New marketplace makes it easy to get academic help

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New marketplace makes it easy for parents to get academic help for their children

Auckland, 30th January 2016 – Tutorly (http://tutorly.co/), an online marketplace that connects parents and students with local private tutors, has launched in Auckland.

The demand for private academic tutors for high school and university subjects continues to grow worldwide by ~7% per year, reaching a predicted market size of US$196 billion by 20201. Australasia is experiencing this growth, but lags behind the rest of the world in its adoption of new technology to quickly match students with suitable tutors.

“In this world of Uber & Airbnb, people expect to get the service they’re after within a few clicks”, says Ollie Crush, Tutorly’s founder. “But in New Zealand and Australia, finding a tutor is still a frustrating experience. Antiquated bulletin boards and agencies are relied on, with simple things like ratings and reviews of a tutor’s previous work being pretty much non-existent.”

Ollie experienced these frustrations first-hand while tutoring science in Auckland last year, so decided to try to offer a better solution. The result, Tutorly, is a specific marketplace for parents and students to search for and connect with local tutors that match their individual criteria. The site has been carefully designed to be simple and intuitive to use, with reviews and accumulated experience being automatically collected and displayed for each tutor. Payments to tutors are all handled online, and phone support is also available.

“Furthermore, Tutorly makes it straightforward for university undergrads and postgrads to become tutors,” added Ollie. “Tutoring is an attractive part-time job option for university students, but the biggest hurdle facing new tutors is building a reputation. Our automated management of ratings and reviews provides the validation needed to attract clients.”

Tutorly is also launching in Melbourne at the start of the 2016 academic year.

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About Tutorly
Tutorly is an online marketplace that connects parents & students with local private tutors. It provides a simple & quick way for parents to organise private academic tuition for their child, and makes it straightforward for tutors to obtain students in their neighbourhood. Founded by scientist Dr Ollie Crush in late 2015, the company is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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