Sites Like Teachers Pay Teachers: 9 TPT Alternatives for Sellers, Fees Compared

Yes, there are plenty of Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) alternatives. Teacher marketplaces like Tes and Boom Learning bring their own buyers but take a bigger cut. Your own store like Payhip keeps more of each sale, but you bring the traffic. This is Sellfy's blog, and Sellfy is one of the options below.

The best TPT alternatives at a glance

The best alternatives to Teachers Pay Teachers split into two camps: marketplaces that send you buyers for a commission, and stores where you keep almost every dollar but find every customer yourself. Here are the nine websites like Teachers Pay Teachers I compared.

How I picked: every platform is active, open to new sellers and publishes its fees. Fees last checked: November 1, 2026. Prices move, so confirm on each official page.

Why TPT sellers are looking for alternatives

TPT changed its seller tiers on October 1, 2026. Keeping a high payout now means selling nowhere else, and that lands hard when 20% of teachers already hold a second job. Here's what changed, and how TPT payouts actually work.

What changed for TPT sellers in 2026

On October 1, 2026, TPT retired the Premium Seller membership for new sign-ups and replaced it with the TPT Exclusive Seller membership. Two tiers remain, per TPT's Seller Fees and Payout Rates page:

• TPT Basic Seller: $29 one-time fee, 55% payout, 30¢ transaction fee per resource. No exclusivity.
• TPT Exclusive Seller: $59.95 a year, 77.5% payout, 15¢ per resource only on orders under $3. Paid digital educational resources sell only on TPT.

New TPT Exclusive Sellers earn 80% until January 1, 2027. Premium Sellers who don't opt in by December 31 become TPT Basic Sellers, with the $29 fee waived (Premium Seller FAQ).

The old 80% deal let you sell anywhere. The new one doesn't.

TPT payout rules: when you actually get paid

TPT payout rules are simple: you're paid monthly for the previous month's sales. Per TPT, that payout lands no later than the 21st of the following month.

Every TPT payment goes through Hyperwallet, so you'll need a Hyperwallet account to qualify for TPT payment. You can then withdraw by direct deposit, PayPal, Venmo or wire, depending on your country.

So an October 2 sale gets paid no later than November 21. I found no minimum payout, but TPT's terms let transfer fees come out of it.

Fee math: what you keep on each platform

What percentage does Teachers Pay Teachers take? 45% plus 30¢ per resource on Basic, or 22.5% on Exclusive (20% until January 1, 2027). On a $10 resource, that leaves you $5.20 or $7.75. Most alternatives leave you between $7.91 and $9.41, before any monthly plan.

I ran the same $10 resource through every platform's own fee page, adding Stripe's US rate of 2.9% + 30¢ where processing comes on top. Our guide to selling lesson plans has the quick overview. This goes deeper.

What you keep from one $10 sale

At 50 sales of $10 a month, Sellfy's $22 to $29 plan still leaves you $441.50 to $448.50, against $260 on TPT Basic and $382.50 on TPT Exclusive. So flat-fee stores beat TPT Basic by close to $190 a month, but TPT Exclusive by only $59 to $66. Classful and Payhip's free plan land within $3 of Sellfy billed yearly. Percentage fees grow with every sale while a flat plan stays fixed, so the gap widens as you sell more.

Marketplace or your own store? Decide this first

Decide whether you need buyers handed to you. A marketplace brings them and takes a bigger cut. Your own store charges a flat fee and brings nobody, so you keep more but drive every visit yourself. Pick the camp first, then the platform.

The marketplace vs. own website decision comes down to whether you already have somewhere to send people, like an Instagram account, a teacher Facebook group you run, an email list or a blog that ranks.

If yes, a marketplace charges you for buyers you could reach yourself. If not, the marketplace cut is what you pay to get found, and that's often a fair trade.

Teacher marketplaces with built-in buyers

The best marketplace to sell teaching resources besides TPT depends on what you make. Tes wins for UK and international curriculum. Boom Learning wins for interactive task cards. Classful is the cheapest teacher marketplace to join, and Etsy reaches homeschoolers that teacher sites miss.

Made By Teachers is missing on purpose: on November 1, 2026, its sign-up page said new seller applications were paused.

