Describe the problem instead of searching for a tutor

How WeaTeach works · 2 min read · updated 2026-08-22

Browsing is the right way to find a teacher for a course of lessons. It is a poor way to solve one specific problem — a document that needs proofreading by Friday, a project you cannot finish, an exam in three weeks — because you end up reading twenty profiles to work out which one does that.

So you can do it the other way round: describe the problem, and matching tutors come to you.

What you write

• The kind of help you need — tutoring, homework, translation, proofreading, a
• The subject or language, your level, and what "done" looks like.
• Your budget, in whatever form makes sense: per hour, or for the whole job.
• A deadline, if there is one.
• When you are free, roughly.
• How you want to be contacted — email, or WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, WeChat,

What happens next

You choose how many tutors should receive it — ten by default — and which assessed levels you want it sent to. The request then goes to that many matching tutors, chosen at random from the ones who fit, so it is not a queue where the same few teachers get everything.

Tutors reply with a plan and a price. You talk to whoever makes sense, pick one, and when the problem is solved you say who solved it. That adds to a public "problems solved" count on their profile, which is the one number here that only exists because a real person said they were helped.

Requests stay open for 14 days. You do not need an account first — the email address is verified, and if it is new, an account is created for you.

When to post a request instead of browsing

• The job is one piece of work, not a course of lessons.
• It has a deadline.
• It is unusual — a dialect, a specific exam board, a niche technical subject.
• You want quotes rather than list prices.
• You do not know what kind of help you need, only what is wrong.

When browsing is better

• You want a weekly teacher for the next six months.
• The person matters more than the task — a child's tutor, a conversation partner.
• You want to watch someone teach before you commit: intro videos and sample lessons

How to write a request that gets good replies

• Be specific about the outcome. "Proofread 4,000 words of a master's thesis,
• Say your level honestly. Tutors plan differently for B1 and C1.
• Give a budget range. Requests without one get the fewest replies.
• Attach the context, or describe it precisely — the exam board, the job description,
• Reply quickly. The first clear conversation usually becomes the job.

Either way, everything is priced from the same roster: 30 tutors, $5 to $26 an hour, 25 of them with an assessed level. Browse them on all tutors, or start from online tutors.