What are the alternatives to Teachers Pay Teachers for sellers?
·Founder, Stakk
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15 October 2026
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7 min read
The main alternatives to Teachers Pay Teachers are Payhip, Gumroad, Etsy, and a checkout of your own such as Stakk or Systeme.io. Which ones you can use depends on your TPT plan. TPT now has two seller plans, and the Exclusive Seller plan says your digital teaching resources must be sold on TPT alone. So selling the same worksheets somewhere else means being a Basic Seller, with a 55% payout, or taking those products off TPT. Checked 12 October 2026.
This post is for teachers who already sell on TPT, or are about to, and want to know where else their resources can go. If you only want to know what TPT itself takes, our breakdown of TPT's seller fees covers each one.
What changed in TPT's seller plans in October 2026?
TPT cut its seller plans down to two, Basic and Exclusive, and closed the old Premium plan to new sign-ups on 1 October 2026. TPT's help article on seller fees and payout rates says every existing Premium Seller now has to pick one of the two.
| Basic Seller | Exclusive Seller | |
|---|---|---|
| Membership | $29 once, non-refundable | $59.95 a year |
| Your payout | 55% of each sale | 80% for now, then 77.5% from 1 January 2027 |
| Transaction fee | 30 cents per resource | 15 cents per resource, only on orders under $3 |
| Sell the same resources elsewhere? | Yes | No, not digital teaching resources |
The payout is the share TPT passes on to you after keeping its service fee. On a $10 resource, that is $5.50 on Basic before the 30 cent fee, and $8.00 on Exclusive at today's 80% rate.
The exclusivity line is the real news for anyone looking at alternatives. On Basic, you can sell the same files anywhere. On Exclusive, you mostly cannot.
Can you sell on TPT and somewhere else at the same time?
Yes as a Basic Seller. As an Exclusive Seller, only for some kinds of product. TPT's own page on what Exclusive Sellers can sell outside TPT sets them out.
| Product type | Can an Exclusive Seller sell it off TPT? |
|---|---|
| Digital resources not about teaching, such as clip art and fonts | Yes |
| Physical products | Yes |
| Courses and professional development | Yes |
| Boom Cards | Yes |
| Kindle books | Yes |
| Digital educational resources | No |
| Memberships or subscriptions that include them | No |
| Licenses for digital educational resources | No |
Exclusive Sellers can still promote their store anywhere they like. The sale itself has to go through the TPT store. Free resources are allowed on and off TPT, with one catch: you cannot charge on TPT for something you give away free somewhere else. If a product does not fit the list, TPT says to ask it directly before you sell it elsewhere.
What do the TPT alternatives charge?
Each one takes its cut in a different shape: a membership, a share of the sale, a flat amount per sale, a monthly plan, or a mix. Sorted by name.
| Where you sell | Fixed cost | Per sale | Card processing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etsy | $0.20 a listing, every 4 months | 6.5% of the order | On top, rate varies by country |
| Gumroad | None | 10% + $0.50, or 30% on its Discover marketplace | 2.9% + $0.30 on top, except on Discover |
| Payhip free plan | None | 5% | PayPal or Stripe fees on top |
| Payhip Plus | $29 a month | 2% | On top |
| Payhip Pro | $99 a month | 0% | On top |
| Stakk | None | 10% + $0.50 | Included |
| Systeme.io free plan | None | 0% | On top |
| TPT Basic | $29 once | TPT keeps 45%, plus 30 cents a resource | No separate fee on TPT's page |
| TPT Exclusive | $59.95 a year | TPT keeps 20% for now, 22.5% from 2027, plus 15 cents on orders under $3 | No separate fee on TPT's page |
| Whop | None | 2.7% + $0.30 on a domestic card | Included in that rate |
Three rows need a second look. Gumroad's fees page puts its cut at 10% + $0.50 and then says card processing is not included, which our look at Gumroad's fees walks through. Payhip's pricing page says PayPal and Stripe still charge their standard rates on every plan, and that every plan gets every feature, so the paid plans only buy a smaller cut.
