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As someone who worked as a private tutor in a high demand area and knows this industry very, very well, I think everyone is missing an important dimension here:
by mooted1 13y ago
As someone who worked as a private tutor in a high demand area and knows this industry very, very well, I think everyone is missing an important dimension here: the existence of dozens and dozens of competitors, both offline and online, many of which are a.) much bigger b.) provide IDENTICAL functionality.
The cost to entry of building an online marketplace for tutoring is pretty negligible, to the point that many have done this already. Consider these alternatives for parents, many of which come up on top in a google search for tutoring: wyzant.com, universitytutor.com, revolutionprep.com, veritasprep.com, preply.com, etc. etc.
- d0m 13y agoI'm no expert in this field, but it seems to me that it was very similar with airbnb. I.e. lots of big competitors with the same functionality.
- mooted1 13y agoThe room rental industry isn't something I'm familiar with, but it seems to me like Airbnb was strongly differentiated from other services in the industry, in a way similar to how Lyft and Uber are different from traditional taxi services. By contrast, there are tons of websites that offer exactly what tutorspree offers, both in terms of customer experience and quality of service provided. When I say identical competitors, I really meant identical.