The problem: singing advice doesn't pay for itself
Vocal coaches who post online, technique breakdowns, reaction videos, warmup routines, attract a very specific kind of DM: a voice memo and "am I doing this right?" Diagnosing a singer's breath support or strain from a clip, then explaining the fix, is a genuine lesson compressed into a message. Done free, it is a lesson you gave away.
The traditional lesson pipeline has its own drag: studio scheduling apps built for in-person teaching, marketplace platforms that take a cut and control your pricing, and the eternal churn of no-shows and "can we reschedule?" texts. Meanwhile the singers most eager to pay you, the ones who found you on TikTok last night, face three apps and a signup form between them and their first lesson, and most never make it through.
What to sell on Cheddify
Cheddify is a single link for your bio. Students pay as guests in the browser and connect over video; you take the call on your phone. Formats that fit voice teaching:
- 15-minute technique check. A short, per-minute call: they sing, you diagnose, placement, breath, tension, and assign one thing to drill. Low commitment for a new student, high conversion into regulars.
- Booked 30- or 45-minute lessons, prepaid, for ongoing students. No-shows stop costing you, because the money is already in.
- Audition and performance prep, a booked session the week of the audition: song cut, nerves, the tricky passage.
- Paid DMs for voice-memo feedback. They send a clip, you reply with a diagnosis and a drill on your own schedule. A price on your inbox filters free requests down to committed singers. See how paid DMs work.
What to charge
Voice lessons price like teaching, where Cheddify rates commonly run $1 to $4 per minute. Coaches building a studio usually start at $1 to $1.50 per minute, comparable to in-person lesson rates at the hourly level. Experienced teachers with credentials and an engaged audience typically hold $2; coaches with notable performing credits, competition or theater specialties, or a large following can charge $3 to $4, particularly for short-format technique checks. These are patterns, not guarantees; the honest move is to start where your audience can afford and let demand push you up. More in how to sell your time as a coach.
The math on a real lesson
Say you run a 30-minute lesson at $2 per minute. The student pays $60, plus roughly 3 percent card processing (about $1.80) on top. Cheddify takes 20 percent plus $2 per call: $12 + $2 = $14. You keep $46, paid out through Stripe. Four lessons a week is about $184 with zero invoicing and no scheduling back-and-forth. Fee details on the pricing page.
The honest part
Cheddify brings you no students. There is no marketplace and no discovery page, it converts the audience you already have on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube into paying students. If you do not yet have singers finding you online, a lesson marketplace or local studio will fill your schedule faster while you build a following. If your comments already ask "do you teach?", Cheddify is free to claim, and the answer becomes a link instead of a DM negotiation. Here is how it works.