Kindergarten Teacher Earns $700,000 Selling Lesson Plans Online

[Bond]

"Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators."

"The site has about 700,000 registered users, of whom 10,000 are sellers. Edelman estimates that of the sellers about 6,000 are earning money. The teachers earning money have so far earned $7 million selling their lesson plans, once Teachers Pay Teachers takes out its commission."



http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/teachers-pay-teachers/

 

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[Yussef]

"Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators."

"The site has about 700,000 registered users, of whom 10,000 are sellers. Edelman estimates that of the sellers about 6,000 are earning money. The teachers earning money have so far earned $7 million selling their lesson plans, once Teachers Pay Teachers takes out its commission."



http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/teachers-pay-teachers/

Wow why didn't I think of that.

 

[Wuping]

That's really clever! Didn't know teachers spent that much time and effort creating lesson plans!

 

[awesom-o]

Interesting idea a niche you wouldn't know existed if you were not a teacher. I also had no idea about the work done on lesson plans.
Does anyone know what solution they have used for a mulitvendor marketplace? It's one of the better attempts I have seen at this kind of thing.

 

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[Yussef]

Interesting idea a niche you wouldn't know existed if you were not a teacher. I also had no idea about the work done on lesson plans.
Does anyone know what solution they have used for a mulitvendor marketplace? It's one of the better attempts I have seen at this kind of thing.

I am willing to bet someone could make a lot of money coming up with a niche to serve the home shoolers market I mean a really high quality all inclusive site with lesson plans, testing, SAT prep, e-text books, and even tools to train you how to be a better home shool teacher for each age group. Could do well I bet.

 

[BeingChewsie]

I am willing to bet someone could make a lot of money coming up with a niche to serve the home shoolers market I mean a really high quality all inclusive site with lesson plans, testing, SAT prep, e-text books, and even tools to train you how to be a better home shool teacher for each age group. Could do well I bet.

Indeed...and someone is .

I should add that the teacher to teacher marketplace is a simple and effective solution to a problem that plagues every educator, lesson planning is a super drag on teachers, that site solves that problem and makes a teacher's life easier, mega fastlane lesson there.

You can solve small problems in very simple ways and make lots of money doing it.

Sue

 

[deepestblue]

Cool article and business.

And right on cue here come the slowlaners/sidewalkers trotting out in the comments below the story on Mashable. I need to learn to stop glancing at the comments sections

 

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[Wuping]

Im wondering if this type of website could be pulled off in other countries too!?
There's nothing like it in my country, perhaps the need isn't there or someone hasn't executed the idea yet.

I guess getting people to sign up in the very start will be the hardest part of it.

 

[Rain]

Wow... props to her. And great website (aka Fastlane idea).