TES Resources: Building a Marketplace for Teaching Content

Share Knowledge. Sell Resources. Reach Further.

One Beyond helped TES transform its teaching resources platform into a cloud-based marketplace, enabling teachers to sell content, improving resource discovery and supporting expansion into the US.

At a glance

New Revenue

Teachers gained the ability to sell their resources alongside the platform’s existing free content.

Large-Scale Migration

Around 850,000 existing assets were moved to the new platform as part of the rebuild.

Integrated Payments

A bespoke payment gateway handled transactions between resource sellers, buyers and TES.

Improved Discovery

An enhanced search facility made teaching resources quicker and easier to find, with more accurate results.

International Expansion

The rebuilt platform enabled TES Resources to enter the US market.

About TES Global

TES Global is a digital education company whose teaching resources platform enables teachers to share lessons and curriculum-based content. The site brings together materials created by educators, helping teachers access resources developed by their peers. Originally centred on free sharing, TES Resources sought to expand this model into a marketplace where contributors could also sell their work, creating new opportunities for teachers to earn from their expertise.

The Challenge

TES wanted to introduce paid teaching resources alongside its established free-sharing service, but its underlying technology was around ten years old and no longer suited to its ambitions. Supporting a marketplace required new payment capabilities, better search and an improved user experience. The project also involved moving approximately 850,000 existing assets and associated services to a new platform. TES needed a comprehensive rebuild that could accommodate its content library while enabling a different commercial model and expansion into new markets.

Our Solution

One Beyond rebuilt TES Resources using cloud-based microservices hosted on AWS, migrating the existing assets and services and creating a new front end. We developed a bespoke payment gateway integrated with Open Accounts and Barclaycard to support transactions between buyers, sellers and TES. A Solr-based search application improved resource discovery, while a dedicated upload tool enabled rapid file ingestion, tagging and publication across multiple formats. Alongside a bespoke administration tool, these capabilities delivered a more efficient marketplace experience and supported entry into the US.

A closer look at features and benefits

Free and paid resource publishing

Migration of around 850,000 assets

Rebuilt user-facing website

Cloud-based microservices

Bespoke marketplace payment gateway

Barclaycard payment processing

Improved Solr-powered search

Fast multi-format uploads and tagging

Dedicated operational administration tool

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Industry

Education and Training

Services

Consumer Website Legacy System Rebuild Payments Integration

Technologies

NodeJS AWS Docker
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