Why can't I just do this myself?

You can — if you have 80–120 hours to learn server-side GTM, debug iOS dedup edge cases, and stress-test EMQ across every conversion event. We do it in 7–10 days because we've done it 300+ times.

What if it doesn't work?

Two protections: (1) 95% tracking accuracy guarantee — we keep working free until your Meta Match Quality hits 8+. (2) You own the entire stack — server, container, runbook — on your accounts from day one.

Will Apple / Google break this in the future?

1st-party server-side tracking is what survives Apple, Mozilla, and Chrome cookie deprecation. The CAPI / Events API endpoints we use are how Meta, Google, and TikTok publicly committed to keeping the channel open.

Can Teachworks send events to Meta or Google directly?

We have not found that documented. Zapier is the confirmed route, and the rest of the build depends on what your plan exposes.

Most of our students are children. What data goes to ad platforms?

Only the parent's contact details, hashed, and only where your consent and privacy terms allow it. Nothing about the student, their age or their subject is sent.

Do the website plugins break tracking?

They can, if they load in a frame your tags cannot see. We test that on your live page before deciding where the browser event comes from.

Can we optimize for students who stay a full term?

Yes, as a later offline conversion. It arrives weeks after the click, so it works best alongside the first-invoice conversion rather than instead of it.

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Conversion tracking for Teachworks schools

Teachworks runs the back office of tutoring centers, music schools, driving schools and language schools: students, lessons, tutor hours and invoices. A paid ad's job there is to produce a family who signs up and keeps coming for months, but the only number most schools send to Google or Meta is an inquiry. Zapier is the integration we can confirm; how the website plugins and registration forms behave on your site has to be tested before anything is promised.

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Teachworks · what breaks

What goes wrong for schools on Teachworks

01
Inquiries treated as enrollments
Many parents ask about rates and never schedule a lesson.
02
The value is a term of lessons, not one booking
Optimizing for a cheap inquiry ignores which campaigns bring students who stay.
03
Sign-ups that never touch your tags
If the registration form runs inside a plugin frame, your website tags may never see it submit.
04
Siblings and returning families inflate counts
A second child from the same family is not a new acquisition.

Teachworks · the fix

What changes — Teachworks

First paid invoice as the main conversion
Pulled from Teachworks through Zapier, not guessed from a form.
Inquiries kept as a leading signal
Useful volume, never the bidding target.
Families, not children, as the matching unit
Parent contact details only, and nothing about the student.

Teachworks · architecture

What Teachworks actually lets you do

One integration is confirmed. The rest is what we check on your account before quoting a build.

1
Zapier
Confirmed on Teachworks' site among its integrations; the practical route for getting students and invoices out to a server container.
2
Online payments and invoicing
Teachworks advertises automated invoices and online payments with Stripe listed as an integration. Check which payment events reach Zapier.
3
Check whether the website plugins render on your page or in a frame
That decides whether a browser event is even possible.
4
Check whether the registration form accepts hidden fields
Needed to carry the click identifier into the student record.
5
Check whether an API or webhooks are available on your plan
Not stated on the public site, and a direct feed would replace Zapier's polling delay.

Teachworks · diagnose

Where Teachworks tracking breaks, in diagnostic order

Work from the parent's first click to the first invoice; the break is usually early.

01
Submit a test registration and watch your tag manager
If nothing fires, the form is outside your tags' reach.
02
Check the new student record for a campaign source
No source means no way to attribute the enrollment later.
03
Count inquiries that never got a first lesson
That ratio by campaign is the number the ad platforms cannot see.
04
Check the Zap's trigger timing
Polling delays and task limits quietly drop or late-deliver events.
05
Look for duplicate families
Siblings and re-enrollments should not count as new customers.

Teachworks · prove

The QA evidence — Teachworks

Run with a real test family through your live Teachworks setup.

Source of truth

Teachworks student records and paid invoices, by sign-up date

A registration submitted on the live site and confirmed on the new Teachworks student record.
The click identifier or source confirmed on that record.
The Zap confirmed delivering the new student and the first paid invoice to the server container.
Paid first invoices reconciled per family against each platform over a closed month.
A sibling sign-up confirmed not to count as a second acquisition.
No student names, ages or subjects confirmed absent from every ad-platform payload.
Re-checked 30 days later, and after any change to the plugin or form.

Teachworks · free audit

What we check in the free audit

Submit a test registration and watch your tag manager
Check the new student record for a campaign source
Count inquiries that never got a first lesson
Check the Zap's trigger timing
Look for duplicate families

Checked against

Teachworks student records and paid invoices, by sign-up date

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Teachworks · when not to buy

When you don't need this on Teachworks

Plenty of schools grow on referrals and never need ad-grade tracking.

If most new students come from word of mouth and school partnerships, spend the money on referral tracking instead.
If you spend little on ads and enroll a few students a month, ask each family how they found you and keep a spreadsheet.
If your Zapier plan cannot reach the trigger you need, fix that first; nothing downstream works without it.
A school with a capable web person can wire the basic Zap. We are worth it when the proof against invoices matters.

Teachworks · what we deliver

The event map for a Teachworks school

Registration or inquiry submitted
Volume signal, once we confirm where the form submits.
Student created in Teachworks
The record that proves the inquiry turned into a sign-up.
First lesson scheduled
A leading indicator with the subject or instrument attached.
First invoice paid
The acquisition conversion, at the invoice amount.
Student still active after the first term
A retention signal sent later, where the school wants to optimize for it.

Written guarantee

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Measured against Teachworks student records and paid invoices, by sign-up date. Miss it and we keep working at no cost.

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FAQ

Teachworks questions, answered

Enrollments, measured by the first paid invoice. Inquiries are cheap to generate, and campaigns optimized for them fill the calendar with parents who never book a lesson.

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Conversion tracking for Teachworks schools

What goes wrong for schools on Teachworks

Inquiries treated as enrollments

The value is a term of lessons, not one booking

Sign-ups that never touch your tags

Siblings and returning families inflate counts

What changes — Teachworks

First paid invoice as the main conversion

Inquiries kept as a leading signal

Families, not children, as the matching unit

What Teachworks actually lets you do

Zapier

Online payments and invoicing

Check whether the website plugins render on your page or in a frame

Check whether the registration form accepts hidden fields

Check whether an API or webhooks are available on your plan

Where Teachworks tracking breaks, in diagnostic order

Submit a test registration and watch your tag manager

Check the new student record for a campaign source

Count inquiries that never got a first lesson

Check the Zap's trigger timing

Look for duplicate families

The QA evidence — Teachworks

What we check in the free audit

When you don't need this on Teachworks

The event map for a Teachworks school

Registration or inquiry submitted

Student created in Teachworks

First lesson scheduled

First invoice paid

Student still active after the first term

Teachworks questions, answered

Should we track inquiries or enrollments?−

Can Teachworks send events to Meta or Google directly?+

Most of our students are children. What data goes to ad platforms?+

Do the website plugins break tracking?+

Can we optimize for students who stay a full term?+

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