Highlighter is the engine; the students, the pricing, and the reputation are yours. Here's exactly how the money works — no fine print.
Charge between $99 and $149 per student, per month — the band families can sustain. Live session rates (check-ins, groups, full hours) are entirely yours to set.
Highlighter keeps 20% of the gross student payment — calculated before card-processing fees — for the platform and the adaptive engine. You keep 80% of every dollar families pay, every month, for as long as they stay.
A one-time $49 tutor setup fee covers verification and onboarding — that's the only platform fee. Card processing (Stripe, ~2.9% + 30¢ per charge) comes off each payment before payout and is itemized below. Families pay exactly your price; nothing is added on top.
Every charge, split in the open — the same numbers families see when they sign up.
80% of gross, at each end of the band and the middle — before card processing (~3.1% per charge).
| Students | At $99/mo | At $129/mo | At $149/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $396 | $516 | $596 |
| 10 | $792 | $1,032 | $1,192 |
| 20 | $1,584 | $2,064 | $2,384 |
| 30 | $2,376 | $3,096 | $3,576 |
The tutor wedge: a private tutor billing $100/hr needs 20 hours to gross $2,000. Here, 20 students at ~30 minutes of check-ins each is roughly 10 hours for $2,064 — about 2× the hourly yield, because the adaptive course does the teaching and you sell your judgment, not your hours.
