Keep 85% of every sale. Sell wherever else you want.
The Teacher Staffroom opens to 50 established teacher-creators first. Founding sellers lock in 85% and pay no annual fee for as long as they sell here. Your website, your email list, and your other stores stay yours.
What changes on January 1
TPT is retiring Premium. Sellers now choose between 77.5% with exclusivity and 55% without it. Here's how the options compare.
| Feature | Teacher Staffroom Founding Seller | TPT Exclusive | TPT Basic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your payout | 85% | 77.5% | 55% |
| When you get paid | About 10 days after each sale | Monthly, for the previous month's sales | Monthly, for the previous month's sales |
| Sell education resources on your own site | Yes | No | Yes |
| Sell memberships or licenses that include your resources | Yes | No | Yes |
| Annual fee | $0, for lifeSellers who join after the Founding 50 pay $49.99 a year | $59.95 a year | $29 one-time setup fee |
| Fees on low-priced items | 40¢ minimum fee on items under $2.67Lowest price is $2. You keep $1.60 on a $2 sale. | $0.15 per resource on orders under $3 | $0.30 on every resource sold |
TPT payout rates from TPT's October 1, 2026 seller announcement. TPT fees and payout timing from TPT's published seller terms. Card processing fees are paid by The Teacher Staffroom, not sellers.
How it works
- ApplySend a link to your current store and tell us what you teach. It takes about five minutes.
- Get approvedWe review your seller history and a sample of your work. You hear back within 5–7 days.
- Bring your catalogFill in one spreadsheet and upload a zip of your files. Every listing gets created at once.
- Get paidYour 85% goes straight to your bank through Stripe, about 10 days after each sale.
See a founding store
Screenshots from our preview site, with real resources from our first founding store.
What founding sellers get
- 85% payout, locked for as long as you sell here
- Paid about 10 days after each sale, not once a month
- No annual fee, for life
- A Founding Seller badge on your store
- A spot in launch emails and homepage features
- A direct line to the founders while features get built
Seller standards
- Everything you list is your original work, or you hold the rights to sell it.
- No unedited AI-generated resources.
- Links in descriptions only point to previews of that resource. No links to other stores.
- You answer buyer questions and fix errors buyers report.
Listings that break these get removed. Stores that keep breaking them get closed.
Built by a seller
I opened my TPT store in 2009 and have wanted to build this for ten years. Your resources are yours. The Teacher Staffroom is just the place you share them, with sellers who've earned their spot.
Lindsay Gould, founder
Questions sellers ask
Can I keep selling on TPT?
The Teacher Staffroom doesn't restrict where else you sell. TPT's Exclusive membership does, so selling here means going Basic on TPT or leaving. That choice is yours.
How will you bring buyers to the site?
Honestly, through you. That's the trade behind the Founding 50: the lowest commission we can offer and no annual fee, in exchange for sharing your Teacher Staffroom store with the teachers who already follow you.
Every store here belongs to a seller with years of proven work, and teachers already know many of them by name. Fifty of those sellers pointing their audiences to one place is how The Teacher Staffroom becomes the powerhouse site for teaching resources.
When do I get paid?
Buyers get 7 days to report a problem with a file. After that, your 85% goes out through Stripe and usually reaches your bank a few business days later. Your first payout may take longer while Stripe sets up your account.
What's the lowest price I can charge?
$2. Items priced under $2.67 have a 40¢ minimum fee instead of 15%, so a $2 sale pays you $1.60. Free resources aren't offered at launch.
Do you approve every product I upload?
No. We approve sellers. Once you're in, you publish on your own schedule. Buyers can report a listing, and we review every report.
Will I have to recreate hundreds of listings?
No. One spreadsheet and one zip of files. The importer matches each row to its file and builds the listing.
When does The Teacher Staffroom open to buyers?
November 1, 2026. Founding sellers get in first, so their stores are stocked on day one.
Apply for a founding spot
Applications are reviewed in the order they arrive. You'll hear back within 5–7 days from hello@teacherstaffroom.com.