Tes

Tes works much like TPT, but Tes resources are built around UK and international curriculums, with buyers paying in six currencies.

Who it's for: Sellers writing to UK, Australian or international syllabuses.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $6.00 at Bronze (under £1,000 in rolling 12-month sales), $7.00 at Silver (£1,000 to £5,999.99), and $8.00 at Gold (£6,000+). VAT comes off first.

Does it bring buyers? Yes. Schools can also buy a School Licence at 3.5 times your price, same royalty rate.

Exclusivity rules: None that I found in Tes's author FAQ.

The catch: You withdraw manually past £10 or $10, once a week, in GBP or USD only. International transfers take 10 to 12 working days.

Classful

Classful is a US marketplace with no membership fee at all.

Who it's for: A low-cost second marketplace next to TPT Basic.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $8.91. Classful also handles US sales tax for you.

Does it bring buyers? A little. Teachers, parents and PTOs shop there, but it's a fraction of TPT's size.

Exclusivity rules: None that I found. Its terms give Classful a non-exclusive license to host, format and distribute your files to run the platform, plus the right to use public listings to promote it.

The catch: The fee is low, but the buyer pool is small, so expect to do your own promotion.

TeachSimple

TeachSimple is a subscription library, not a store. Teachers pay monthly and download what they need.

Who it's for: Deep back catalogs that stopped selling on TPT.

What you keep from a $10 sale: No per-sale price. Contributors split 100% of net subscription revenue from members who downloaded their work, weighted by points per resource.

Does it bring buyers? Yes, its subscribers. You're paid on downloads, not purchases.

Exclusivity rules: None on TeachSimple's side. TPT bars TPT Exclusive Sellers from subscription sales, though, so this one suits TPT Basic Sellers.

The catch: Income swings month to month. Payouts start at $50, by PayPal, and TeachSimple covers PayPal's fee.

Boom Learning

Boom Learning is built for interactive, self-checking digital task cards rather than PDFs.

Who it's for: Boom Cards makers who build drag-and-drop, audio and instant-feedback decks.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $8.50 on Boom store sales, before PayPal's payout fee.

Does it bring buyers? Yes. Teachers and speech therapists shop the Boom store directly.

Exclusivity rules: Decks live only on Boom. You can list them elsewhere, but each external redemption costs a 10% service fee.

The catch: You need a paid Publisher membership ($69.99 a year at list price), and payouts go through PayPal once you clear $5.

Etsy

Etsy isn't a teacher site, so it reaches far more shoppers, but fewer of them are looking for classroom resources.

Who it's for: Printables, décor and homeschool packs that parents buy too.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $8.60, or $7.10 via Offsite Ads. That's a $0.20 listing fee and 6.5% transaction fee, plus 3% + 25¢ processing. Offsite Ads take 15% of attributed orders for shops under $10K a year.

Does it bring buyers? Lots, but they search "teacher gift" as often as "fractions worksheet."

Exclusivity rules: None.

The catch: Listings expire every four months, and Etsy owns the customer. Run your numbers in our Etsy fee calculator, or see our Etsy alternatives comparison.

Websites to sell teaching resources from your own store

The best website to sell educational resources you own depends on your audience. Sellfy fits sellers with followers to send. Payhip is the free way to test. Gumroad works for a few products with no monthly bill. None of them bring buyers. You do.

Sellfy

Sellfy is our own product, so weigh this section accordingly.

Who it's for: TPT sellers with an Instagram following, email list or blog.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $9.41. Sellfy takes 0%. You pay processing plus a flat plan: Starter is $29 a month, or $22 billed yearly, for up to $10K in sales a year.

Does it bring buyers? No. You sell to the audience you already have. Former university teacher Erika Svanoe writes music for school and university bands. She sells it from her own Sellfy store and promotes it through a newsletter of around 800 subscribers, about half of whom open each issue.

Exclusivity rules: None. The files and the customer list stay yours.

The catch: Without an audience, a Sellfy store won't make sales. Sellfy adds EU and UK VAT once you turn tax on, but it doesn't file your taxes.

Payhip

Payhip is the cheapest way to test an own store. The free plan includes every feature.

Who it's for: Sellers testing direct sales, who want EU/UK VAT and US sales tax remitted for them.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $8.91 on Free, $9.21 on Plus ($29 a month) and $9.41 on Pro ($99 a month), after PayPal or Stripe processing.

