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An updated list of popular App's students are using to find online English teachers.
📈 What Apps students use to find online English teachers: country-by-country, Breakdown, pricing (cost of living has a huge impact on pricing) and insights If you want to grow your online English teaching business, it’s vital to understand where students from different countries go to find tutors — and how much they’re willing to pay. In this guide, we’ll break it down by country, covering the most popular platforms and apps students use, plus pricing expectations. 🇨🇳 China Popular Apps: - WeChat: For community groups and private teacher-student interaction. - Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book): Students search for lifestyle-focused teachers. - Douyin (TikTok China): Younger students love short, punchy learning videos. - Bilibili: For more serious learners who watch long-form educational content. How students find teachers: - Word-of-mouth in WeChat groups - Xiaohongshu search + influencer-style posts - TikTok-style videos with mini-lessons Pricing (per 60-minute class): - Chinese tutors: ¥50–120 (approx. $7–17 USD) - Foreign tutors: ¥150–300 (approx. $20–40 USD), higher for test prep or business English 🇰🇷 South Korea Popular Apps: - Cafetalk: A well-known tutoring platform - HelloTalk and Tandem: Used for language exchange, can lead to paid lessons - Instagram & YouTube: Popular among younger learners for discovering native speakers How students find teachers: - Search Cafetalk for rated tutors - Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts with Korean-English subtitles Pricing (per 60-minute class): - Local tutors: ₩15,000–25,000 (approx. $11–19 USD) - Native speakers: ₩25,000–45,000 (approx. $19–34 USD) 🇯🇵 Japan Popular Apps: - Italki and Cafetalk: Very well-established in Japan - LINE: Used for private communication and group learning - YouTube: Students follow and message teachers they admire How students find teachers: - Through Italki and Cafetalk teacher rankings - LINE groups for study and exam prep - YouTube comment sections
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Absolutely phenomenal! Those online gurus would charge in the hundreds for that kind of information. Kudos to you for giving it away for free!
Mar 11 •
You're not allowed to vlog in England anymore... 🤡
Found this CRAZY video in my feed today. Some dude's filming in my hometown (Southend of all places) and gets TOTALLY HARASSED by these "community officers" for taking pictures. WTF?? The guy's snapping some pics of pigeons and buildings... Next thing you know, these wannabe cops are following him around demanding ID. Made me remember EXACTLY why I left the place. What a shit hole the UK has become.
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Bank accounts in Thailand
Hi everyone. Just wondered if anyone has successfully managed to open a local bank account in Thailand and what they would recommend. Which bank is best? What helps not to get rejected as a foreigner?
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New comment 28d ago
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- Banks are randomly closing (or freezing, to be more accurate) tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of foreign bank accounts in Thailand, so be prepared to take the risk that your account might not last for long. - Different regions, different branches, different rules. It's a bit of a gamble. Supposedly, people have had high success rates at Bangkok bank, even on a tourist visa. - It might be worth it to hire an attorney - some even provide specialized bank account opening assistance services. If nothing else, they will tell you exactly what branch to go to and what documents to prepare. Also, having an attorney with you makes it harder for them to just dismiss you.
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Word on the street is that Indonesia is now being liberal with letting people open bank accounts, even if you're on a tourist visa. Might be worth looking into, as it's only a short flight away.
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Any WordPress Devs in the house
Just wondering if anyone here is managing to make a remote living as a WordPress developer? I'm a junior level React developer but I've pretty much given up the ghost on finding an entry level role. I'm thinking of pivoting but I'm wary of putting in loads of work and ending up in a similar situation! Any thought welcome
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PHP is a must, that's the core of WP. Most likely you will need some HTML and JS alongside of it, yes. I've just asked AI, and WP still powers 43% of all websites, that's nearly half of the internet. Some estimates even say 60%. Whatever the case might be, there's bound to be good money in it. The only question is, what are the best channels to promote it? Would releasing a free version of the plugin be enough or is there a better way to drive traffic? I've read numerous articles about it, and they fail to mention this crucial aspect of running the WP plugin dev business. I'm guessing they don't have a friggin clue.
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@Niall Bennett I was thinking https://codecanyon.net
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Thailand Visa-Free Stay Changes
What does everyone make of the news that Thai authorities plan on reducing the period of visa-free stays from 60 to 30 days. I'm planning a 90 day stay in Thailand (Aug 1st - Nov 1st), is this going to mess me up? I know I can get one extension but no sure about two. I could add in a border run but that might be pushing my luck. Any thoughts appreciated.
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New comment 23d ago
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Plus technically, you're going to have to fill out a form online anyway prior to arriving starting in May, even if planning to do so on a visa-exempt stamp. So if that's the case, might as well just grab a regular tourist visa while you're at it. It's 60 days + you can get a 30 day optional extension, which should cover you for the intended duration of your stay.
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