For Instructors
Get verified.
Get booked.
Run your private-lesson business on Bailar. Verified badge, priority placement, and you keep 100% of your listed price. The lowest take rate in the category.
Three steps
From application to first booking.
Apply
Submit your bio, dance styles, credentials, and a 60-second intro video. We review every application personally.
Get verified
Approved instructors get the verified badge and unlock the marketplace within 48 hours.
Open your calendar
Set hourly rates, weekly availability, lesson types, and the locations you'll teach in. You're live.
What you get
Tools that respect a working teacher.
Get paid, in-app
Stripe Connect handles payments end-to-end. We take a small platform fee, you keep the rest. Payouts on a recurring schedule.
Show up in search
Verified instructors are surfaced in city search, dance-style filters, and the home feed for new dancers.
Inbox built for teaching
Every booking has a thread. Discuss lesson plans, attach reference videos, send arrival details. All in one place.
Verification tiers
Three levels of badge.
Higher tiers, more visibility, stronger trust signals. Levels are earned. Not bought.
Keep 100% of every dollar.
Your students see a 2.5% platform fee at checkout. You keep 100% of your listed price. No tiered take rates. No founding-window expiry. The lowest take rate in the category.
How it stacks up
Bailar
0%
You keep 100¢ of every dollar.
Superprof
15–30%
Generic tutor marketplace. Scales by student volume.
Wyzant
25%
Flat commission on every lesson.
Outschool
30%
Flat commission on every session.
Stripe processing (2.9% + $0.30) is deducted before payout, same as every payment processor. The 2.5% Bailar platform fee is paid by your student at checkout.
What teachers get
The platform built around you.
- Profile that converts
- Reputation that follows you city to city
- Trust signal for new students
- Discovery in search and home
Questions
Things instructors ask first.
Apply
Start the application.
It takes about ten minutes. We review personally. No AI gatekeeper. Approved instructors are usually live within 48 hours.
Approved? Install Bailar and tap "Become an instructor" in your profile to set rates and availability.