This module covers your earnings structure, payment timing, and everything related to how money flows from your students to your bank account.

Your earnings split:

• Students who come through your personal profile link or promo link: 88% to you (trial and ongoing lessons)

• Students who find you through Find-a-Teacher or Tunelark marketing: 50% for lessons 1–8, then 77% from lesson 9 onward

Where Tunelark’s share goes: Tunelark’s portion covers company operating costs including payment processing, customer support, teacher recruiting and onboarding, and the marketing that brings new students to your studio. Student acquisition is the largest single cost, and it’s the one you benefit from most directly.

Setting your rate: Your lesson rate is yours to set. Refer to the pricing guidance document in the Money Matters section of your Instructor Handbook for current market rate recommendations.

Payment timing: Students are charged 18 hours before their lesson. After you complete a lesson, Tunelark transfers your earnings to your Stripe account at midnight on the same day. Stripe pays you every Tuesday via direct deposit.

Your 1099: If you earn over the IRS threshold in a calendar year, Stripe issues your 1099-NEC by January 31st. Access it directly in your Stripe dashboard — Tunelark does not produce tax documents.

Questions about pay: For anything payment-related — looking up a lesson payment, updating direct deposit, accessing tax documents — go to your Stripe dashboard first.