying them as independent contractors and then terminating them without justifiable cause in order to reduce the number of tutors to whom they have to pay out higher amounts of commission. What is particularly offensive is that WyzAnt is conducting this pyramid-​like scheme under the guise of an «online education company», branding themselves as a «community» of private tutors providing a «service» to students.
I had been listed as a tutor with
for nearly a year. I was particularly concerned with WyzAnt’s pyramid-​like commission structure, as it seemed exorbitant by comparison with their competitors at the time. In addition, the more tutoring hours logged, the higher the tutor’s profile is placed in the search results, thus leading, theoretically, to more tutoring requests by students. Tutors also are required to take online «quizzes» and/​or provide «qualifications» for each subject they wish to tutor in addition to completing the tutor profile. This adds up to a lot of hours without compensation, yet WyzAnt promotes this as an investment that will pay off in the future as more hours are accrued by the tutor, the «service fee» is reduced, and the tutor rises to the top of the search rankings.
My profile was deleted without warning soon after I logged 20 hours of tutoring, the details of which I provided in a previous review. After continually pressing WyzAnt to provide additional information, I received a call from their General Counsel’s office. The call had a distinctly adversarial tone to it. She refused to provide me with any specific information as to why my profile was deleted, and said that it was their policy not to release any information or even the criteria used as a basis for deleting a tutor’s profile. I told her that this was unacceptable, and that the timing was suspect as it was soon after I completed 20 hours of tutoring, which had moved me to a higher take-​home pay rate. I also informed her that other former tutors had written about this online, and told of similar stories. She replied that the Terms of Service were clear in that WyzAnt could delete any tutor’s profile for any reason at any time, to which I countered that the terms of service did not absolve them of their legal and ethical responsibilities, and did not allow them to exploit tutors. She finished by practically daring me to sue them, and implicitly threatened me with possible legal action if I continued to press them on this issue. Needless to say, I was surprised and taken aback.
Based on these experiences, I would strongly recommend that both tutors and students avoid doing business with this company. It is my hope that if enough people come forward with their stories, they will be held to account for their business practices.

I concur with all the negative reviews from the former Wyzant tutors. I have had great reviews from my clients, I was moved into a lower commission category, and I was fired from wyzant and their decision to remove me was permanent and they would no longer discuss the matter with me. What kind of policy is that?

I have been a tutor with WyzAnt since 2012. I have many students I’ve had since 2012 – 2013 that I met through WyzAnt. I’ve logged thousands of hours with them, am rated highly on their site, and I’ve met many wonderful students with them.
In the last year, they have gone from a wonderful startup that really helped tutors and students connect to a disaster. The post from the educator who was kicked off WyzAnt for no reason is real. That hasn’t happened to me, but it has happened to other educators I’m friends with who tutor on WyzAnt recently.
They also have been extremely rude to me in the last year, and I have made them literally thousands of dollars. They are rude to the students they recruit for me, and they are rude to the students I recruit to WyzAnt for them.
Students may have luck finding a tutor like me on WyzAnt who is a good tutor. However, they will want to immediately stop using WyzAnt after securing the tutor because the company complicates the tutor-​student relationship. This is technically against WyzAnt’s rules, unfortunately, but I think if you log 4 or 5 sessions they may not notice if you embark from them after that.
I have never broken their rules but I have to get my students off their platform because once the students start working with me, they hate continuing to use WyzAnt, and as a tutor, I don’t want to lose them.

After complying with all applications to become a tutor online and supplying all required information which took almost an hour I repeatedly received emails requesting more information that was already there. The process for becoming a tutor is excruciating and non productive. I do not recommend any online trainers or tutors or mentors to bother with this site. I of course did request that they handle this in a better fashion but they said they can’t.

Completely disappointed in this «service». They demand you provide your credit card information though you offer to pay cash to tutors and then reward you by providing no service while they have your credit card number. I do not provide CC information but was desperate for a tutor.
After perusing their list of tutors and sending a message to the one that fit our needs I got no response. So I sent multiple messages the next time and got one response … but that tutor was taking care of personal business. I then sent a note to Wyzant with my concerns and they basically told me to widen my search, which I did. I finally got a tutor to respond, show up for one session, then call in sick for the rest of the week, and finally didn’t answer our text inquiry for a return.
In the end, I had to go through a lot of grief, give up my CC info, and get nothing. Use another tutoring service.

