Manish Gupta

Starting a home  tuitions business can be quite tricky. Urbanpro is one such successful platform just because it gives autonomy to both parents and teachers, after charging a subscription free from teachers.
I only call those possible clients who I think can pay me well. So, in this business, there could be these business models.
1. You work on a commission basis.
You list your company on various websites, advertise your company through old school methods such as pamphlets, hoardings and hope for parents to contact you.
In that case, you negotiate charges yourself and assign teachers. Then you ask for a specific lower percentage of monthly costs say 10% every month of the year or you charge a higher rate (say 50%) once.
1st is bound to fail. I've been a part of that business too, and trust me, as a tutor nothing pisses me off than a random guy sitting in his air-conditioned room leaching on my hard earned money. But those aren't that successful either, because here too, dishonest teachers can make a background deal with parents asking parents to inform the company that they didn't like the teacher and do not need a new teacher anymore. And shazam! Your profits went down the drain.
The 2nd business model is slightly different and relies mostly on the visibility of the platform like Urbanpro. Both teacher and parents post their ads, and suitable matches can negotiate as they like. No 3rd party leaching on profits and no back-door dealings. In exchange for visibility on such platform, teachers are required to pay an initial non-refundable membership fee.
To me, the last model is most appropriate. It can cover a wider geographical area as the owner doesn't need to get involved personally but need a massive inflow of money initially to increase visibility.
1st is crap. It is almost guaranteed to fail. I've been in contact with two such companies in the past. One went insolvent within 18 months, and 2nd couldn't ever make it big, although ended up generating enough revenue for one household.
2nd works at a snail's pace. Relatively only a small geographical area can be covered.

Hello Kaveri.

I too am a microbiologist and have been teaching chemistry for the past four years now.

So, I guess I am eligible to answer your query.

As a microbiologist, one should be most apt in teaching Biology to senior classes.

And of course, science for secondary classes goes without saying.

Apart from this, if one has had any interest in Chemistry, then I don't think one would encounter any significant problem.

Moreover, if you completed your grad with flying colours and liked your subjects then knowledge of Immunology, Bacteriology, Plant pathology, Recombinant DNA tech, Genetics will benefit you.

You could also provide tuitions for those subjects separately. Only the sky is your limit.