The problem
Why scheduling a lesson eats more time than teaching it
Most tutoring work starts with scheduling. A student or parent asks which days you're free, suggests a time, you suggest another, and it takes several rounds to land one slot — and often they reschedule or don't show, because nothing was holding the time.
Then come overlaps and lost income. Your timetable lives in several places — chat, calendar, notes — and you take two lessons in the same window, or hold a slot for a student who never shows while someone else could have had it.
Common symptoms
- Trading times back and forth for several rounds to book one lesson
- Double-booking the same window because your timetable lives in several places
- A student books and reschedules or never shows, with no fee holding the slot
- Running both one-on-one lessons and multi-session exam courses, managed together until it gets confusing
How it works
How Zentr helps tutors
One booking link
Students pick a time from slots you're actually free
Build a booking page with your subjects, per-lesson prices and the slots you're actually free. Students or parents pick a time that works and book themselves — no trading times back and forth — and the system locks a booked slot immediately.
- Result
- No more scheduling one lesson message by message
Payment upfront
Take the lesson fee at booking, paid straight to you
Set students to pay the lesson fee or a deposit when they book, through Omise or Stripe. The money goes directly to your account and Zentr takes no commission. A paid lesson is a student who genuinely intends to show — fewer no-shows.
- Fees
- Only Omise/Stripe's standard rates
Multiple subjects
One-on-one, group, exam courses and online, kept separate
Hourly tutoring, multi-session exam-prep courses, small-group lessons, or online lessons — set each as its own service with its own price, duration and details. Students choose the one they want before picking a time.
- Supports
- One-on-one, group and online, with details per subject
AI chat
Answers questions and availability for you
The Plus plan includes an AI chatbot that answers questions about subjects, prices and open slots, then sends students to your booking page. Parents who message after hours still get an answer and can book right away.
- Quota
- 2,000 answers per cycle, then shows your contact method
Before a lesson
One student, start to finish
It's 9pm and a parent messages after seeing your post: "I'd like Year 12 maths tutoring to prep for exams. What days can we meet?" Instead of suggesting a time and waiting for a reply, you send a single booking link.
The parent opens your hourly maths tutoring service, sees the price, picks Wednesday evening while you're actually free, and pays the lesson fee right there. The system locks that slot immediately — anyone who opens the link later won't see it as available. In the morning you have a confirmed, paid lesson waiting.
Getting started
How long does it take to start taking bookings?
- Sign up on the Free plan and name your booking link
- Add subjects such as hourly maths tutoring or an exam-prep course, with prices and durations
- Set the time slots you open for lessons each day
- Turn on payment through Omise/Stripe and share the link in your bio or a post
Start on the Free plan with no card required. As you get more students or add more subjects, upgrade to Solo or Plus for unlimited services and the AI chat.
FAQ
Questions tutors ask
Can students book a lesson through one link?
Yes. You create one booking link with subjects such as hourly maths tutoring or an exam-prep course, each with a price and duration. Students or parents open the link, pick a slot you are actually free, and book in a single page. The system locks a booked slot immediately so no one else can double-book it.
Can I take lesson fees upfront?
You can collect a lesson fee or deposit at booking through Omise or Stripe. The money goes straight to your account and Zentr takes no commission — only the payment provider's standard fee applies. It cuts down on people who book a slot and don't show up.
Online, one-on-one and group lessons — can I set them up separately?
You can set each one as its own service — one-on-one, small group or online — with its own price, duration and details, then state how the lesson runs in the service description. The Free plan allows 10 services; Solo and Plus add unlimited ones.
Parents message about availability after hours. Can it reply automatically?
The Plus plan includes the Zentr AI Chatbot with 2,000 answers per billing cycle. It answers questions about subjects, prices and open slots and sends them to your booking page. You can share the chatbot link on social media. When the quota runs out it stops answering and shows the contact method you set.
Got open slots? Let students book them themselves
Create a booking page free on the Free plan, add your subjects and the time slots you open, and share the link in your bio. Students or parents can pick a time and pay the lesson fee without trading messages back and forth.