Really disappointed in what in theory is a great idea. I was looking for a tutor to work with a client of ours (my company provides educational consulting). The family is incredibly busy and asked us to vet candidates to work with their son for the 2015 – 2016 academic year.
I was quickly informed by Wyzant that my account had been shut down because I was not a parent. I emailed Wyzant to learn more and explain the situation and they refused to re-​open the account, stating that only a parent could search for tutors.
I’m really disappointed with this experience. The student is in need of a great tutor, and because of Wyzant’s ludicrous policies, he is missing the opportunity to meet with a highly-​qualified tutor in his region. I would not recommend this site to anyone and will take the business elsewhere.

Wyzant removed me as a tutor for «not following their guidelines» even though I have been a great tutor for them for two years and have always followed their guidelines. When I contacted their customer service center by phone to get answers, the customer service people can help you with any information and the review board refuses to be explicit. DO NOT use! Find someone else to work with. Horrible customer service and lack of any contact with their tutors when they thinks something is going wrong.

I am shocked with the terrible service I experienced with
!
I have been a tutor with Wyzant since 2009. Recently, I unknowingly violated their terms by giving a potential student my personal email when she asked how she can send her class syllabus. She wanted me to review the topics on her syllabus to see if I am able to help her. She could not attach the file in a Wyzant message so I asked her to send it to my personal email. Within minutes of replying to her message, WyzAnt sends me a notice that my account was deactivated. I logged into my account and saw on the top that my account was deactivated and if I wanted to reactivate it I would need to contact
. So I did that, I emailed
and let them know I did not mean to violate any terms and I was just trying to review her syllabus. I wrote that I was upset they would not give me a warning or courtesy notice, but instead they immediately closed my account. I got a reply to wait 24 – 48 hours for further review of my account. I waited and did not get a reply. So I emailed info@wyzant a second time apologizing for the misunderstanding and assuring them that I would not give my personal information until after the student enters payment information on their website and requested reactivation of my account. They replied very unprofessionally telling me the decision was final and a representative would not help me anymore. I find their decision harsh and unfair for an honest mistake.

I am a full-​time tutor on Wyzant, and I have been taking clients through the site for four months. I am surprised at the vitriol regarding the initial 40% cut of earnings that Wyzant takes — a cut that decreases as you work with more and more clients. As a tutor who’s worked for major companies before, these major companies take cuts upwards of 80−85% of what they charge parents. You end up making $ 20/​hr (before taxes, gas, etc) when these major companies charge $ 100+/hr.
The fact is, it is very challenging for me to market effectively to all parents within a 25mi radius; Wyzant has been a tremendous help in finding these parents, communicating with them, and having a seamless way to receive payment through them. The infrastructure the site uses for its own leads can be used for my own personal clients, with only a 5% cut. It is well-​worth 5% for the peace of mind to ensure payment, have automated reminders for clients, etc.
I personally have had no issue with following the site’s policies on communicating with clients. I am extremely happy with my experience, and would recommend it for anyone who’s looking for an easy way to locate new clients.

Where do I begin? How about with simple and free advice:
Use TutorZ, not WyzAnt. I’m speaking from experience.
1. Do your homework! Read all the negative reviews out there — Unilocal,SiteJabber, Consumer Complaints Board, Ripoff Report, etc. While there are positive reviews, the negative ones are the real deal and they are the ones that need to be paid close attention to.
2. Do not be suckered into the glowing reviews on WyzAnt’s site under «Reviews and Testimonials» because they are ridiculously contrived and manufactured.
3. Do not — under any circumstances — use WyzAnt.
While the goal of every business is to make money, WyzAnt does it unethically and unscrupulously. It’s not about making the best connection for student and tutor.
I had a horrible experience with WyzAnt in seeking a tutor. Recently, I logged in and left a message for a tutor. WyzAnt emailed saying «based on your previous requests to close your account, we are unable to provide you with an active account moving forward.»
The funny thing is, I never attempted to close my account and it would not occur to me to do so.
When I asked for proof that I requested my account be closed, WyzAnt emailed me saying their «…decision to close my account was made in accordance with their terms and conditions, which are available for review on their website.»
Seriously?!? WyzAnt can’t even explain it to me? I now have to decipher their legally-​written Terms of Service in order to figure it out? I’m left more stymied than before. It is obvious WyzAnt’s email notification is a formal one and certainly not one tailored to me.
I notified WyzAnt again asking them for proof that I attempted to close my account. They responded they «could not help me» and that they were, «finished discussing the matter and no one from their team would engage in conversation over this matter.» Literally. It left me thinking, «What the ?!?» The only reason — and it’s a lame one — that I can think I was banned is because I ended up never using their services. If this is true, what a ludicrous and ineffective business model they have.
WyzAnt is an extremely unforgiving company, so be careful. They are completely unwilling to work with unhappy customers or engage in a resolution. This is NOT a way to do business. They desperately need to change their business model or it will be catastrophic for them. Their customer service is atrocious. Whether you’re a tutor seeking work, or a student in need of one, I implore you to not use WyzAnt. Log onto TutorZ instead and be treated with courtesy and professionalism, qualities WYZANT simply does not possess.
Be careful when logging onto other tutor sites that appear not to mention WyzAnt as an affiliate or partner because as soon as you click «Send,» WyzAnt pops up, and if you’ve been blacklisted like me, and you think you’re going on a site to circumvent WyzAnt, you’re not. Now, THAT’S a sneaky way to do business.
Be smart: Beware!
Be smart: Use TutorZ!

