The problem: teaching demand stuck behind friction
Guitar content converts viewers into would-be students better than almost any niche — every lesson clip and cover attracts comments asking "can you teach me that?" But the path from comment to paid lesson is broken. Lesson marketplaces take 20 to 40 percent and set the rules. The DIY stack — scheduling app, Zoom link, Venmo request — leaks students at every step, and no-shows burn the slots you saved for them. And there is no infrastructure at all for the smallest, most natural unit of guitar teaching: the ten-minute "show me that lick" moment.
What to sell on Cheddify
Cheddify is one link in your YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram bio. Students tap it, pay as guests in the browser, and connect over video; you take the call on your phone, guitar in hand. Formats that map to guitar teaching:
- Riff and technique checks, per minute. Short live calls: they play, you fix the picking hand, the fretting angle, the timing. Ten focused minutes beats a month of guessing, and the meter makes short calls worth answering.
- Booked 30-minute lessons, prepaid, for ongoing students working through a song or a technique roadmap. Prepayment ends the no-show problem.
- Practice reviews. Students send a clip of their week's practice via paid DM; you reply with corrections and next steps on your own schedule.
- Song deep-dives — a booked 45-minute session to get a student through the solo they have been stuck on for months.
Compared to a scheduling tool, the difference is that Cheddify owns the whole flow — payment, the video call, the per-minute meter, and the payout — instead of handing you off between apps.
What to charge
Guitar lessons price like teaching, which on Cheddify commonly runs $1 to $4 per minute — with most guitar teachers in the lower half of that band. $1 per minute ($60/hour) is a solid start and already competitive with in-person rates in many cities. Teachers with a following and strong lesson content typically hold $1.50; specialists — jazz, classical, advanced technique — and players with recognizable credits can charge $2 to $3. Short-format calls tolerate higher per-minute rates than hour-long lessons. Start modest, watch what books, adjust freely. More in how to sell your time as a coach.
The math on a real lesson
Say you run a 30-minute lesson at $1.50 per minute. The student pays $45, plus roughly 3 percent processing (about $1.35) on top. Cheddify takes 20 percent plus $2 per call: $9 + $2 = $11. You keep $34, paid out through Stripe. Ten lessons a week is $340 with no invoicing, no chasing, no scheduling email chains. Full fee structure on the pricing page.
The honest part
Cheddify brings you zero students. There is no marketplace, no search, no discovery feed — the only students who find your link are people who already watch your content. If you are not posting guitar content anywhere and have no audience, a lesson marketplace will fill your calendar faster while you build one. If your comments already ask "do you give lessons?", Cheddify is free to claim and turns the answer into a link. Here is how it works.