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What is the Language marketplace?

The Language Marketplace includes language companies and schools. Language learning companies can partner with italki and offer their services and products to italki users.

The marketplace will expand overtime to include every language, and to support a variety of services. By creating an ecosystem for language learning, we believe everyone benefits: students, independent teachers, language training companies, and application developers.

How does it benefit students? Students benefit by having more choices. They can pay for premium services, or use the free community generated ones. Students are able to share information about different service providers and make informed choices. Students are also able to pick and choose a combination of services that may be useful to them. Most of all, a central location helps students find online providers of language education.

How does it benefit teachers and companies? Teachers and companies benefit by having an active market with demand for their service. Companies and teachers can reach out to students around the world, and transact without having to deal with individual payment issues. Quality teachers and companies also benefit by having their reputation socially confirmed by their customers.

If you’re not learning English, just be patient — we’re planning to add more companies and services for other languages soon.

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