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Episode 65: How to Use Product Lines and Templates in Your TpT Store

Product lines are an easy way to make more resources and money once you know what they are and how to use them.  Here’s what you need to know to get started.

What Are Product Lines?

Product lines are a group of products that are similar and from the same brand.  Product lines might also be described as a group of products that function in a similar way and are targeted toward the same audience.  Both descriptions used by the world are true in my TpT business too. Once you find your niche, or your main thing, it’s much easier to create product lines.

Benefits of Product Lines

Product lines make it easier to make more resources because you know what it will look like and all the steps the students and teacher will need to complete an assignment.  The basic idea is planned you just have to fill in the details.  It’s like every curriculum you use in school.  Your math lesson might consist of a whole group lesson, followed by small group work, then independent work, and wrap up with an exit ticket.  You basically know what your math period will look like, but the details are different every day.  Predictability helps your class anticipate what’s coming next.  By creating product lines, you help yourself create lessons and teachers teach them.

A template is the basic outline of a product in which you can fill in the details.  You can even use the last resource you made as a template by duplicating it.  Once you have a template you can fill in the details and change out key directions.  Once your details are filled in you just need to add appropriate clip art.  Working from a template rather than a blank canvas makes resources creating much faster.

How Do You Decide What TpT Product Lines to Create?

Look at your Product Statistics page on TpT and play with the toggles.  You can see conversion rates and sales numbers.  Once you look at what’s selling you know what to create more of or stop creating.  

I create sensory table themes for my son.  I switch it out every month or so.  For a while, I was creating a resource to put on TpT, but they weren’t selling at all.  Some of them have been up for a year and not one has sold.  Clearly, there is not currently a need for these lessons on TpT or maybe I didn’t use SEO correctly.  But without any sales, I haven’t continued to make more sensory table resources.  The product statistic told me I didn’t need to create them.

I have created many poetry lessons.  It’s my thing and where I see a lot of my sales.  I wouldn’t have my students write an acrostic poem for every holiday, but I do sell one for every holiday because that is the form of poetry most teachers are familiar with.  Acrostic poems are a product line for me.  As long as they continue to sell I will continue to make them.

Episode 64: Updating Products in My TpT Store

Since I started my TpT store a year ago I have learned a lot about product design.  As I rounded the first year of having my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I decided I should start updating my products.  I had heard of other sellers doing this once they had over 300 resources and I didn’t want to wait that long.  So, I started.

I am going to share some of the things I’m updating in my TpT resources. 

  1. Fonts

I am updating my TpT fonts.  I found a good basic easy to read font early on and I love using it for just about everything.  Honestly, I am a little sick of it myself, but I haven’t come across a better font for text that needs to be easy to read. When you are creating resources for kids, they need to be able to read the fonts easily and I think this font is perfect for that.  The fonts that I am updating are for my titles and headings.  I’ve learned how to create a more attractive title that really pops off the page and grabs the buyer’s attention more.  Even the way you line up the fonts in your titles makes resources that are more desirable and cuter.

  1. Clip Art

My clip art needed a makeover too.  As I update my resources, I am making sure that my clip art is cute and appealing.  I have never been a clip art person myself.  It won’t be the make-or-break buying point for me, but for some teachers it is. I also want my clip art in black line and color.  This leads me to my next update.

  1. Black and White Edition

When I first started, I wasn’t making a black and white edition of my resources.  Again, I wouldn’t mind buying a color version and just printing it in black and white.  But some teachers look for the black and white version.  It’s a bit of a pain in the butt but making a black and white version should make more teachers consider buying my resource.  I’m adding a black and white version as I update my resources.

  1. More Value in a Resource

As I’ve become a better curriculum creator, I’ve added some basic things to most of my products.  For example, now every resource I create has a revision and editing checklist specific to the resource (it only takes a few edits to do this).  When I first started, I didn’t have this checklist.  Now I am adding it into my resources.  It makes my resources more complete and easier to use.

  1. Titles and Descriptions

I am also updating my product titles and descriptions using SEO.  I heard about SEO early in my TpT seller journey, but like everything else as I practiced more, I got better at using SEO.  So, I am writing more complete product descriptions with SEO. 

Episode 63: December 2021 Goals to Grow My TpT Store

  1. Social Media

Continue to plan my social media posts weekly.  I have reserved Saturday nights to write my social media posts.  I also want to use this time to check YouTube comments, and write an email.  If I don’t get to finish all this on Saturday nights then I finish it on Sundays.

