setting fees
Outrageously Priced Materials?
Who has a nice response to this missive that I received today? “I am happy to pay you for your time, and am overall pleased with the program (and with you especially), but paying for the books is more difficult when they are, quite frankly,…
Late Fees
Do you have written in your policies, fees that are late incur extra charges? If so, how much extra do you charge? $20 late fee, no exceptions. My invoice says no places held without payment. I charge $25 if an invoice is more than 5…
Billing question
Does anyone else have any issues with parents asking to amend bills (after you’ve just spent hours doing them)? I have three parents who are leaving Perth mid-term – one has told me to amend the bill, the other has asked me to amend the…
Transitioning Traditional Students
For those of you who transitioned your previous students from traditional lessons to Simply Music, do these families attend the same FIS as new families? I will be giving my previous students a price break for the first year since I had already posted their…
Learn-at-Home program, Lesson fees
One of my prospective families (a home schooling family) decided to purchase the learn-at-home materials. Their son – who seems to have a bit of an attention problem, loves the materials. They are reluctant to pay for any lessons since they already have Neil Moore…
Setting Your Rates
Hello, I am a new Simply Music teacher. I am in the process of writing up my studio policy and setting fees. I am curious….do you have a different fee for private lessons versus shared lessons? I am starting out private at this point, until…