If you are a Lesson Squad musician, this guide can help you learn about our platform.
Musician FAQAs a musician or educator, you recommend gear to students, friends and fans. Lesson Squad's platform lets you more elegantly make those recommendations and get paid when people buy. Moreover, we provide the tools you need to have an online presence, get new students, and manage your business. Check out this video for a quick look.
Every musician gets their own Lesson Squad page to help grow their online presence.
Your Lesson Squad page showcases the instruments & accessories you typically recommend to students, friends and fans. When someone buys through your page, you keep 5%.
It also gives students a way to send you a message or pay for a lesson so you can grow you teaching business.
Here is just one example of a musician using Lesson Squad.
No. Lesson Squad can be used by any musician or music educator. We take care of everything technical or design related for you.
Create an account here to get up and running. All you need is a short bio, profile pic, and ideas on what products you'd like to recommend.
If you'd like to add/remove products or otherwise edit your Lesson Squad page, simply login here, click your name in the upper right, then click General (to edit your page) or Store (to add/remove products). You can check out this video to see how it works.
Lesson Squad is free for musicians and music educators. We've partnered with retailers and manufacturers so you don't have to pay.
When someone buys a product through your page, you keep 5%. If you choose to also receive payments from students for lessons, you keep 90%.
When any product is sold on your page, you receive an email letting you know within 7 days. You then receive payment for 5% within 10 days or earlier.
Once you accept a lesson request from a student, that student will be asked to submit payment. As soon as they do, you will see the lesson status change to "paid" and can expect the funds to be deposited directly into your bank account within 5 business days.
To receive payments, please login to Lesson Squad and connect your bank account via Stripe, the payment processor used by Lyft, GoFundMe, Zoom, Instacart and many other major platforms.
Your Lesson Squad page contains a "Book Now" button that allows potential new students to request a lesson and send you a message. Once you receive the request, you can message the student through Lesson Squad to confirm that it's a fit and prepare for your first lesson. Once you and the student confirm, their card will be charged and funds will be sent your way.
Lesson Squad's platform includes built-in video conferencing for online lessons. If you'd prefer, you are also welcome to use your own preferred video-call platform such as Zoom.
To set your availability, simply login here, click your name in the upper right, then click General. Scroll down to the lessons section where you can add your schedule. As students book lessons, those times will automatically be blocked off on your schedule.
As students, friends and fans ask you for recommendations, feel free to email or text them a link to your Lesson Squad page. Many musicians also share a link to their page on social media. We are happy to share additional techniques that have helped our top musicians get visibility. To learn more, simply ask your Lesson Squad representative or email us at info@lessonsquad.com.
Lesson Squad may sponsor the live streams of working musicians and music educators. If you are interested in getting sponsored, you can learn more and apply here.
Simply email us at: info@lessonsquad.com
Someone from our team will be happy to chat.
