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One to one, over video

Learn a language with one teacher who knows your name

Rincón is a small marketplace for one to one lessons. You pick a teacher, book a free trial, then get your own portal with materials, homework and a written report after every class.

First lesson free with any teacher

  1. First

    Meet your teacher

    Watch the intro and hear the accent before you spend anything.

    See the profile
  2. Then

    Your own portal

    Everything your teacher gives you lands in one place and stays there.

  3. Whenever

    A real calendar

    Open slots in your timezone. Pick one, spend a credit, get a Meet link.

  4. Gold, blue and red

    Rincón

    Made in Colombia, taught to the world.

Two ways into Rincón follow

Two ways in

Which side of the lesson are you on?

Learn a language

Book a free trial with a teacher who plans around you.

See the teachers

Teach and keep what you earn

Your rates, your calendar, your students. One flat commission, no sliding scale.

Teach on Rincón

Rincón in four numbers

of every lesson goes to your teacher

90%

every lesson, never a group

1:1

languages, taught both directions

2

free trial with every teacher

25 min

How it works

Four steps and you are in class

No subscription, no auto renewal, no lesson you did not choose.

  1. 1

    Pick a teacher

    Read the bio, watch the intro video, check the languages and the levels they take. You choose the person, not a queue.

  2. 2

    Book a free trial

    Twenty five minutes with any teacher, one per teacher, no card needed. You check the level and the fit before money changes hands.

  3. 3

    Buy lessons when you want them

    Single lessons or packages, in dollars, euros or pounds. Credits land in your account and you spend them when your week allows.

  4. 4

    Learn with a plan

    Your teacher sets materials and homework, marks what you send, and writes a short report after every lesson. It all sits in your portal.

Why Rincón

Built around the hour you actually spend together

One teacher who plans your course, a portal that remembers everything, and credits you spend when your week allows.

You keep the same teacher

No rotation, no matching algorithm, no reassignment when somebody leaves. You book a person, and that person plans what comes next.

Credits, not a subscription

You buy lessons and hold them as credits. Nothing renews on its own, and every credit shows its expiry date on the day you buy it.

The work is kept for you

Materials, homework and a written report after every lesson, all in one portal instead of scattered across chat threads.

Both directions

Spanish for English speakers and English for Spanish speakers, on one platform, with the site itself in both languages.

Rincón charges teachers a flat 10%, so most of what you pay reaches the person teaching you rather than a middleman.

Meet your teacher

Hear the accent before you book

Every profile carries a short introduction. Watch one, decide whether you want that voice in your ear for an hour a week, then book the free trial.

Isabel Sofía Rincón, founding teacher on RincónCaptions are added as each teacher approves them.See the full profile

Teachers

The people who teach here

Small on purpose. Every teacher is read, watched and approved before a single lesson is sold.

See every teacher
  • Isabel Sofía Rincón

    Isabel Sofía Rincón

    • Teaches Spanish
    • Teaches English
    • Free trial

    Clear, neutral Bogotá Spanish — and the Latin America behind it

    From
    $10.80
    {count} lessons taught
    New on Rincón

For teachers

Teach and keep what you earn

Keep 90%

Rincón charges a flat 10% commission. No sliding scale, no grab at your first lesson with a new student, no penalty for a quiet month.

  • You set your own rate. Every teacher prices their own lessons in dollars, euros and pounds, and nobody here sets a house price you have to match or discount to.
  • Payouts land in your own Stripe account, every two weeks.
  • Your calendar, your students, your materials, your earnings, in one console.

On a €25 lesson

Rincón, 10% flat
€22.50
Preply, at 25%
€18.75
Preply, first lesson with a new student
€0

Preply takes 18% to 33%, sliding on the hours you have taught, and 100% of your first lesson with every new student. italki charges 15% flat.

Commission charged to the teacher
PlatformCommissionYour first lesson with a new student
Rincón Keep 90%10% flatYou keep 90%
italki15% flatCommission applies
Preply18% to 33%, sliding on hours taughtThe platform keeps all of it

Figures as published by each platform. Check them yourself before you decide, and check ours too.

Pricing

Buy lessons, not a membership

Prices are set by each teacher and shown in your currency. Packages cost less per lesson than buying one at a time.

$10.80 a lesson

Free

Your first lesson is free

Twenty five minutes with any teacher, one per teacher. No card, no credit spent, no auto renewal afterwards.

Book the free trial

Questions

The things people ask first

If your question is not here, write to us and a person answers.

  • Is the first lesson really free?

    Yes. Twenty five minutes with any teacher, one free trial per teacher, and no card is asked for. You use it to check your level and see whether you get on.

  • Do I need to buy a subscription?

    No. You buy single lessons or packages, and they sit in your account as credits. Nothing renews on its own and nothing is charged without you pressing a button.

  • How do credits work?

    One credit is one lesson of the type you bought. You spend it when you place a lesson on your teacher's calendar. Your balance and every movement in it are listed in your portal.

  • Do credits expire?

    Packages carry a validity window, shown on the package before you buy and again on your receipt. Single lessons do not expire. If a credit is close to expiring you get an email in time to use it.

  • What if I have to cancel?

    Cancel more than twenty four hours ahead and the credit returns to your account straight away. Inside that window the credit is spent, because your teacher held the hour for you. If your teacher cancels, you always get the credit back.

Read every question

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Book the free trial and see

Twenty five minutes tells you more than any amount of reading. Pick a teacher, take the trial, decide afterwards.

No card. One free trial with each teacher.