  1. Pinterest Fridays

Pinterest is a great way to get my TpT Resources seen by more teachers.  And it’s free to use, with the opportunity to promote pins or pay for ads later.  I started using Pinterest last spring, but have been terrible about consistently making pins.  I plan to work on Pinterest by simply planning to create pins every Friday.

  1. Learning Goal

I am going to be working on listening to the coaching calls from The CEO Teacher School.   I have several calls downloaded but haven’t listened to them yet.  I am going to be working on this all month.  I want to listen to at least 10 this month.

  1. Reach out to a Publisher About Copyright Material

I started to research how to contact a publisher or copyright own about using copyrighted material.  I have products that I mention books in.  I want to make sure that I am operating above board and have permission to use any material I reference.  

  1. Read a Business or Personal Growth Book

This is a goal that I put to the side because I easily completed it each month.  However, once it was off my goal list I stopped doing it.  I think personal growth, mindset, and business knowledge are important areas of growth for an entrepreneur.  

  1. Batch January Blogs and December YouTube Videos

I am trying to stick to a specific amount of time for creating blogs and YouTube videos.  I am only releasing what I manage to get done in that amount of time.  Surprisingly, this strategy has helped me become more efficient.

  1. 10 Products for TpT

This goal is the goal that pushes me to use my creative time efficiently.  Working to get a set number of resources helps me create and stay motivated.  Regularly putting resources up on TpT helps teachers find my TpT store and increase my opportunity for revenue.  This month I am working on creating 5 new resources and updating 5 resources.

  1. Make $100 on TpT

Last month I made just over $80.  It wasn’t quite my goal, but also 4 times what I made last November.  My goal is to consistently make $100 a month. Consistently creating new resources will help.  $100/ a month is $3.22/ a day this month.

Episode 62: November 2021 Wrap-Up and TpT Income Report

1. Social Media

Continue to plan my social media posts weekly.  Reserve a weekly time to check YouTube comments, and write an email.

I have continued to successfully plan out my social media posts.  Right now my social media focuses on sharing my TpT resources, blog tips, motivation and self-care.  I would love to add more about me into my social media because I am my brand, but I am just not there yet.  

2. Learning Goal

There are some videos in the CEO Teacher School I haven’t watched yet that I would like to.  I think I will be ending the membership soon since I have worked through most of the material.

I set aside the last day of the month, November 30, to watch videos from The CEO Teacher.  Thanks to being able to watch them in double speed I was able to finish all the videos.  There were some great tips in them and I am glad I found the time.  I have a decision to make about the membership in the next few days.

I am going to see if I can get an actual answer from the publisher about the poem I want to use.  I can’t believe that it is this difficult to find an email address.  

I did set aside time to start this task.  I did some research about how to reach out to a publisher or copyright owner.  I downloaded some templates of letters that I can use to reach out, but haven’t finished the process.

4. Fix My Life Skills Lessons SEO

Now that I think I found a usable SEO term I should be able to fix the product descriptions on these products so that teachers find them.

I thought for sure I wasn’t going to manage to update these product descriptions again.  I started to update my Life Skills bundle about half way through the month.  I made new thumbnails and finished the SEO research.  I wrote out the description and got one posted before I ran out of time.  On November 29 I finished updating my lifeskills bundles.  I was really cutting it close this time, but it’s done and I am so happy because this task took me far too long.  I did learn a lot more about SEO research from it though.

5. Batch December Blogs and November YouTube Videos

I feel like both blogging and YouTube went better last month and I plan to continue this method of staying within the time I’ve allotted for content creation.  The only thing I might change is tracking my hours for each step because often times my work time will get cut short when my toddler wakes from his nap early.  I might change my writing plan specified hours to spend on content creation rather than days.

Since my blogging week was the week of Thanksgiving I did need an extra day this month.  I started with my plan of writing on the writing days.  I finished three blogs and outlined a fourth blog.  On my editing day I moved onto editing.  And I was lucky enough to finish editing the three blogs I finished early.  So I went back to the fourth blog and finished writing it out.  But writing it out took longer than I thought.  Editing carried over one more day.  So then I created my graphics a day late. 

I still think this plan worked better than trying to create all the blogs.  I was able to complete everything with a couple of extra hours rather than an extra week of stress.

