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What is it? Teachers Pay Teachers is the world’s first and largest open marketplace for educators to buy, sell, and share their original resources. TpT helps teachers to teach at their best and provides a community where teachers succeed.

How Does it Work Buy things… just look up what you are interested in. Follow certain teachers you like. Sell things… sign up to sell. Different levels of sellers.

How Does it Work Sell things… sign up to sell. Different levels of sellers.

Tips for Selling Create materials that teachers need Create product titles with keywords that teachers would use when searching such a product Write very thorough product descriptions Your first posting must be a free product - make it a great one! Teachers will download it to assess the general quality of your work and it will also help boost your ratings

Tips for Selling Create an attractive and colorful cover page for your product that you can then select as your primary thumbnail preview in the second step of the posting process Before posting, create a preview file that is a shorter version of your full product - you will attach this separate file when you post your product and the preview file will then be made available to potential buyers for free

Tips for Selling If you receive an automatic informing you that a user has asked you a question, return to TpT to answer it asap The more you post, the more you can earn, but quality is even more important than quantity. Most important of all is supply and demand!

Develop a strong profile and include a picture of yourself Start a blog, a FB Fan Page, and pin to Pinterest Spread the word about TpT - the more teachers know about us, the higher your sales will be in the long run

For amazing collegiality, marketing and networking opportunities and answers to just about any question you may have, try out the Sellers Forum Sellers Forum Read the Archive of seller tips newsletters written by TpT veteran seller and retired English teacher Margaret WhisnantArchive of seller tips newsletters

Some Things to Think About Copyright – can you alter what you buy? Can you use clip art in things you create? – Creative Commons – Buy ClipArt – GraphicsFactory.com, Clipart.com – Does my school own my work? When you post you will have to license it to creative commons, etc…

Working/Sharing Together newhanoverTPT Google Group Send to : Request that you be added to the google group for TPT. Once added you can group at: Our log into Google Groups and see posts, change your settings to only forum, , etc.