This is a really cool site I just stumbled across, and it looks like it is legit. If any of you have used or are members of this site, please leave a comment or review if briefly below.
It seems to be an open source for teachers to buy and sell materials from other teachers. There is a marketplace, but also a request area, where teachers ask if anyone has something out there that they need, specifically.
There are three types of memberships, only one of them with a cost. I opted for the middle of the road (which was free), and sign up took a mere three minutes. Now I can buy and sell on their site with the only fees being listing fees, which you get on every online sales channel you may use.(eBay, Amazon, Buy.com)
Having worked with some teachers this year that have some lengthy experience behind them, I know some of you have massive amounts of teaching resources that might be old and outdated to you, but can be new to someone else. This could be a great opportunity to help you break even.
Their site is TeacherspayTeachers.com. So check them out and let me know what you think.
Hi there! I just stumbled across your blog tonight. Cool! TeachersPayTeachers (or TpT for short) is totally legit. Your explanation of the free seller membership isn't totally accurate though. When you make a sale, there is a 40 cent "listing fee" as you called it, which they refer to as a transaction fee, PLUS they take 40% of your sale as commission. It's a not-so-nice surprise that many first time sellers get (although the conditions are all laid out there, it's just hard for some of us to apply them to a real scenario until we experience it).
ReplyDeleteAnother thing you ought to know, as someone trying to "break even" is that if you refer someone to the site and they use a link you give them to sign up as a seller, even with the free membership like you have, you get a portion of the website's commission. It's a feature that not a lot of people take advantage of though.
Many of us who sell there are crazy about the site and the professional networking & collaboration opportunities is creates for us.
If you want to talk more, feel free to contact me through my blog... I'm clogging up your comments section, but have a lot more to say! :-)
Tammy @ Teaching FSL
Awesome. Thanks so much for all of the info Tammy. I will check out your blog later today.
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