6. 10 Products for TpT

I plan to continue to push for 10 products each month.  This goal pushes me to make the most of my creative work time.  However,  I am going to adjust it.  I am going to create 5 products and revise 5 products.  The revision could be the product itself or the SEO in the description.  Whatever creative time I have left for the month will go towards creating grammar.

I am so proud because I over achieved on this goal.  I created seven new resources for my TpT store and I revised 5 resources for my TpT store.  If you count my Life Skills resources I also revised 8 product descriptions.

7. Make $100 on TpT

Last month I made over $100. I am hoping I will be able to consistently make $100 a month on TpT.  Consistently creating new resources will help.  $100/ a month is $3.33/ a day this month.

I did not reach this goal this month I made $80.50.  I was really bummed about this because last month was so great.  I hit the toggle on my dashboard that lets me compare this year to last year.  Last November is when my resources started to sell.  Last November I made $20 on TpT this NovemberI made four times that.  I may not have met my goal, but I like to think positive about what I have accomplished.

Episode 61: TpT Business Time Management

Time is the most valuable commodity of a teacher and TpT author.  There is just never enough time and if you are managing your TpT store while still in the classroom then I have to tip my hat to you because you are amazing.

Time is a popular topic and there have been many books written about time management and productivity.  I recommend you read some because they are amazing and eye-opening.  I have read several of these books and heard about many tips on podcasts and they have influenced and changed the way I run my TpT business.

Here are a few of my favorite tips in no particular order:

  1. Schedule everything
  2. Set due dates
  3. Start with the hardest thing on your list and get it done
  4. Use completing a few easy tasks as motivation by gettting them crossed off your list. (Honestly I don’t love this one because I have a toddler so I need every minute I have for bigger tasks, but I know some people love this.)
  5. Work for 25 minutes and take a 5 minute break
  6. Schedule just enough time to complete a task.
  7. Make a plan
  8. Plan to get 2-3 things done in a working period/day 
  9. Plan on one large task each week
  10. Batch

Today I am going to talk a little bit about how some of these have influenced my business, particularly in the area of blogging.

Over the last several months I decided that I would put on my writer’s hat for a week and try to get all my blogs done for the following month.  Every podcast and book I read talked about batching and I was experienced enough in my business that I thought I was ready to try it out.  I was also learning about how to write a more effective blog at the same time.

What I quickly realized was that batching is not easy.  It’s really hard to plan, write, edit, and create graphics for 4-5 blogs that are at least 1,500 words in one week.  It sounds easy and doable since I had been writing a blog every week for at least 6 months, but it wasn’t easy.  It always took me much longer than I intended, which also meant that I wasn’t creating as many products as I wanted.

As teachers, we are constantly ready to revaluate and rework the problematic areas of our day/week/month.  So that’s what I did.  I asked myself how I could get it done in the amount of time I wanted.  I had already applied several time management and productivity tips.

  1. I scheduled 5 days each month for blogging
  2. I had the due date of the end of the week, but at the latest it needed to be done by the following Thursday for posting.
  3. I planned a day for research and brainstorm, three days for writing, a day for editing and a day to create graphics.
  4. I’d work on writing and take a break.
  5. The entire process was batching.

So with these in place, I still needed to reevaluate how to make this work.  My schedule is mostly restricted by my toddler so that’s was the biggest challenge.

The Fix to My Time Management Problem

I did two things to fix this scheduling problem.  

  1. I went from five days of writing to seven.  I just planned that it would take Sunday and Saturday too.  Writing always took me longer than I expected and sometimes I am not a great judge of time.  I try not to schedule TpT for the weekends.  If I finish everything then I have free relaxing time and if I don’t there is time for me to finish some work. However I decided that during my blogging week I should plan to take this time for blogging.  It gives me a more realistic time frame.
  1. I decided that whatever I got done during the time I scheduled would be what I would post. Blogging is a long-term growth plan for my business.  I started a blog literally because I heard other TpT sellers say that I should and then found that I like it.  I don’t have to post every week.  It’s good for my website if I do, but okay if I don’t.  

So I changed my mindset. I decided to stick with my plan.  One day to plan, three days to write, two days to edit, and one day for graphics.  These might overlap slightly, but I will stick to my plan.  If I get three blogs planned, written, and edited then those are the three I will post that month.  If I get one for each week that’s great, but if I only get two done that’s okay too.  

The funny thing is I think this plan to publish what’s done took some of the pressure off to finish all the blogs.  It was so much easier to blog when I knew if it wasn’t done there might be a week without a blog.  