And Etsy charges its $0.20 when you list, whether or not the item sells, then again each time a listing renews. A teacher with 200 resources pays it 200 times a cycle. Our guide to selling printables without Etsy explains why that listing fee matters more than the percentage.
Which TPT alternative brings you buyers?
Etsy, and Gumroad's Discover marketplace. The rest are storefronts and checkouts, so every buyer is one you send there yourself.
Etsy is a marketplace with shoppers already searching, and it lets you list instant downloads. Gumroad has Discover, its own marketplace, and its fees page says sales made through it carry a flat 30% that includes processing. Payhip, Systeme.io, Whop and Stakk do not come with a crowd. You get a page and a checkout, and the traffic is your job.
That matters more for TPT sellers than for most. TPT is a marketplace built for teachers, so a store there can be found by people who have never heard of you. Leaving it, even for part of your catalog, means building your own way to reach buyers: a blog, an email list, an Instagram account, a free resource that leads to a paid one. If you are starting that from nothing, selling with no audience covers the first steps.
As a Basic Seller you can also do both: TPT for search, your own page for the people who already follow you.
Should you switch from Exclusive to Basic to sell elsewhere?
Only if your other channel will clearly pay for the change. Moving from Exclusive to Basic takes your share of every TPT sale from 80% (77.5% from 2027) down to 55%, and adds a 30 cent fee to each resource sold. That hits every sale you already make on TPT, not only the new ones somewhere else.
So work it through before you switch. Look at what your TPT store sells now, take the payout from 80% down to 55%, and ask whether your own page, your email list or an Etsy shop will make up the gap. Nobody can answer that for you, and it is not a small number for a store that already sells well.
Some sellers can skip the switch entirely. An Exclusive Seller may still sell clip art, fonts, physical products, courses, Boom Cards and Kindle books outside TPT. If the thing you want to sell elsewhere is on that list, you can keep the higher payout on TPT and still have a second place to sell.
Two smaller points. Basic is $29 once and Exclusive is $59.95 a year, so the fixed costs differ too. And TPT says the $29 Basic fee cannot be put toward an Exclusive membership if you go back to Exclusive later.
How do you sell teaching resources from your own page?
With a checkout link you put wherever teachers already find you. The buyer clicks, pays, and gets the files. There is no store to browse, so each page should sell one thing well: one unit, one bundle, one clip art set.
Put the link on your blog, in your email signature, in your Instagram bio and in the email you send when a free resource goes out. Say in one line what the buyer gets and which grade it suits.
A checkout also gives you a place to offer the natural extra. Answer keys, an editable version, a matching set: offer it as an add-on before payment rather than as a second product the buyer has to go and find.
An example checkout with made-up prices, not a real listing. Clip art is on TPT's list of things an Exclusive Seller may sell elsewhere. The add-on joins the same charge, so the order carries one fee rather than two.
When is Stakk the wrong TPT alternative?
When you are an Exclusive Seller and your products are all teaching resources. TPT's rule keeps those on TPT, so Stakk has nothing to sell for you, and neither does any other checkout. It is also the wrong choice if you want buyers to find you on their own: Stakk is a checkout, not a marketplace, so nobody browses it for a fractions unit. Stay on TPT for that, or use Etsy instead. And if price is the whole decision, go elsewhere. Systeme.io has a free plan with no transaction fee, and Whop charges 2.7% + $0.30 with no monthly cost. Both take less than our 10% + $0.50. Stakk also has no subscription billing, so a paid resource membership is out, and it sells in US dollars only, at up to $999.
What those two do not give you is the shape of the checkout. On Stakk the answer keys or the matching set ride the same charge as the main product, so the order carries one fee rather than two. The post-purchase upsell is one tap against the card already used. It is a second charge with its own fee, and both are on every account with nothing behind a tier, which fewer platforms do than you would expect.
Ready to sell your resources from your own checkout?
If you are a Basic Seller, or the products you want to sell elsewhere are on TPT's allowed list, the setup is short. Put the product behind a checkout, add the answer keys or the matching set as an optional extra, and share the link wherever teachers already follow you. Stakk is 10% + $0.50 a sale with card processing included and no monthly fee, and the payment lands in your own Stripe account rather than a balance we hold.