Best places to sell teaching resources online

Non-exclusive programs like TeachLessons

TeachLessons sells English-language teaching resources on teachlessons.us to teachers, schools and homeschool parents, mainly in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore and international schools. Teacher-authors send their final files and a Resource Submission List by email, and we write the product pages: titles, descriptions, FAQ, SEO and structured data. Sellers also get an author page, landing pages for their resources and mentions in our blog.

• Pay: 70% of net revenue (price minus a 3% payment cost). $3.40 on a $5 sale, $6.79 on a $10 sale.
• Fees: none. No membership, sign-up, annual, listing or per-resource fee.
• Payout: PayPal, US dollars, monthly by the 15th.
• Exclusivity: none, unless another platform's exclusive deal covers a resource.

More detail: program overview, key terms and other non-exclusive marketplaces.

General marketplaces: Etsy

Etsy isn't an education site, which cuts both ways. Parents, homeschoolers and tutors browse it alongside teachers, so printables such as phonics cards, chore charts or handwriting pages can reach buyers who never visit a teacher marketplace. Detailed curriculum units have a smaller audience there.

• Fees for a US seller: $0.20 per listing (renews every 4 months), 6.5% transaction fee, 3% + $0.25 processing. A one-time set-up fee may apply; Etsy's policy doesn't state the amount.
• $5 sale pays: about $4.08. A UK seller keeps about £4.10 on a £5 sale before VAT on Etsy's fees.
• Payout: Etsy Payments to your bank, daily to monthly.
• Sources: Etsy fees policy, Etsy processing fee table

Pros: a wide audience beyond teachers; pays more per $5 sale than TeachLessons, Tes for new authors or TPT Basic; no exclusivity.

Cons: you write listings and make the photos; listing fees recur; buyers searching for a specific standard or grade level are fewer. Etsy vs teacher marketplaces compares the two in depth.

Subscription libraries and interactive platforms

Subscription libraries: Teach Simple

In a subscription library, teachers pay a membership and download what they need. Contributors aren't paid per sale. Teach Simple says contributors share 100% of downloading members' net subscriptions, split each month among those whose resources were downloaded, and it offers a free upload service. Its contributor fees, payout timing, exclusivity rules and country rules didn't load on its official page, so we can't state them. Ask before you join.

Pros: resources that get downloaded often can earn without a per-item price; their team can upload for you. Cons: income per download is unpredictable, and you can't compare it with a $5 sale.

Interactive platforms: Boom Learning

Boom Learning sells interactive Boom Cards in its own store and through external marketplaces. You need a paid Publisher membership (we couldn't confirm the price) and a PayPal account. Boom keeps 15% on Boom Store sales and 10% on redemptions from external marketplaces, so a $5 Boom Store sale pays $4.25 before a PayPal payout fee. Payouts are monthly via PayPal, completed by the 15th, with a $5 minimum (Boom help center).

Pros: a format teachers can assign digitally; Boom Cards are explicitly allowed off TPT even under TPT Exclusive. Cons: only suits the Boom Cards format, not printables; a paid membership comes first.

Can you mix channels, and how?

Yes, as long as no exclusive agreement covers the resource. Apart from TPT Exclusive, none of the platforms in this guide state an exclusivity rule, though Teach Simple's terms didn't load for us. A common mix is one teacher marketplace for search traffic, one non-exclusive channel such as TeachLessons that needs little extra work, and an own storefront once you have a following.

1. Keep one master copy of each resource and a list of where it is listed and at what price.
2. Use the same title and cover on every channel so buyers recognize your work.
3. Check each platform's rules on free resources and price changes before you list.
4. Make sure fonts, clip art and images are licensed for commercial use in resources that are sold, on every channel.
5. Review your channels after a few months: what each one earned against the time it took.

Further reading: selling on more than one platform, record-keeping on several platforms and a second sales channel for your resources. To add TeachLessons, use the short application form; we then email you the seller documents, and you send everything back in one email to support@stifo.de.