Does it bring buyers? Barely. Payhip has no buyer marketplace, so almost every sale comes from traffic you send.

Exclusivity rules: None.

The catch: That 5% fee on Free stings once sales get steady. Our Payhip pricing breakdown shows when Plus or Pro pays off.

Gumroad

Gumroad is free to join and pricier than it looks.

Who it's for: A few products, no monthly plan.

What you keep from a $10 sale: $7.91. Gumroad takes 10% + 50¢, and card processing comes on top.

Does it bring buyers? A trickle, through its Discover marketplace, at a flat 30% fee.

Exclusivity rules: None.

The catch: Cash flow is slower. On weekly or monthly payouts, each sale sits at least 7 days, and the standard minimum payout is $100. Check your take-home in our Gumroad fee calculator.

Your own website

A WordPress or Squarespace site with a store plugin gives you the most control. For a handful of PDFs, it's usually overkill.

Who it's for: Big catalogs and a blog that already ranks.

What you keep from a $10 sale: About $9.41 with Stripe, before hosting, plugins and your hours.

Does it bring buyers? Only if your blog already pulls search traffic.

Exclusivity rules: None.

The catch: Delivery, tax settings and broken plugins all land on you. Already have a site? Adding a store to it is far less work.

Leave TPT or sell on both?

Sell on both. For most sellers, TPT Basic stays the discovery channel and your own store serves the audience you already have. Pick one side only if TPT's Exclusive payout beats what selling direct would earn you, or if you have no audience at all yet.

Relying on one platform is the real risk. Former ELA teacher Marlow of Education Is Lit shared on her About page that her TPT earnings fell from $7,253.94 in 2022 to $4,902.09 in 2023 after a change to TPT's search algorithm. She now also sells from her own Sellfy shop, so one platform's algorithm isn't her whole business.

Exclusive vs. Basic: what you can still sell elsewhere

As a TPT Exclusive Seller, you can promote your paid educational resources anywhere, but checkout must happen on TPT.

The Exclusive Seller FAQ allows free resources (lead magnets included), Boom Cards on Boom's platform, clip art, fonts, physical products, courses and Kindle books off TPT.

Memberships and licenses that include your resources are banned. TPT Basic Sellers have no exclusivity.

The test: Exclusive pays $2.55 more per $10 sale from 2027. Have even a small audience? Basic plus an own store usually wins.

School Access is now TPT School Express: the buyers you leave behind

Teachers Pay Teachers School Access no longer exists. TPT ended School Access on September 30, 2025 and replaced it with TPT School Express.

Under School Express, administrators set a budget and teachers buy on the regular marketplace at your prices. You earn the same payout rate as any other sale.

Leave TPT entirely and you lose those school-funded buyers, unless you sell school licenses yourself.

When staying on TPT is the right call

Stay put, and consider Exclusive, if TPT search brings you nearly every sale and you have no email list or following to sell to.

TPT says more than 7 million educators use it. Leaving that traffic without an audience of your own to sell to usually means earning less.

How to move your TPT catalog without losing sales

Move your files, not your TPT features. PDFs and descriptions come with you. Easel content, reviews and followers don't. Keep your TPT store live while the new store ramps up, then shift buyers over gradually as your email list grows.

Easel activities

Easel Activities stay on TPT. They can't be printed, and they only work in the TPT account they were bought from (TPT help). Your original PDF is what moves.

Replace them with a Google Slides version or interactive PDFs with fillable fields.

TPT-only digital formats

Standalone Easel listings can only be accessed through Easel, and Easel Assessments are auto-graded quizzes that live inside it. I found no export option for either.

Rebuild quizzes in Google Forms. For truly interactive products, Boom Cards are the closest swap.

Your reviews, ratings and followers

None of these export. Point people to your new store from channels you control:

• Put your store link in your Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook bios.
• Offer a freebie off TPT for an email address. TPT allows this even for TPT Exclusive Sellers.
• Use our guide on selling to your Instagram followers.

Then ask your first direct buyers for reviews.

Setting up your new store

Setup takes an afternoon. For the Sellfy walkthrough, follow our guide to selling lesson plans and teaching resources.