Charging anything makes you run like a business, and that's not necessarily going to change the way anyone teaches. And many of us actually expect monthly charges. I don't want to have to pay every time I walk into a school if I have a choice to pay for the whole month in advance.
I know of very few people around here who don't prefer monthly. My students have the choice, and they choose monthly unless they're only going to make a couple of classes that month. Mind you, I charge less on a monthly basis. I can afford to, because the math to cover expenses is easier and more consistent. That's the same math a business has to do to cover profit margin, a non-profit has to do to cover salaries, and a hobbyist has to do to cover expenses.
Folks can pay by the class. They show up with cash-in-hand for the day. Most of the schools I know would call it a "mat fee".
How do you charge by attendance?
So how will you have enough money to invest in training equipment and other things for students if you are only covering costs? If your rent is $100 and you are only covering costs then you can't afford to invest into the training beyond $100
ohhhhhhh.. mmm. nope. definitely wouldn't work where I live. I would actually lose students.
How do you charge by attendance?
It's a good solution for folks who are going to be out most of a month (something that happens regularly with my students), but nobody seems to be interested in it otherwise. I could see someone considering it when they start, but the cost for a month is the same as the cost of 5 classes, so they lose money if they come in twice a week for 3 weeks. I've considered letting folks buy a 10-class or 20-class package, to get a price similar to the monthly cost. Right now it would be too difficult to keep track of. If I ever get that database program to a beta stage, that kind of tracking would be part of what I'd have available.
Most folks attend 6-12 classes per month. The monthly fee is usually lower than that many classes of individual class payments. And people who haven't paid in advance are statistically less likely to show up for a class, which makes class planning less predictable.
My experience is that, in the US, pay-per-class attracts students who don't come on a regular basis.
I don't know where you're getting your ideas. Mine comes from research by both businesses and psychologists.
I'm not sure why you think it's a bad idea for someone to make money teaching. They do it with science classes every day.
Not unless they are earning interest on it. And if they pay less by paying early, there's zero advantage if they're going to spend the money eventually.It is always beneficial in any financial transaction to pay later rather than earlier. Keeping your own money in your own pocket for the maximum time is advantageous. If your students don't recognise this then I would say they are not like people I have experience of
