Join a global team and
share your skills and passion

Reach out to 150.000 students all across Japan, Asia and the world,
and start your online teaching career today.
With Cafetalk you have the freedom to create your own lessons
and set your own prices.
Bring your unique ideas, teaching style, and skills
to bear on the goals each student has!
Create meaningful interactions with students through your unique ideas,
teaching style and skills - and help them reach their goals.

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Applying is easy!

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Application & registration is free.
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Tell us about your background, teaching history, and lesson ideas.
Take a Simple Interview

We want to get to know you personally.
Start Teaching!

Make students happy with your knowledge.

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What is Cafetalk?

Cafetalk is an online teaching platform designed to make the exchange of online lessons fun and inspiring for both students and tutors.
All lessons are carried out online (via Skype or Zoom) and our interface makes the management of lessons and students super easy.

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Reasons to Join Us

Diverse Student Demographic

Cafetalk students are located in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Europe and the Americas. Cafetalk is used mainly by adult learners, to improve their skills and enrich their lives, as well as by families and younger learners.
Professional Support

Cafetalk Support is available around the clock. Our Support Team will assist you in cases of cultural misunderstandings, technical questions or provide advise on how to best present your skills online and find the best student matches. We place high value on a good, personal and direct communication with our tutors, who are a vital part of the Cafetalk team. Chat Support is available in English, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. E-mail Support is also available in German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Secure Payments

Lessons are paid for with pre-purchased points which students can buy via Credit Card, Paypal or bank transfer. This makes handling payments from students in different countries or unforeseen issues like lesson cancellations easy and smooth to handle. Cafetalk offers tutors a variety of payment options, including bank transfer, Payoneer and Paypal. Lesson prices are set by tutors in points (1 point = 1 JPY) and tutor fees are calculated based on a flexible rate system where your fee increases the longer and the more lessons you teach.

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Typical Lesson Flow

Get a request

Student makes a lesson request according to your available times. (All times are displayed for you in your local time)
Fix your lesson & Communicate with your student

Confirm (fix) the request - impress your student with a quick response!
※ For cancelations see our policy .

You can exchange messages and files with your student as needed.
Deliver your lesson

Connect with your student via Skype or Zoom with a click of a button and deliver your awesome lesson!
*Please note: Tutors are required to conduct lessons on a PC or tablet. Providing lessons via smartphones is not permitted for tutors.
Completion and follow-up

Complete the lesson. Leave feedback and learning tips. Encourage more lessons!
Receive your Payment

Click a button to request payment or make requests automatically.
Minimum payout of 3,000JPY applies.

Payment made to your local bank account via Payoneer, or by Paypal every month.

At this time, we unfortunately aren’t able to pay tutors residing in Russia, Iran or Afghanistan using the payment methods available to us. We regret to inform tutors residing in these countries that we cannot accept applications at this time. We will update this information as circumstances change.

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Tutor Testimonials

Curious what teaching on Cafetalk actually looks like?

Check out these interviews with experienced and successful Tutors from Cafetalk.
All of them have gone out of their way to share their secrets and provide insight into their online teaching careers!

"If you have too many choices, people get confused. For me it was a gradual process of realising which lessons are really hitting home with people"

Dani L. interview page →
"Focus on things that will make students come back over and over and over, not something that’s a one-off.Not something that you can take one or two times and then it’s over"

Rhys. interview page →
"For online tutoring, you can be a specialist or someone who just does it as a hobby. You can teach what's within the scope of your abilities while making friends from other countries along the way."

Dahee interview page →

We asked 715 tutors!
What was good and what was difficult about offering lessons online?

We conducted a survey of Cafetalk tutors who offer online lessons during the Coronavirus pandemic

We're serious about promoting you

Cafetalk offers a variety of tools to help you advertise your lessons on the site and reach out to students.
On top of that you'll also have the chance to get featured in campaigns,
collaborative events with corporations and more.

Tutor Interviews

We feature popular and up-and-coming tutors in up-close and personal interviews and help assist tutors with creating their promotional videos as well, if we're in the area.

Check out Tutor Interview Articles »

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Reach an even wider audience

Cafetalk organizes corporate tie-ups to help tutors reach even more students, provide group lessons or seminars, and participate in interesting lesson events beyond one-on-one teaching.

View past examples »
Category Specific & Seasonal Features

We put the spotlight on individual lessons and tutors in our various category specific and seasonal events. We help tutors set up seminars, introduce up-and-coming tutors in livestreams, and feature unique and exciting lessons in a variety of campaigns and events.

Check out our recent features»

You might also get the chance to appear in a magazine or tv feature in Japan or beyond!

Check out our Press and Media features »

Promotional Tools

All promotional tools are free and available to new tutors after the profile is published.

Create your own limited time only Discount Coupon campaigns
Reach out to students looking for lessons *right now* via Online Standby
Suggest your lessons to students via the Wishlist
Write engaging Tutor Column entries to get students interested in your lessons

Got more questions?

Do you have questions that haven't been answered on this page? Please have a look at our FAQ as well.

If you can't find the answer there either, you can always contact us via our contact form or via the chat at the bottom right side of the website.

Categories that are currently open for applications

*1: Please understand that, due to the high number of applicants, meeting these requirements does not ensure acceptance onto the platform.

Last Updated: December 24, 2024

Sign up Conditions

You are not a minor.
You are not a student (high school, college student). (*Doesn't include mature/ returning university students)
You are familiar with Skype or Zoom and have used them before.
You can conduct your lessons using a pc or a tablet (smartphone is not allowed).
You can guarantee a stable internet connection and a quiet lesson environment.

*If your category of choice is currently closed, please check back again next month.
*If you plan to apply for several categories and one of them is currently closed, you may still apply, including for the closed category.

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