I’ve only had success with this time management plan for one month so far, but I’m hoping that it will continue to work for me in future months.  I am hoping that as time goes on my writing will get more efficient and will maybe even take less time than I plan for.

Episode 60: TpT Copyright Questions

First I must say that I am not a lawyer and you should be very careful when you are using other people’s work.  You can consult a lawyer or look up questions you have online.  I am talking about copyright because it is a huge question in the TpT world.  This is meant to be an introduction to how to follow copyrights and terms of use. It was overwhelming for me last year.  Here’s an introduction that is hopefully easy to understand,

There are so many talented teachers selling resources on TpT, but not every seller is following copyright laws.  As educators, we are used to being allowed to use all sorts of resources and copyrighted material in the classroom without any problems or questions.  The reason we can do that is that there are allowances in the law that allow teachers the freedom to use all sorts of copyrighted material.  We want children to learn so we have been given the right to teach them using basically everything.

However, when you enter the TpT world you need to be much more careful of what materials and names you use and how.  

Terms of Use is the agreement between a service provider and the user.  If you do this then you can use this.  You should have a terms of use in all your products.  You also need to read the terms of use for any clip art, frames, or digital paper you use.  And if you use TpT resources in your classroom then you need to be sure you read those terms of use also.

Copyright applies to both published and unpublished works.  Its purpose is to protect all forms of intellectual property.  You can’t use what someone else creates and they can’t use your creations without permission.  

Copyright.gov says, “A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others.”  When you think about big brands – like Nike, Disney, Target and their symbols and slogans you know them well and you can’t use them.   I think this quote sums it up pretty well.  You can’t use trademarked material without permission. Some trademarks that are definitely not allowed to be used are Pete the Cat, Disney, and Dr. Suess.  I have heard these companies are looking online for people who violate their trademarks.  There are many more too.

If you are using clipart or digital paper from TpT you need to be sure that it’s okay to use it for commercial use.  This means that you need to read the terms of use for anything you want to use.  Usually TpT creators ask that you give them credit by putting their logo and a link in your product.  

As a TpT author you must make sure that you are not using copyright material in your products.  If you plan to create math lessons that work alongside a particular curriculum you can’t take content from that curriculum unless you have permission. If you are creating reading comprehension questions you can’t put a passage from a book in your product unless you have permission.  You need to write your own passage or hire someone to do it.   You have to be careful to follow the rules.

I think the biggest problem I see on TpT is when people use Disney or Harry Potter or other trademarked brands as part of their products.  It’s hard for TpT to keep up with everything, but using trademarked material could get you in trouble.  Be careful what you choose to do.

Again I want to state that I am not a lawyer or expert in copyright law.  This is an introductory understanding of what copyright, terms of use, and trademark is.  If you want a simple explanation to help you get started hopefully this is a good starting point for you.

Episode 59: November 2021 Goals to Grow My TpT Store

1. Social Media

Continue to plan my social media posts weekly.  Reserve a weekly time to check YouTube comments, and write an email.

2. Learning Goal

There are some videos in the CEO Teacher School I haven’t watched yet that I would like to.  I think I will be ending the membership soon since I have worked through most of the material.

I am going to see if I can get an actual answer from the publisher about the poem I want to use.  I can’t believe that it is this difficult to find an email address.  

4. Fix My Life Skills Lessons SEO

Now that I think I found a usable SEO term I should be able to fix the product descriptions on these products so that teachers find them.

5. Batch December Blogs and November YouTube Videos

I feel like both blogging and YouTube went better last month and I plan to continue this method of staying within the time I’ve allotted for content creation.  The only thing I might change is tracking my hours for each step because often times my work time will get cut short when my toddler wakes from his nap early.  I might change my writing plan specified hours to spend on content creation rather than days.

6. 10 Products for TpT

I plan to continue to push for 10 products each month.  This goal pushes me to make the most of my creative work time.  However,  I am going to adjust it.  I am going to create 5 products and revise 5 products.  The revision could be the product itself or the SEO in the description.  Whatever creative time I have left for the month will go towards creating grammar.

7. Make $100 on TpT

Last month I made over $100. I am hoping I will be able to consistently make $100 a month on TpT.  Consistently creating new resources will help.  $100/ a month is $3.33/ a day this month.

