The retired teacher who does not want to invoice

The situation

Philippe taught mathematics at a secondary school in Ghent for 35 years. Since his retirement, he is asked more and more often: can you help my son with maths? It started with the grandson of a friend. Then a neighbour's daughter. Now he gives four tutoring sessions a week and there is a waiting list.

What he does today

Parents pay him by bank transfer — if they remember. Philippe does not send invoices, because he has no idea how and does not want to learn. Sometimes he receives cash in an envelope. Sometimes someone forgets to pay and he says nothing, because it feels uncomfortable to tell a fourteen-year-old student that his parents have not paid.

What the real problem is

Philippe wants to teach, not administrate. He has no business structure, no accounting software, and no ambition to set either up. But the lack of a simple payment system means he works for free for people who can afford to pay. That is not generosity. That is a missing step.

What he does with bookto checkout

Philippe creates two products: "Maths tutoring — single session (60 min)" at €40 and "Maths tutoring — 10-session card" at €350. He sends the checkout link to parents via WhatsApp or email. The parent pays, Philippe teaches. No invoice, no bank transfer, no envelope.

What happens behind the scenes

Philippe creates his products in the dashboard — title, description, price. Each product gets a unique checkout URL. The parent lands on the payment page, sees exactly what they are buying, and pays via Mollie (Bancontact, credit card, iDEAL). The money goes directly to Philippe's own Mollie account. The parent receives a confirmation email with order details. Philippe receives a notification with name, email, and product. All VAT data is captured automatically.

The numbers

Philippe teaches four sessions a week. If two parents buy the 10-session card (€700) and two single sessions come in per week (€320 per month), he earns €1,020 per month. Without the session where the parent forgot to pay. Without the envelope he was too uncomfortable to open. bookto checkout costs him €7 per month.

What changes

Philippe no longer needs to have the conversation about money. The link does it for him. Whoever pays is on the list. Whoever does not, is not. And Philippe can do what he is good at: explaining why x² + 2x + 1 is always a perfect square.

Why not an existing platform?

Superprof and similar tutoring marketplaces let Philippe create a profile and get found by parents searching by subject and area. But Philippe does not need visibility — he has a waiting list. What he needs is not a profile on a platform, but a payment link he can forward. bookto checkout does exactly that, without commission on his rate and without his name sitting in a catalogue next to a hundred other maths teachers.

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