Summary

An Oregon-based kindergarten teacher, Becky Powell, has earned significant income by selling digital worksheets on Teachers Pay Teachers platform, showcasing how niche skills and a consistent effort can lead to a successful side hustle.

Abstract

Becky Powell, an Oregon kindergarten teacher, has built a highly profitable side hustle by selling printable digital worksheets on Teachers Pay Teachers. With 427 products listed on the platform, her focus on providing valuable, problem-solving educational resources has made her successful. Powell's unfair advantage comes from testing her products within her target audience, which allows her to ensure quality and relevance. Additionally, her focus on literacy learning and bundles offering numerous printables make her products stand out as high-value resources in her niche. Becky Powell's story is an inspiration to others, demonstrating how consistent effort, a relevant skill set, and targeted problem-solving can result in a lucrative side hustle with minimal investment.

Opinions

The story of Becky Powell showcases the potential success of selling digital educational resources as a side hustle.
Success in a side hustle can be achieved with a combination of niche focus, problem-solving, consistent effort, and a relevant skillset.
Testing products with the target audience ensures product quality and relevance.
A focus on literacy education and providing bundles offering numerous printables can boost product value.
Starting a business with a minimal investment is possible if one focuses on a profitable niche and provides quality, relevant products.
A consistent effort to grow and improve the product range will compound over time, leading to increased earnings.
Utilizing a suitable platform, like Teachers Pay Teachers for educational resources, will help maximize the visibility and profitability of one's side hustle.

How to Start a Side Hustle with $0 and Earn $125,000 Per Year Selling Digital Worksheets

Selling printable worksheets is nothing new, but only a few people know how to market them the right way and reach 6 figures in sales.

A kindergartner teacher from Oregon is making serious money with a simple side hustle you probably heard about before.

What makes her so successful is her niche and her skillset.

Her name is Becky Powell, and she is creating printable worksheets for other educators.

The Products

Becky Powell found a profitable niche thanks to her day job and was able to solve a problem teachers have. Making learning literacy easier with printable worksheets.

Look at this example:

It has 136 ratings, but only 10%-30% of people leave reviews, which means her total sales for this product are above 1,000. Meaning this product made a couple of thousand dollars in profit.

If you know the basics of Canva or a similar app, this worksheet is not complex, but I’m sure kindergartners would love to play with them using Play-Doh.

This is Becky’s unfair advantage. Because she is a teacher, she can test her products before launching them, ensuring they work for her target audience.

Another important part of her success is the value she provides.

Bundles will always be seen as worth more because they include a lot of printables. The example above includes 220 sight words, letters, and numbers.

If you look at the rest of her products, you’ll notice she is putting in the effort to make them valuable. She includes a lot of printable worksheets in every product.

Here’s what people think about that product:

The Platform

Her worksheet booklets, which focus on teaching literacy to young students, are sold on the online marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers.

If you don’t know, TPT is an online marketplace for original educational resources like Etsy.

They cover everything related to teaching. This includes math, science, social studies, language, and more. All in digital format, like worksheets and printables.

So far, Becky Powell has uploaded 427 products to the platform. I tried to see if she also uses Etsy, but it looks like TPT is the only focus. Etsy is more general anyway, and she might not see the same results there.

How You Can Do The Same

Becky’s success is quite inspiring, and with the right mindset and effort, anyone can start a similar side hustle.

It took her around 5 years and 427 uploaded products to reach this point, so don’t expect to get there any time soon, but she proves this can be done. If you add some paid ads and social media marketing to the mix, you can get there even faster.

The key takeaways from her journey are:

The niche is very important
Focus on solving a problem
Consistent effort will compound over time
Having a skill like teaching can turn into a lucrative side hustle
Starting a business with $0 can be done

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