Episode 58: October 2021 Goals to Grow My TpT Store

1. Social Media

Reserve a weekly time to check YouTube comments, write an email, and plan social media.

I successfully planned social media.  Each weekend I took time to create posts for the week on my Instagram.  Right now my following is small enough that I can simply post it to Facebook too.  As my following grows I will need to change up my posts or timing between Facebook and Instagram.

I have not been doing a great job replying to comments on any platform yet and hope to improve that.

2. Learning Goal

I am going to be watching some replays from LaterCon from Later. 

I did not watch any replays of any kind of learning.  I was solely focused on content and resource creation during the limited amount of time I have to work on my TpT business.

There is a poem that I want to use for a lesson, but I want to be sure it’s okay to use it in a lesson.  So I am going to be reaching out to a publisher for the first time to see if I can get permission.  I have no idea what this process will be like.

So I spent at least an hour looking online for how to contact this publisher.  Their website sent me in loops.  The parent company sends me to a copyright request page.  The copyright request page said I needed to talk to the publication’s imprint.  The imprint’s website had no information on how to contact them or information about copyright.  It was a crazy process to try to track this information down online.  I even had my husband try to help me find the information.  The most we found was this article, which basically left me with the same questions.

What are the Copyright Laws for Using a Poem?

I am going to continue to look for a clear answer to this copyright question.

4. Fix My Life Skills Lessons SEO

I still need to fix this.  Finding usable SEO has been a real challenge, which means it is taking a lot of time.

The SEO for this product line is so difficult to filter through.  So many of the SEO options are either not searched or incredibly hard to rank for.  I think I finally found an SEO term I might be able to use, but this is still in the works.

5. Batch November Blogs and October YouTube Videos

I love getting it all done through batching, but I am considering creating less long-form content for a while.  I think my goal might be to create half the amount that I was before.  I just don’t have as much time for product creation as I want.

You might already know that YouTube batching has been going pretty well, but this month was better than the rest.  I felt like I streamlined the process and it was quick and easy to film, edit, write show notes, edit show notes, make graphics, and post the videos.  

This is the first month since I started batching blogging that I felt went well.  I finished my blogs in the time I intended which is awesome.  Here is how I did it.  I decided that I was going to stick to my timetable.  I planned to have 4 days to write, 2 days to edit, and 1 day to make graphics.  I wrote as many blogs as I could in those four days.  Then proceed to stick to editing and graphics in the time allotted.  

This plan meant that I had to let go of the idea of releasing a blog every week. I had to adjust my mindset and be okay with releasing a blog less often like maybe every other week.  If I got enough written for every week – great, and if I only got 2 done – that’s great too.  So I will release as many blogs as I finish in the time allotted for blogging.  This really freed up more time for product creation.

If you want to hear more about this adjustment keep an eye out for my upcoming episode all about it in the next few weeks.

6. 10 Products for TpT

When I took this goal off my goal list I didn’t think it would be a big deal, but I’ve found that I have seen my earnings decrease.  I want to be sure I get at least 10 products up each month.  I am going to refocus on getting my 10 products up, and then whatever creative time I have left for the month will go towards creating grammar.

This month I created 7 products.  These products are of better quality than the products I was creating a year ago and my product descriptions are 10 times better.  I am really happy with the seven products I got up this month.

7. Make $100 on TpT

I am hoping I will be able to consistently make $100 a month on TpT.  Consistently creating new resources will help.  $100/ a month is $3.23/ a day

I made $118.28.

Episode 57: Is the TPT Premium Account Worth It?

I just had my one-year anniversary on TpT as a seller.  I first started my TpT journey in August of 2020.  My family needed more money and my son needed me.  I thought this was a great opportunity to engage my brain, be involved in teaching, and possibly make some money.   I started off with Youtube research because that’s what my students do when they need to learn something.  I came across one seller from Becca’s Music Room who did a great job explaining how to start a TpT store.  She really helped me get started. 

I had used my TpT account as a teacher for years.  I switched to the free Basic Sellers account in August 2020.  Then while I researched, I started to create resources.  Once I had about 10 resources ready to go, I talked with my husband about maybe switching my account to the Premium Account. This was my first investment in my business.  Here are some of the differences between the two.

