Helpful Guides for Creators

Thinking about selling the classroom resources you already make? These guides are built around questions rather than answers: each one walks through what to ask yourself, what to look up, and who to check with before you decide. Use them as a starting point for your own research.

Getting Started

• How to Sell Teaching Resources: A Starting Guide: A self-assessment checklist covering district policy, readiness, pricing, delivery, and where to verify each step.
• Selling Resources as a Teacher Side Hustle: Reflect on your time, school policies, and goals, and learn where to research before you start.
• How to Sell Lesson Plans Online: Questions to Explore: Work through the key questions on what to sell, where to sell, delivery, pricing, and who to ask for advice.
• How to Sell Worksheets Online: What to Consider: Questions to ask about file prep, previews, pricing, and licensing before you list your first product.

Google Drive Resources and Delivery

• Selling Google Slides and Docs Resources: The questions to ask about sharing, copies, editing, and delivery before you list Google Slides or Docs activities.
• How to Deliver Google Drive Make-a-Copy Links: Questions to explore about sharing settings, versions, buyer access, and where to confirm details.

Pricing, Licenses, and Earnings

• How to Price Teaching Resources: Questions to Explore: Explore questions about your time, license type, and audience, and where to research before you set a price.
• Teacher Resource Licenses: Questions to Ask: Think through single-teacher, multi-teacher, and school licenses with questions to research and experts to consult.
• How Creators Keep More of Each Sale: Questions and exercises on fees, pricing, bundles, and customer lists.

Your Store, Payments, and Taxes

• Can I Sell Teaching Resources on My Own Website?: Explore questions on branding, payments, delivery, policies, and customers before you start.
• Stripe for Creators: What to Look Into: The setup, payout, and fee questions to explore in Stripe's own documentation first.
• Sales Tax on Digital Downloads: Questions for Sellers: Questions to bring to your state revenue agency or a tax professional for clear answers.

Selling to Schools and Districts

• Selling Teaching Resources to Schools and Districts: The questions to ask about quotes, approvals, licenses, and district procurement rules.
• District Purchase Orders for Teacher-Made Resources: Questions to ask a district business office about vendor forms, invoices, approvals, and payment timing.