As a private tutor, I can say that I’m not fond of the 40% pay cut.
As a former teacher, I can say that I do like that Wyzant
1.) makes it easy to find a good tutor within a certain price range.
2.) offers money back to people not satisfied with their tutoring experience
3.) offer discounts to people looking for tutoring without further reducing the tutors take home (it comes out of Wyzant’s portion).
4.) offers protection from people trying to not pay for services. (been there, it’s not fun)
5.) if you refer your students to Wyzant, you keep 95% of your hourly fee.
Wyzant is a good finders service, if they find you students, their cut is a lot larger. If you refer your own students in, you just brought them new clients who may need tutoring in the future in a different subject.

This site is a total joke for tutors. 40% commission?! For what? I’m the one who has to spend 2 hours with the students, drive halfway across town, etc. What did you do?
I don’t mind commissions, but when I make close to $ 30 for a 2 hour session where the student has to shell out $ 60 there is something wrong here! Sure if I tutor for 100+ hours I can get the commission down to 20%, but come on that would take about a year of getting ripped off in order to reach that at just 2 – 3 hours a week.
I could seriously charge $ 20 an hour (compared to $ 30) where I would make more money than using this site for the same amount of time while simultaneously the student pays way less.
I’m the one with the knowledge and I’m the one who has to spend time helping students. Not you. So get your commissions under control. You don’t deserve more than 15−20% ever.
Oh and they have no problem just deleting your account if you ever say anything in a message to the student that they don’t like. Hell I just tried to give a consistent student my phone number so she can get a hold of me in case of cancellation and they deleted my account. What a joke!

WyzAnt is a company who only cares about themselves. Period.
If you are a tutor — please go elsewhere. Here are the reasons why:
1. They take 40% OFF your earnings — (which means you, as a tutor, would have to increase your hourly rate to get a decent pay)
2. They Provide NOTHING in return — except for putting up your pic and a bio (which you wrote) (40% goes to monitor your e-​mail exchange with students :)))
3. They Delete your account if you try to communicate with your student the second day because you cannot say anything — everything violates their terms! It is insane! They do not allow you to exchange phones, addresses — nothing — unless a student pays WyzAnt in advance.
They are extremely UNREASONABLE and without any warning, delete your account the SECOND day if you say ANYTHING without paying to WyzAnt first.
If you are a tutor — Advertise locally and NOT with WyzAnt.
As an indepedent tutor, you could charge your students more affordable rates and not have WyzAnt hike your hourly rate, so that you can receive a decent pay. Merely charge $ 20/​hr and not worry about WyzAnt stealing nearly half your income!

I got an ok tutor through this site… the tutor I ended up with wasn’t a perfect match but was decent enough.
I needed a pol sci tutor and the one tutor that responded said that she would be able to help me etc. etc. It turns out that she really didnt have any content knowledge on the subj in reality/​practice but taught me reading strategies on how to tackle my dense readings and that did help. I happen to have a friend who lives in a different state and he tutored me on the content over the phone so the dual tutoring reinforced each other. But I would say that if I did not have him and only had the wyzant tutor, I’d be royally jacked.
I found 50 bucks an hour for this kind of help overpriced… esp because the match was imprecise. once when I was sick and they charged me anyway… and to find out wyzant takes 40% it totally makes sense… I found this type of tutoring relationship to be too much of a business relationship. I’ve had other tutors before where there was a lot of give and take and i like that much better… this takes too much of the personal out of the situation because the tutors have to document everything afterward in order to get paid and wzyant is constantly monitoring interactions.