Got a homework? Post questions at Queri and someone might be willing to help

‘Answerers’ get paid in return.

If you have a homework but have no idea how to answer it, fret no more. There is now a new way to crack it. Introducing Queri, a peer-to-peer homework question and answer app, where users can both post questions and answer them. The platform is entirely peer-to-peer. Users answering questions (‘Answerers’) can earn in-app badges and are rated by the community to ensure answer quality.

The app is developed by Jason Ng and Dexter Tan. They believe that education begins with true accessibility, but unfortunately people cannot have teachers and tutors physically present always, to guide through homework all the time. They subscribe to the idea that while people learn concepts and techniques in school, and homeworks are one way to practice these learnings, there is a dilemma that learning is hampered by being unable to complete homework most of the time. They explained that students are caught up with waiting for the next session with a tutor or teacher disrupting the learning flow and creating a learning downtime. While parents wish that they could help their children, they could only do so much as they’ve been gone from school for far too long. This where Queri comes in.

According to Dexter, Queri is taking conventional tutoring to the mobile app space by providing a fast and seamless community for students to ask questions and learn anytime and anywhere. In addition, it is aimed at empowering anyone with an academic inclination to earn an income from helping others with homework questions and assignments.

“Our beta tests have indicated that the average response time is around a minute. We are immensely confident that both sides will have huge benefits for using this app,” said Dexter.

Queri credits to cash

Through the platform, users can earn Queri credits by answering questions, and spend credits to get their questions answered. These Queri credits can be fully converted into local currency cash.

For users with homework questions, all they need to do is snap a picture of a question, post it up and wait for offers, and select an answerer and learn. While for users who know the answer to those homework questions, they can browse through a selection of 22 subjects, make an offer on questions and then submit their answers and get paid.

Currently, Queri is in a closed-beta testing phase and working with their team of answerers. Dexter explained that these people have been pre-selected from tuition centres, pre-university institutions as well as tertiary institutions such as NUS, NTU, and SMU.

As part of their future plans, they are looking at expanding to the Western markets for the demand side (askers) and Asian markets for the supply side (answerers).

“As we’re a technology company, the barriers to entry for these markets are less as compared to a physical business. We hope that the track record of academic excellence in Asia will be a selling point to our Western consumers who need help with homework,” said Dexter.

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