 BasicPremium
CostFree$59.95
Payout (What You Keep)55%80%
Transaction Fees30 cents per resource15 cents on orders less than $3.00
File Size200MB1G
Video UploadsNoYes! You can upload video previews and video products
Access to Premium Features and Marketing ToolsNoYes
Able to Participate in School Access CatalogYesYes
Maximum Number of UploadsNoNo

Some sellers wait until they make $60 on the free account before they upgrade, but I didn’t.  It was the first investment I made in my business.  I decided that it would be worth it to keep more of my money from the start.  I was confident that I was going to make my TpT store successful.

There is no right or wrong answer.  It’s really just a matter of what you can afford, or what you want to do.

Here’s a little math.  A quick google search will give you dozens of examples like this.

As a basic seller, a product listed at $2.50 will give you a payout of$1.07

As a premium seller, a product listed at 2.50 will give you a payout of 1.85

70 cents isn’t much, but when you multiply that by 100 it’s $107 compared to $185.  I’ve been on TpT a little over a year and I’ve sold 177 products.

Episode 56: How Long-Form Content and Short-Form Content Can Help Grow Your TpT Store

Content is the free material you put out into the world.  There is long-form content and short-form content.  We are going to be talking a little bit about both of these, including why you should use them and how to do it.

Long-form content should provide massive value to your customers and future customers.  There are three main forms of long-form content to choose from.  Blogging, YouTube, and Podcasting.  It doesn’t really matter which one you choose, but it’s important to start at least one of these.  It should be something you like to do. If you hate being on camera then don’t start a YouTube channel.  No matter which one you choose, it’s a good idea to have a website.  Having your own website is a space you own on the internet.  You can send your customers there.  If you are podcasting or YouTubing it’s a good idea to put your show notes on your website.

Long-form content is important because it helps your customers get to know, like, and trust you.  When you connect with your customers like that they will want to buy from you.  If your content is providing them with valuable advice and tools, they are going to be excited to buy from you because you’ve already helped them so much.

Short-form content is anything that is brief like Facebook, Twitter, tick-tock, or Instagram. Short-form content can still provide value to your customers, but it’s like the worm on a fishing hook.  You are trying to grab their attention and pull them in.   It’s an introduction.  The goal of your short-form content should be to get your customers/future customers to engage with your long-form content. 

When you are writing short-form content you should use a consistent method.  First, a hook that will grab their attention, then a story or way to connect with them, and finally a call to action. 

In my opinion email lists are in a league of their own.  A person who signs up for your email list wants to hear from you.  They are interested in what you have to say and are selling.  Emails can be long or short.  Emails can lead to long-form content.  Emails should provide massive value. 

The other great thing about email lists is that you own the list.  You are not trying to navigate hashtags and algorithms that will let some of your followers see your material.  You are not competing with other websites on google.  It’s your message and your content directly into your customers’ inbox.

Is the TPT Premium Account Account Worth It?

I just had my one-year anniversary on TpT as a seller.  I first started my TpT journey in August of 2020.  My family needed more money and my son needed me.  I thought this was a great opportunity to engage my brain, be involved in teaching, and possibly make some money.   I started off with Youtube research because that’s what my students do when they need to learn something.  I came across one seller from Becca’s Music Room who did a great job explaining how to start a TpT store.  She really helped me get started. 

I had used my TpT account as a teacher for years.  I switched to the free Basic Sellers account in August 2020.  Then while I researched, I started to create resources.  Once I had about 10 resources ready to go, I talked with my husband about maybe switching my account to the Premium Account. This was my first investment in my business.  Here are some of the differences between the two.

 BasicPremium
CostFree$59.95
Payout (What You Keep)55%80%
Transaction Fees30 cents per resource15 cents on orders less than $3.00
File Size200MB1G
Video UploadsNoYes! You can upload video previews and video products
Access to Premium Features and Marketing ToolsNoYes
Able to Participate in School Access CatalogYesYes
Maximum Number of UploadsNoNo

Some sellers wait until they make $60 on the free account before they upgrade, but I didn’t.  It was the first investment I made in my business.  I decided that it would be worth it to keep more of my money from the start.  I was confident that I was going to make my TpT store successful.

There is no right or wrong answer.  It’s really just a matter of what you can afford, or what you want to do.

Here’s a little math.  A quick google search will give you dozens of examples like this.

As a basic seller, a product listed at $2.50 will give you a payout of$1.07

As a premium seller, a product listed at 2.50 will give you a payout of 1.85

70 cents isn’t much, but when you multiply that by 100 it’s $107 compared to $185.  I’ve been on TpT a little over a year and I’ve sold 177 products.