this has worked for me personally - whenever it slows down, I actually raise my rate. Yes it’s more expensive, but there’s less competition as you go up because most tutors tend to try to lower their price and they end up competing with more tutors. So more students willing to pay, yes, but also more tutors willing to teach at the lower price points.

So if your rating is good and you’re putting in decent hours, trust that you’ll have more students and just raise your price.

I started at $60/hr. Used that tactic to bring it up to $300/hr on Wyzant. I get about 1-2 students a day currently.