Working as a private tutor, whether full-time or part-time, is always a great way to earn good money and simultaneously helping others who are in need of such services. Anyone who has good knowledge or is an expert in a particular subject can look forward to taking up private tutoring as a business.

Being a one-on-one online private tutor is an outstanding way to send out your services to the ones in need remotely as you get the much-needed freedom and flexibility. Similar concept is followed by Preply.com which hosts about 29000 professional tutors representing 185 countries and speaking different languages. One can easily become a tutor on it and earn good money by sharing knowledge. Tutors on a variety of subjects can be found on Preply.com like math tutors, physics tutors, chemistry tutors, language tutors and many more.

However private tutoring, apart from its pros or benefits, has a few cons too, both of which are discussed ahead:

Pros of Being a Private Tutor

• There is not much hard-work involved in finding students as a section of students is always there who are looking for one-to-one help on a particular topic.
• Starting up as a private tutor needs no initial investment or might need just a minimal amount.
• You don’t require to be an expert in all the subjects. If you have sound knowledge of any subject whether it is math, physics or even a guitar you can easily start private tutoring for the same. The number of subjects, for which people are seeking help, is infinite.
• Private tutoring is a fantastic way to build great relationships and while starting you can bank upon your existing relationships for getting your first client.
• Expensive advertising is not required to make this business flourish. You are just required to teach in a way that your client can understand the subject easily. Thereafter he/she only will advertise about you verbally.

Cons of Being a Private Tutor

• First of all, if you don’t have patience, then you shouldn’t start upon this venture of private tutoring. This is because it is required to be extremely patient while working with children or even grown-ups for the case. A lot many questions will be put up in front of you and same task might require explanation multiple times. So patience is a virtue.
• Even 99% experience or knowledge of a subject is not enough. You should have 100% sound knowledge and be capable enough to handle all type of complex problems related to your subject.
• You must do a good job preparing your client to tackle the subject. But the problem is that your client might not need your services once he/she understands the subject fully enough to continue on his/her own.

However these cons pose not much of a hindrance in being a private tutor. If you have the required patience and 100% knowledge of your subject then you can always go ahead with your idea of being a private tutor.