It's so exciting when you sign up to sell on TPT. You start thinking about putting all of your classroom made things on there and the money you will make from people buying what you created. However, we need to take a few moments and think about what we are doing and what we are uploading to TPT. You are now selling. That means you are now a business. Which means everything you use and upload to TPT comes with some rules. ❇ ❇  THINK COMMERCIAL USE!  ❇ ❇ In this post, I want to focus on three areas software images fonts These are definitely not the only areas of selling where there are rules, but we'll start with these three. Software You can use just about any software you want to create your resources. There are many choices out there including ✢  Powerpoint ✢  Keynote ✢  Canva ✢  Photoshop ✢  InDesign ✢  Google Slides™ ✢  and many more! When it comes to using software, you do need a version that is allowed to be used for commercial use.......

When I first started selling on Teachers Pay Teachers, I made a lot of mistakes just like everyone else when they first start. One of the areas I made a lot of mistakes was uploading a product. I didn't know the ins and outs of uploading a product. I just wanted to get my creation up as fast as possible. Now that I've been selling for several years I'm pretty comfortable uploading new products. I'm going to go through 7 things that you want to make sure you take notice of when uploading a new product to your TPT store. I look at a lot of stores each week and these are items that I notice missing in a lot of new stores. 1) Are you just writing a sentence or 2 for your description? Many times new sellers will write just a couple of sentences in the description box and quickly move on. We actually need to put a bit more into that box.  I recommend doing the following: ⇒  Write a paragraph about the product and why the buyer needs it. ⇒  Add a bullet point list about what i......

You've created your resource and you are uploading it to TPT. You see some extra spaces that say Preview and Thumbnails. You are now wondering if you should put anything there or just ignore those boxes. I have some popular questions to answer today dealing with thumbnails and previews. So let's just jump right in! Thumbnails and previews - is there a difference? Yes! ➻  Thumbnails are the little pictures that show up as you scroll across the images under the large square where you see your cover. ➻  Previews are where you click the green View Preview button and a window pops up. Do I need to use both? Yes! ➻  Some people will just scroll through your thumbnails. I like to think of these as a snapshot of the product. ➻  Some people will click on the preview. I like to think of the preview as letting the buyer know with images what they will be getting if they purchase your resource.  ⚠   Some people will pass up your resource if......

There are many ways you can flatten and secure your TPT products that are in a PDF format. I'm giving you step-by-step directions for using Adobe Acrobat. Flattening and securing? What does that even mean and why do I need to do it? Sometimes you hear terms floating around and you wonder what in the world you are supposed to do. Questions start zipping around your brain faster than Harry Potter finding the snitch. Flattening and securing are two of those terms that can get you all worked up. No worries! I'm going to walk you through the simple step-by-steps and show you how you can flatten and secure your TPT resource PDFs using Adobe Acrobat. This tutorial will at least stop this particular flow of questions zipping around in your brain. Let's first talk about the meaning of those two terms. Flattening means to merge everything on a page into one layer. This helps keep clipart from being lifted directly from the page. Many TPT clipart artists require their art to......

If you don't have Custom Categories in your store, be sure to check out this post first. Now that you have a lot of Custom Categories, you probably want them to be organized. I know I certainly needed some organization. I combined my need for organization with my love of bullet points! ✔   ☺  ❖  ✎  ➸  ⓵  ☑  ⇒  ☞  ✔   ☺  ❖  ✎  ➸  ⓵  ☑  ⇒  ☞  ✔   ☺  ❖  ✎  ➸  ⓵  ☑  ⇒  ☞  ...

Most of us are or were teachers and consider ourselves professionals. We want our customers to view us as professionals just like the big teacher resource companies. Here are a few things to consider to see if you are being professional as a TPT seller. 1) Products *Are you just slapping something together as fast as you can to get it in your store? Quality over quantity is so important. *Are you lining things up or centering items on the pages so your products look polished? Take the time to line text up or clip art up. Make sure your titles and frames are centered. You also don't want text overlapping onto frames or missing parts of borders because you put a white rectangle with text over it. Another thing to be mindful of is your clipart. Try to use clipart in png format so you don't have to worry about the big white box not blending in with your colored background. You are now a publisher, so you want things to look polished. ...

You try to go to sleep at night - product ideas pop into your head. You drive to work - product ideas pop into your head. You sit down to create a product. Next thing you know 20 ideas are popping into your head for other products. What do you do? It's time to get those ideas out of your head and onto a list. ...

What do your TPT resources need? Your final resource that you upload to TPT should have the following added to it: ⇛ An amazing cover ⇛ Your quality product (any directions, student pages, answer keys) ⇛ A Terms of Use (TOU) page ⇛ Credit for clip art/photos and font artists per their TOU ⇛ Your email, blog, and social media contacts with hyperlinks ⇛ Other products you offer (upsell) with hyperlinks Cover Every resource you make needs a cover whether the resource is free or paid. I like to create a rectangular cover that is included with my resource PDF and a square cover (any square size will do) that is uploaded to TPT separately. It is super important that you create your OWN style for your cover so that you stand out from other sellers. Do not duplicate someone else's cover design. You can find more information about covers on the following blog posts: Product Covers and Why You Need Them  Video Choose a Size for Your Cover Anatomy of a TPT Cover Taking a Closer Look a......

Many teachers make resources to use in their classroom. I know as a Special Education Resource teacher, I was always creating things for my students due to lack of curriculum, supplies, and just to meet their needs. Now it's time to take those created resources and get them ready to sell. Here are some things to think about before you post an item to sell. ...