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  "description": "Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is an online marketplace where educators can buy and sell original educational materials, resources, and lesson plans for various grade levels and subjects.",
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  "category": "K-12 Online Learning Resource Platforms",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-27T15:31:48.791Z",
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    "website": "https://teacherspayteachers.com",
    "category": "Online marketplace for educational resources",
    "what_it_does": "Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is an online marketplace where educators can buy and sell original educational materials and resources. It also offers tools for digital instruction, such as Easel by TPT, which is an interactive lesson creator and learning management system.",
    "primary_audience": "The primary audience for Teachers Pay Teachers is PreK-12 educators. The platform also provides resources for parents and homeschool families.",
    "core_product": "The core product consists of digital and printable educational resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, activities, assessments, digital products (like Easel, Google Slides™, Boom Cards™), projects, clipart, and fonts.",
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      "detail": "The primary pricing model is transactional, where individual educational resources are purchased for a one-time fee. Teachers Pay Teachers generates revenue through transaction fees, taking a commission on each sale made by teacher-sellers. Sellers can choose between a Basic Seller Account (one-time fee with a 55% earnings rate) or a Premium Seller Account (annual subscription fee with an 80% earnings rate). Additionally, the platform offers subscription-based plans for schools and districts, known as TpT School Access, which provides access to an extensive library of resources."
    },
    "parent_ownership": "Teachers Pay Teachers was acquired by IXL Learning on March 2, 2023.",
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      "Payhip",
      "Etsy",
      "Gumroad",
      "Made By Teachers",
      "Industrybuying",
      "Webinterpret",
      "Cnova",
      "JumoreGlobal",
      "Classful",
      "Twinkl",
      "Khan Academy",
      "Education.com",
      "Super Teacher Worksheets",
      "Chalkie"
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      "Accessing teacher-created content",
      "Downloading printable worksheets",
      "Finding lesson plans for elementary school",
      "Finding lesson plans for middle school",
      "Purchasing classroom activities and crafts"
    ],
    "evaluationIntents": [
      "Comparing prices of educational materials",
      "Reading reviews of teaching resources",
      "Evaluating suitability of educational content for specific grades",
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      "Assessing content created by other educators"
    ]
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