How does tutoring at Expert Hive Freelance work?

Apply to be a tutor. Once your application is approved, you will have access to the tutor site. Bid on questions you're interested in, providing explanations and help by suggesting a price and delivery time. If the student would like to work with you, they will pay an advance payment of your requested price which will be held by Expert Hive Freelance while the question remains open. During your session on the task, your job is to provide explanations and help the student solve their question within the agreed upon time limit. Once a final answer has been submitted and the student has approved the answer, your payment will be released to you.

Answering a Question

When helping students with a question, keep in mind that you must provide original, high-quality explanations and answers. If you use any sources, make sure to cite them appropriately.

Always make sure to help the student and provide final answers within the time limit, and be patient and polite. If your student is satisfied, you will automatically be added to each other’s lists of friends.

Can you tutor full-time on Expert Hive Freelance Services?

Yes, we have many tutors who choose to work on Expert Hive Freelance Services as a full-time job. There is no minimum or maximum to how much tutoring you can do on Expert Hive Freelance Services. Questions are posted 24/7 every day of the year.

Seasonality

Due to seasonality, there is the greatest demand for tutors during active school semesters:

• February to June - Busy
• Summer - Less Busy
• September to Mid-December - Busy
• Mid-December to Mid-January - Very quiet

During busy periods, tutors can maximize their workload and earnings as it is easier to win work when there are more questions being posted.

During less busy periods, tutors will need to bid more to maintain the same level of earnings. These are usually ideal times for tutors to focus on building strong relationships and strengthening their profiles.

Why tutor at Expert Hive Freelance Services?

Our platform is the most rewarding place to tutor students online. Expert Hive Freelance Services connects you with students/clients that will pay you good money for help. We will help you create and expand a network of students so that you can maximize your earnings. Expert Hive Freelance Services is perfect for tutors looking to earn money on the side or even those looking for a full-time job.

Work Whenever You Want

Expert Hive Freelance Services allows you to work whenever you want, from wherever you want. You are completely free to decide what work to take on, how much, and how often.

Protection

We always have your back! Expert Hive Freelance Services moderators keep you protected from scammers and students trying to rip you off. Students are required to pay before you provide them with help.

Tax Benefits

As a tutor, you are classified as an independent contractor working for Expert Hive Freelance Services. As such, you may be qualified for certain tax benefits, including deductions.

 Q&A

This is the most basic type of question you will see.

• The student posts a question along with a time limit and a budget. Tutors can then place bids on this question.
• Expert Hive Freelance recommends the best bids based on the tutor, budget, and time to the student. Recommended tutors are more likely to be selected by students, though students can still view all bids and choose the one they prefer.
• Once selected, the tutor will be notified and required to submit an answer along with an explanation to the question according to the conditions of the bid. It’s important to note that once selected the clock starts ticking for the deadline.

 New Student/Client

New students are 70-80% more likely to invite you as their next tutor if they are satisfied with their first Q&A tutoring experience with you.

Questions from new students are charged a 10% commission fee. This is much lower than the usual 20%, which means you keep more of the earnings!

Expert Hive Freelance Services provides freelancers with many different ways of earning money. Here are some tips for how you can get the most out of your freelancing experience!

Make Good Bids

Bids are the cornerstone of the Expert Hive Freelance Services platform. Knowing what projects to bid on, how much to charge, and properly estimating how much time you need to provide a complete service will help you win bids and maximize your earnings.

Becoming an effective bidder requires experience, and each freelancer will need to find a bidding style that suits them.

Build a Good Reputation

Building and keeping a good reputation is vital to maximizing earnings on Expert Hive Freelance Services. Having a great reputation not only gets freelancers more work but allows them to charge more for their services.

On the flip side, freelancers with low reputations will have difficulties finding work and will never be recommended for assignments with high budgets.

Expert Hive Freelance Services makes getting paid easy for freelancers. Freelancers can withdraw their earnings on this page: Withdrawal Page.

Withdrawal requests are reviewed by Expert Hive Freelance Services and typically take 1 business day to be approved. Requests submitted after 4:00 am GMT on Friday will be reviewed on Mondays (unless Monday is a holiday). The amount of time it takes for freelancers to receive these payments varies.

Outstanding Refunds

Outstanding refunds are for services that have been refunded after the Pending Balance has been transferred to your Balance. We deduct outstanding refunds when you withdraw your earnings. Like all refunds, outstanding refunds are approved when the freelancer's work is deemed not satisfactory by the Expert Hive Freelance Services Team.

In an effort to provide the best service to students, Expert Hive Freelance Services requires tutors to provide outlines according to the below guidelines.

When are outlines required?

For questions that require a 500+ word count explanation and answer focused on a single prompt, it is Expert Hive Freelance Services policy to include an outline along with your final answer. Failure to do so will result in the administration of a warning.

How to form an outline

1. Identify the topic of your answer and your thesis statement.
2. Identify the main categories/sections of your answer.
3. For each section, add brief notes on the supporting evidence/information.

Example framework of an outline

• Introduction
  • Topic/focus of the answer
  • Thesis Statement
• First section description
  • Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
  • Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
• Second section description
  • Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
  • Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
• Third section description
  • Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
  • Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
• Conclusion
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Concluding remarks

As well as providing students with the information, explanations, and answers that they need - Expert Hive tutors should strive to do so in a professional manner...

Grammatical Quality & Flow

• Does the explanation and answer flow well, in a clear structure that is easy for the student to follow?
• Have you used the appropriate vocabulary? Also, be careful not to go too over the top with overly sophisticated vocabulary and synonyms.
• Have you checked for correct punctuation and basic grammar rules?
• Have you made any spelling mistakes?
• Have proper nouns been used appropriately? It’s always best to double-check these, especially company names when helping students with a business question!
• Have you used verb tenses correctly?
• Are your sentences too long? Sometimes it’s better to break sentences up into shorter ones than have long sentences that confuse the student.
• Have you been consistent with your phrasing?
• Have you read your work out loud to hear how it sounds?

Top Tip: While programs such as Grammarly can be useful as a supplementary support - please don’t rely on them...

Formatting

Document formatting entails the way the information is laid out on the page, the way it looks, visual organization, font selection, font size, alignment, indentation, and overall presentation...

APA (American Psychological Association)

These are the official guidelines put forth by the American Psychological Association, now in its seventh edition...

MLA (Modern Language Association)

Provides guidelines focused on the Humanities: so artists, English majors, and theatre students will most likely request this style...

CMS (the Chicago Manual of Style)

Also known as Turabian style, provides guidelines predominantly seen in the Humanities, particularly with literature students and those who study advanced segments of history and/or the arts...