Why You Need a TpT Store

When I first started my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I had no clue what I was doing. I only knew I wanted to make extra money. My first few resources sat for a while not making any money and I wondered what was going wrong. I slowly learned the tips and tricks needed to create resources that sell. Your teacher business needs a TPT store if you want to maximize the amount of money you can make passively. I teach teachers how to do this inside of From Zero To Cha-Ching and I’m sharing some of the secrets with you today. By the end of this blog post, you’ll be chomping at the bit to start your own TPT store!

Learn how to make resources the right way and watch your bank account grow

Once I learned how to make resources the right way, I quickly started making extra income

After years and years of buying resources (something I still do!) for my first grade classroom and tutoring business, I realized that I wasn’t always finding exactly what I needed. I resisted the urge to make my own resources because I wasn’t entirely sure what I was doing. I also thought it would take too much time and I didn’t have a lot of time to give to a teacher side-hustle. Over time, I started creating my own resources and once I learned how to create them the right way and how to sell them, I quickly started making extra money. If this full-time teacher and Tutorpreneur® can do it, so can YOU!

Making daily sales became super motivating

Hearing the cha-ching sound on my watch became super motivating

I love my job as a teacher but man alive do I wish our teaching salaries paid more. One of the biggest reasons I started my own online tutoring business was to pay off my car and chip away at my student loans. Tutoring was the big reason I paid off my car but hearing the cha-ching sound from TPT sales on my Apple watch has been super motivating. It also helps me feel zero guilt if I want to go to Starbucks before school. The thing I love most about selling my resources on Teachers Pay Teachers is once I’ve done the hard work of creating one resource, I can turn it into a product line that’s easy for me to reproduce and once it’s listed on my store website, it passively makes me money! The more time I put into creating resources and blogging about them (something I’ll teach you!), the more money I make!

Your TPT store allows you to earn passive income

Whether you’re a teacher, former teacher, or tutor, your TPT store will allow you to earn passive income. Initially, you have to create the product which takes time depending on the scope and sequence of the product. Product lines help you speed up the process and you’ll quickly be able to turn out products once you get the hang of it. Once your products are created the products sit and make money while you sleep, are teaching or tutoring and it’s hands down, one of the best feelings in the world to hear “cha-ching” on your watch or phone while you’re busy living your life. I’ve had days at school where I wasn’t sure how I’d make it through between behaviors and expectations of administrators and I’m telling you, you can’t help but smile if you make a sale during the school day. A few years ago, I created a Bird Watching Unit that started out as a resource just for my kindergartners (grade I was teaching at the time). It got noticed and I quickly put it in my TPT store. Soon after that, I won an all expenses paid trip to study birds in Maine. You can hear all about that in this YouTube video!

The possibilities are endless and if you dream big enough you’ll be shocked at what's in store for you

I truly believe that the possibilities are endless for you and if you dream big enough you’ll be shocked by what's in store for you. The difference between the teacherpreneurs who make it and those who don’t is not giving up. You know things need to change and now is the perfect time to start earning passive income by selling your own teaching resources. From Zero To Cha-Ching might be a good fit for you if you’re tired of trying to figure out how to make your own resources and want short, easy to follow video lessons on how to create resources that sell.

Share your amazing teaching gifts with other teachers

It’s very likely that you do something different than any other teacher. There’s no other person in the world just like you. You have your own unique teaching gifts and it’s my opinion that you should be sharing them with the world. Whatever you’re great at is going to become a great product idea. Don’t think that whatever has been done before can’t be recreated.

Make money using skills you are already using in the classroom

There are things that you’re doing that other teachers have noticed. Let’s say you have something special about your morning meeting time and another teacher asks how you do it. Boom, that’s a product idea. Look through your entire day in the classroom and make lists of ideas that could easily turn into product ideas. Combine creating products with blogging regularly and you’ll have a recipe for consistent passive income for your TPT store.

I hope this blog post encourages you to start your TPT store today! If you’re interested in getting started in From Zero To Cha-Ching, CLICK HERE!

Learn how to create and sell your teaching resources so you can make money while you sleep. — Learn how to create and sell your teaching resources so you can make money while you sleep

If you already have a TPT store, share your handle in the comments below!