Teaching English online has helped me to work from home, create an income, and build my own business. After teaching English online for three years, I have learned a few things that I wish I had known when I was starting.

There’s nothing worse than receiving your long-awaited pay check and then losing a chunk of it to annoying fees. Because most online English teaching companies are based in countries different from their teachers (mostly China), getting your money can be a little tricky.

Today, we are going to talk about that wonderful thing that undeniably makes the world go round: money.

Here at Online English Teaching, we talk to a lot of people about teaching English online.  One of the first questions we get from interested candidates is, “Can I make a living doing this?”

So, you’re interested in teaching English online.  Maybe you are a bricks-and-mortar teacher who wants to supplement their income with a little side hustle.  Maybe you teach ESL in a foreign country and want to make some extra cash in the evenings and on weekends. Or, you have returned home looking for a reliable and flexible revenue source. 

One of the hot topics of the online English teaching world these days is the idea of teaching for multiple companies. 

Some people see it as a betrayal to the company that first hired them and would much rather put their time and energy into one thing.  Others view it as a smart choice for maximizing their options and furthering their online English teaching career.