TakeLessons Reviews & Product Details

I was able to find teachers for both my daughter who takes ukulele lessons and myself, in attempting to learn Italian.The instructor profiles were very comprehensive to make it easier for one to find an instructor who has the required experience and approach to teaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The scheduling really felt off and often became irritating. Communicating with my teachers was frequently done through email or as a message through the software, which was not very effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TakeLessons boasts of an outstanding roster of educated teachers. There was a guitar teacher that I found, and they taught me well based on the way I learned. Having all those resources within my room is like being connected to an extended music-class network outside of the school. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is been challenging to schedule lessons. Unfortunately many teachers have tight schedules, moreover, the most popular instruments, especially guitar, are very popular and teachers get many students I often find out that I have to wait for weeks just to book a time that suits us both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allows me to connect with students who I otherwise wouldn’t meet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How much money they keep for the first lessons booked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a very easy platform for students to find teachers. I had many long term private students connect with me over the app. As a dance teacher, this intermediary platform was really useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TakeLessons is much better for the student than the teacher. Students pay the same price from beginning to end, and teachers pay the consequences of having to complete 20 lessons before achieving 90% of their asking price.

There is almost no information given about the student before acceptance. I had to ask the student where they were booking from as I moved from East Coast to West Coast. I ended up having to accept the student before being able to communicate with them if it was a good fit.

The worst thing about it is that I ran into a complication of whether or not a student would be a good fit, and discussing their location, and whether they had access to a dance studio, as they were looking for lessons close to home. After speaking with customer service for an extended period, they accused me of lying on the phone, and since calls are recorded, I asked for a transcript, and they refused, though I am certain that when speaking with the representative I had given different information than they had stated, hoping to book clients at all costs. It caused me to leave the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There were a lot of classes available with lots of time slots Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The classes were useless. The instructors would cater to people Who clearly were not ready for the class. Therefore making it a waste for the rest of the people in the class. If I'm taking an advanced ukulele class, The first 50% of the class should not be trying to help people get tuned Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the interface. It's easy to work with. I used to be a Thumbtack.com user but they began charging fees that didn't make sense for music lessons. That's when TakeLessons showed up. I believe, based on the interface, that TakeLessons is an extension of Thumbtack or something. There's some sort of connection because the interface is identical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't blame TakeLessons directly. I think they have a good system that probably works for most people? I have been with them at least a couple years now and I've never had a single student sign up through their service. I believe this is probably because the people using TakeLessons are most likely looking for cheap lessons. I don't think 90% of the people looking for lessons on TakeLessons can afford my rates.

Like I said, I can't blame TakeLessons for that. But so, far for me it has been a waste of money.

The charges are made with you connect to the potential client. I receive an average of two or three leads per week. Some are for trumpet lessons but I'm also signed up to teach music theory and/or composition. For a while I was responding to every single lead, but after over a year of no students gained, I became a bit more selective.

Now, if I wasn't getting students outside of TakeLessons, then I would have assumed I was doing something wrong. But I do get students through my own personal website. So I don't think that's it. It has something to do with what types of clients are using TakeLessons to find teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I used this website I loved that I did not have to deal with the money when giving private lessons. I always found that awkward. This website took care of that for you- they billed the students and direct deposited the money for you. They also found students for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I had a lot of issues with customer service for this website. I would be assigned students that were not anywhere near where I was located and expected to take them, even though it was outside of the mileage I marked on my profile. Dealing with customer service to rectify this was not pleasant.

I also stopped using this website after they increased the percentage they took out of each lesson price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about TakeLessons is that I do not have to deal with the fee and the transaction processing by myself, and the app takes care of it for me. It is a great place to advertise yourself if you are a budding teacher/professional and just wanna make some money. The website is fairly easy to navigate through and gives recommendations for other students who need the help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The transaction charges/cut of takelessons is fairly huge. Other than that, I have also had issues in the past with making my profile visible to all and that probably affected the number of bookings by new students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a good attendance tracking service which makes it easy to communicate with your teacher/student. The online payment system is pretty straightforward, and the best thing is that it also provides a feature to take online classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Takelessons is overly expensive. It's not very easy to keep track of the students near you or far from you because in the latter case, it makes the communication particularly difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very good advertising for students depending upon the type of teacher and their location. It is easy to manage your own schedules through this and communicate easily with the students to set up times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is pretty expensive and does not have a lot of discount codes available. They take a lot of commission for the initial lessons and do not make the earning for the teachers and tutors easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.