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[jsrit]

Last year I met a traveler who said he and friends were EACH earning over 25,000 RMB/month teaching private lessons in Shanghai.

However, I lost his contact info.

If I wanted to get into this type of work, is it truly possible? How to go about it?

THANKS IF YOU CAN SHARE THE WISDOM! (Email me the secrets if you dont want everyone to steal the market - I can give you a commission if this is real!!!! [email protected])

[YAMARI]

well that would mean finding 125 hours of teaching time a month at 200 rmb a lesson.

one would need to be quite the salesperson to do that.
thats over 30 hours of privates a week at a price more than most will pay.

[daCabbie]

Send me $19.95 and I will tell you the 'secret'.

Here's a hint: Take the number 11 bus.

No newbie to China is gonna pull some rabbit out of a hat and make 20k a month. Especially not someone FOTB.

Put in the time. Do the leg work and maybe in a year or two you can pull in that much on privates.

So get on the bus, Gus. Make a new plan, Stan. Ain't no reason to be coy, Roy. Just get on the bus. (Remember its the number 11)

[Zero]

I know people who make well over 30k/month from various freelance teaching arrangements, but it's probably not fair to say it's just from "privates" in the sense of one-on-one students. It involves not only privates but also corporate English training, where rates can go far above 200 RMB/hour.

If I wanted to go to Shanghai and make 25k or more per month, I would probably get a part time job as a base, take on private students if they were willing to pay enough, and market myself as a business English trainer to small and mid-size companies. (I wouldn't bother much with larger companies, who are more likely to go through an agency.)

As for paying your dues and working your way up the ladder and so on, it depends on the person. What is your background coming in? Someone good at self-promotion, and possibly with a background in business, and with a knack for teaching, could probably hit the 25k mark a couple months off the boat. But for someone without the aptitude, it may never happen.

[Mr. English]

I am now making just shy of 25,000 per month teaching private students, most one-to-one, in Guangzhou, and the amount is rising; I hope to hit 30,000 before too too long. I work just over 30 hours a week at just under 200 per hour on average. Any increase will be via rising rates, not more hours, and rates can go up once you get into the right market. I think rates, and cost of living, are a little higher in Shanghai, so definitely possible. "A couple of months off the mark": I am skeptical, took me about 11 months to get to this point. I have done corporate training. I don't like it. Rates are similar to private students, higher sometimes, but corporations and some corporate training outfits treat trainers like cogs in a machine; there is no respect. One-to-one teaching, on the other hand, is fabulous. If you work well with young children there is a strong market and a shortage of qualified teachers; I think it's the easiest market to crack. Start out with a base working at small private schools on a part-time basis, then build the private practice.

[Laurence]

Doesn't it bother anyone that it's illegal to do this?

How would you react to a foreigner in your country making cash in hand illegally?

[The Ever-changing Cleric]

[dog backwards]

I wonder what one does for a regular job that makes him eligible and desirable to work on the side.

[Non Sequitur]

Isn't taking money illegally, sponging off the taxpayer?
Get the services but don't pay for them.

[Old Surrender]

[The Ever-changing Cleric]

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[Laurence]

[The Ever-changing Cleric]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

[samhouston]

Yeah, and illegal downloads. Have internet, will travel.

This world is spinning down the toilet. Every man for himself! 30k off the books? I don't see a problem here. Grab what you can while the gettin's good.