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How do I add my first student?

Open Students and choose Add student. Add the parent's name and email (that's where reminders, invoices and homework links go), the rate you charge and whether lessons are online.

How do I schedule lessons?

Open Calendar and choose New lesson. Pick the student, day and time. Lessons can repeat weekly, and you can reschedule or cancel a single lesson without changing the rest.

How do lesson reminders work?

TutorFlow emails parents before each lesson, at the times you choose in Settings (for example 24 hours before). Times are shown in the parent's own timezone, and online lessons include your meeting link.

Where do I put my Zoom or Google Meet link?

Save one meeting link in Settings. It's added to the reminders for every student marked as online.

Do parents need an account?

No. Parents get emails with secure links that only work for them and expire. From those links they can view and pay invoices and hand in homework.

Billing

How does the free trial work?

Your first month is free. A card is needed to start, and we email you 3 days before your first payment. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing — cancelling during the trial ends access straight away. One free trial per person.

How does the launch offer work?

Solo is 50% off for your first 12 paid months: $12.50 a month instead of $25, or $125 for your first year on yearly billing. Paused months don't count. If you cancel and come back later, it's the standard price.

How do I switch between monthly and yearly?

Go to Settings › Billing and choose Switch. The change happens at the end of your current period, so you're never charged twice.

Can I pause my subscription?

Yes, from Settings › Billing: 1 or 2 months at a time, up to 2 times in 12 months. While paused you're not charged, no emails go out, and you can look at everything but not change it. You can resume early at any time.

How do I cancel?

Go to Settings › Billing and choose Cancel subscription. After the trial you keep access until the end of the period you've paid for, and you can download your data as CSV files.

Where are my receipts? How do I change my card?

We email a receipt after every payment. All receipts, and the option to update your card, are in Settings › Billing.

How does Refer a friend work?

Share your link from Settings › Refer a friend. When a friend signs up with it and makes their first payment, you both get a free month as credit.

Payments

How can parents pay me?

By bank transfer — your BSB and account number are on every invoice, and you mark it as paid — or by card, if you've set up card payments.

How do I set up card payments?

Open Payments and follow the steps. Stripe, our payments partner, asks for some details to verify your identity and where to send your money. It takes about 5 minutes.

What does a card payment cost?

TutorFlow takes 5% of each card payment plus a 1.7% + 30c card processing fee, before the money reaches you. Bank transfers are free.

When do I get my money?

Card payments collect in your balance on the Payments page. Choose Cash out (minimum $20.00) to send it to your bank account.

How do I refund a card payment?

Refunds are made from your Stripe dashboard: open Payments in TutorFlow and choose Open Stripe. The card processing fee and TutorFlow's fee aren't returned on refunds.

Can TutorFlow chase late payments for me?

Yes. In Settings you can turn on payment reminders for overdue invoices, and optionally a late fee that's added the day after the due date.

Homework

How do I set homework?

Open Homework and choose New homework. You can attach files, and the parent gets a link to see it and hand in their work.

What files can be uploaded?

Photos (JPG, PNG, WebP) and PDFs, up to 10 MB each. Photos are made smaller automatically before uploading.

How long are homework files kept?

Files are deleted 2 months after you mark the homework as reviewed. We email you 7 days before, so you can download anything you want to keep.

Privacy & security

Who can see my students' details?

Only you. Every record is locked to your account in the database, so no other tutor can see or change it. Parents only see what their own link is for.

How do the links sent to parents stay secure?

Each link is long and random, works for one invoice or homework only, and expires. We store only a scrambled version (a hash) of each link, never the link itself.

Do you store card details?

No. Card payments are handled by Stripe, which is certified to the highest payment security standard (PCI DSS Level 1). TutorFlow never sees full card numbers.

Do you sell or share data?

Never. We only use your data and your families' details to run TutorFlow for you. See the Privacy Policy for details.

How do I delete my account and data?

Download anything you want to keep from Settings, then email hello@tutorflow.au from your account's email address and we'll delete your account and data.

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