How it works

Simple for mentees. Fair for mentors.

Everything on 123Mentor is designed around one idea: mentors give first. That keeps mentoring accessible to students and makes sure anyone who eventually charges has earned the trust.

If you are a mentee

1

Create your profile

You must be 18 or older. Tell us your field, languages and what you want to achieve.

2

Get matched, or apply directly

Matched: we suggest your top 3 mentors based on field, language, time zone, availability and reviews. Requesting one is free. Apply directly: browse all mentors and write to the one you like. While we are growing, direct applications are free too.

3

Book your session

Once a mentor accepts, choose a 30-minute slot in your own time zone. You can hold up to 2 mentorships at a time.

4

Show up and rate

Open the session page a few minutes early. Afterwards, confirm it happened and leave a rating. Your honest feedback is what keeps quality high.

If you are a mentor

Your journey has three stages. All the numbers below are what the platform uses right now.

Free for mentors and mentees. There are no fees and no commissions.
10hfree hours to unlock paid mentoring
5+different mentees, so hours cannot be farmed
4★minimum average rating (from 3+ reviews)

How hours are counted

  • A session's hours count only when your mentee confirms it happened and both of you were on the session page for at least 10 minutes.
  • If a mentee forgets to confirm, hours still count after 72 hours if both of you were present.
  • Ratings only count on sessions that earned hours.

After you unlock paid mentoring

  • You set your own session price (between $5 and $60).
  • To keep your paid listing active, you keep giving 2h of free mentoring a month to the community. Miss a month and your paid listing pauses until you catch up. Free mentoring is never paused.
  • Paid sessions open soon. You can already earn your unlock; nothing is lost while payments are being finalised.