{"id":4289,"date":"2022-09-30T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yo-coach.com\/blog\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:48:24","slug":"russian-math-tutors-online-math-tutoring-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yo-coach.com\/blog\/russian-math-tutors-online-math-tutoring-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Kolchinsky\u2019s Story – Russian Math Tutors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alexander Kolchinsky is the CEO of Russian Math Tutors<\/a>, an online tutoring company that was started in January 2020 (the initial days of the Covid -19 pandemic). The company is a hybrid (kind of) between a school and a tutoring marketplace. Being a computer programmer by trade, Alexander realized that he wanted to migrate from the existing platform – TutorCruncher. Reason being, too much administrative overhead, especially the process of acquiring new tutors and customers. Everything had to be done by hand and so he wanted to re-platform to a digital\/online marketplace solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the advantage of a tutoring marketplace is that it is more transparent while the client is given a wider choice of tutors. It reduces the administration overhead as it brings the tutors and clients closer to each other. Moreover, the administrator personally vets the tutors. As Alexander wanted to differentiate Russian Math Tutors from the competition, he wanted a platform where he could have the source code and  incorporate new capabilities. He wanted to have his own domain and present a unified user interface where students could easily find teachers, book one-on-one and group lessons and have the teachers conduct lessons using the same platform. In short, he wanted a one-stop marketplace <\/em>for all types of tutoring needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in the spring of 2021, Alexander started looking for an alternative to TutorCruncher. He came across two websites viz, G2 and another that listed all major solutions. And, after six months of careful research and trying different platforms recommended on those websites, he stopped at one solution that offered a trial period of 2 months. However, after the end of the trial period, he started to have second thoughts. Alexander thought that he would still be renting the platform and paying close to $600 every month to no end. And, all the features would still not suffice for what he wanted. In addition, the user interface was confusing and was broken into unnecessary screens and unintuitive menu items. This is when he decided to connect with FATbit Technologies for their product Yo!Coach.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n