After the October Town Hall, a few sellers asked me the same quiet question: how do I get a copy of everything in my store, just in case? Not because they plan to leave, but because the store is years of work and right now it only fully exists in one place.
So I tried it on my own store: 46 listings, including bundles, freebies and a few old inactive ones. Clicking through every Edit page by hand would take an afternoon. Instead I let an AI do the clicking in my browser, and it saved each listing in about ten seconds. This guide is the tested version of that, with everything you need to do the same.
There is no single button or export for it. TPT lets you download each product file from its Edit page, one at a time, but your descriptions, thumbnails, previews and listing details have no download option at all. An AI assistant that can use your browser can visit every listing for you and save all of it, so the whole store ends up on your own computer.
Your original files are probably already on your computer. What often isn't: the description you rewrote five times, the thumbnails, the preview PDF, the grades and tags you picked, and which products go in which bundle. If you ever want to sell somewhere else as well, or rebuild a listing, that is exactly the part you would need.
It is also simply good practice. TPT's own terms of service say that if an account is closed, you no longer have access to your “uploaded Resources.” Nobody expects that to happen. A backup just means you never have to think about it. If you are working through the new AI policy and planning to replace covers or descriptions, a copy of the current versions is handy too.
One folder per listing, in a TPT Store Backup folder inside your Documents. Here's an example from my store of what each folder holds. Yours will have your own product names.
A product folder
17624365 - Sports Betting & Gambling Apps
A bundle folder
16154220 - Full Digital Citizenship Curriculum Bundle
A bundle has no product file or preview of its own, because those are saved with each product in it. Inactive listings are included too.
Please read the small print at the end before you start.
You don't need a long subscription for this. Claude Pro costs $20 for one month (plus tax where it applies), and you can cancel straight after your backup.
For about the price of a few of your resources, you get a complete copy of years of work.
Pick the one that fits, and jump straight to it. All three start with step 1.
Quick backup: descriptions, details and thumbnailsNo product files or previews. Takes a few minutes, gives you one zip file plus a spreadsheet of all your listings, and needs nothing else. Full backup in ChromeEverything, including product files and previews. Steps 1 to 3 below: Claude saves your listings, then a small sorter puts them in folders. Full backup with the Claude appEverything, in one go. If you have the Claude app on your computer, it saves and sorts for you, so you don't need the sorter.Go to any TPT page, click the Claude icon in your toolbar to open the Claude panel, paste the instructions below, and press Enter.
The instructions are long because they include a small piece of code that does the saving. It's there in plain sight, so anyone can check what it does. Here is what happens next:
While Claude works, keep Chrome open with your TPT tab in front. Don't click around in that tab, switch to other tabs or minimise Chrome. You're welcome to step away from your computer.
It only looks, it never changes anything
The instructions tell Claude never to click Save, Delete or anything similar, never to type anything into your listings, and to stop and ask you if anything unexpected pops up.
Claude may ask permission to use Chrome and to open teacherspayteachers.com. Click Allow.
When Claude says it's done, go straight on to step 3.
Your backup isn't finished until you do this step. When Claude is done, all the files are loose in your Downloads folder, mixed together. The sorter puts them into one folder per listing. It only touches the backup files and leaves your other downloads alone.
On Windows
On a Mac
bash and a space. Don't press Return yet.An honest note: I don't own a Mac, so I couldn't test the Mac sorter on one myself. If you run into anything, please tell me through the Get in touch button at the bottom right of this page, and I'll fix it.
If the sorter shows a message
If you have the Claude app on your computer, it can do the backup and the sorting in one go, so you don't need the sorter.
One thing to know: with the app, your files pass through Anthropic's servers (the company behind Claude) while they are being sorted. The app tells you this when it asks for your folders. If you'd rather keep everything on your own computer, use steps 1 to 3 above instead.
If you already have your product files and previews, this is all you need. It skips the files, so it's much faster: my 46 listings took under three minutes. It works in the Claude panel in Chrome and in the Claude app.
No sorter needed. Inactive listings and the products inside your bundles are included.
As with the full backup, keep Chrome open with your TPT tab in front while it works. The quick backup doesn't remember its progress between sessions: if you close the tab before it's finished, just start it again.
While it works, the backup keeps a small to-do list in Chrome. Once you're done, paste this into the Claude panel to remove it:
Then open one or two product files from your backup to check they work.
How do I download all my product descriptions from TPT?
Use the quick backup. It saves every description, with its formatting, plus a spreadsheet with all your listings and their descriptions in one place.
Can I download my own product files from TPT?
Yes. Each listing's Edit page has a download link for its file. The full backup goes through all of them for you and saves the previews too.
Will backing up change anything in my TPT store?
No. The instructions only let Claude look at your listings and start downloads. It never saves, edits or deletes anything.
How long does a TPT store backup take?
The full backup takes about ten minutes per 50 listings. The quick backup takes a few minutes for a whole store.
Does the backup include my reviews?
No. TPT keeps reviews with your store, so screenshot the ones you want to keep.
I've tested this with Claude only. ChatGPT and Gemini can use a browser on their paid plans too, but they work differently, and I don't want to publish steps I haven't tried myself. I'm working on a ChatGPT version and will add it here once it's tested.
I share this guide, the instructions and the sorters for free, as they are, to help fellow sellers. I tested them carefully on my own store, but every store and computer is different, and AI tools can make mistakes. You use them at your own risk. I can't be held responsible for any loss, damage or problems with your TPT account, your files or your computer that come from using them. Check that your backup is complete before you rely on it.
This guide isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Teachers Pay Teachers or Anthropic.
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