DOLLA for Teachers — Beyond TPT, Beyond YouTube
Lesson plans, supplemental content, tutorials — students and parents follow you for $1/month, you keep every dollar.
Teachers Pay Teachers takes ~20% on most sales. YouTube takes 45% of ad revenue and only pays once per ad-impression. The teachers building real audiences are stuck choosing between platforms that take huge cuts and platforms that don't pay at all.
The math of $1/month, applied to your work.
DOLLA's $1/mo follow gives teachers a recurring revenue model that doesn't require constant new product launches. Free Page = sample lessons and study tips for discovery. Monthly Page = the full lesson library, study plans, and supplemental content. Weekly Page = direct tutoring access, weekly office hours, and personalized study guides.
Free → Monthly → Weekly. The funnel built in.
Study tips, single-concept reels, free sample lessons, exam-prep clips, the 'one trick that fixes algebra' style hooks.
Full lesson library, study guides, practice problem packs, monthly office hours, supplemental videos.
Weekly tutoring office hours, personalized study guides, direct DM for homework help, exam-prep sprints.
What would your audience pay you?
Move the slider. The math is simple — that's the entire pitch.
Share of audience on the Weekly Page ($1/wk ≈ $4.33/mo).
Same audience. Same unit price. The take rate is the difference.
630 Monthly followers + 70 Weekly followers = $933/mo on DOLLA, paid the day they follow.
On Patreon at 8–12% + payment processing, the same audience nets ~$630/mo. The platform takes ~$70/mo of that gross — that's where the Patreon fee shows up.
What this looks like at different scales.
500 students/parents at $1/mo = $500/mo on top of teaching salary. Most teachers reach this within 3–6 months by promoting to existing students and TpT customers.
1,500 paying followers (mostly Monthly, some Weekly for tutoring access) = ~$1,800–$2,200/mo. Often replaces the side-hustle tutoring rate entirely.
5,000 followers across the education brand = $5,000+/mo direct. The Free Page also drives book and course sales because it functions as a discovery layer.
Common questions from teachers.
Is DOLLA appropriate for K-12 students or just parents?
DOLLA's content policy is PG and family-friendly, so the platform is appropriate for K-12 students with parental oversight. Most teacher creators target the parent + student combo, with parents subscribing on behalf of younger students.
How does this compare to Teachers Pay Teachers?
TpT is product-based: you sell individual lesson packs and they take ~20%. DOLLA is subscription-based: students/parents follow you for $1/mo and get everything you've made. Teachers usually find the recurring model more stable than chasing product launches, but TpT remains a great catalog/discovery layer.
Can I run live tutoring sessions through DOLLA?
DOLLA supports recorded video posts. For live tutoring, most teachers use Zoom or Google Meet and post the recording to the Weekly Page. The Weekly Page is also where most teachers announce tutoring slots that follower-students claim first.
Can I keep my TpT or YouTube channel running too?
Yes. DOLLA is additive. Most successful teacher creators run YouTube for free reach, TpT for product sales, and DOLLA for direct subscription support — with cross-links between all three.
Start free. Keep 100%. Forever.
No platform fees on your $1/month follows. No minimum payout. USDC settles to your wallet the moment a fan follows.
Create your DOLLA — it’s free →