I've done $1,400 in the last 30 days selling digital products. It took me months to get to this point. This is what I found actually worked.
Not going to pretend I cracked some code in week one. It took me ages to make my first sale and I've nearly given up countless times.
I sell guides and resources on digital marketing and building online businesses. Everything I know came from running my own ecom store for a few years before I decided to package that knowledge up and sell it. To summarise, here are the most valuable pieces of advice I can give:
Figure out if there's demand before you build it.
This is the mistake I see constantly. Build first, hope for traffic second. Do it the other way around. Post in relevant subreddits, search TikTok, ask in Facebook groups. If nobody is actively searching for a solution, nobody will be buying your product.
Don't wait until it's perfect.
I spent ages trying to make my first draft look perfect. My first sale came from an ugly looking PDF that helped people set up their ecom email flows to help abandon cart scenarios. Nobody cared how it looks. They cared about the outcome it provided.
Price it properly from the start.
I sold my first product for $6 which was such a random price. The math didn't math and it didn't leave room to run ads, offer discounts, or make much of a profit. Somewhere between $10 and $30 is a reasonable starting point for most beginner digital products.
One product and real traffic beats ten products and no audience.
I kept building new things thinking more products meant more sales. One properly thought out product with genuine traffic is worth way more than a bunch of products nobody really wants. Pick one platform and get good at it before spreading yourself thin.
Track the journey of your buyers.
If 1,000 people land on your product page and only 50 get to checkout, something is wrong. Either the price is off, the offer didn't convince most people or the page isn't converting. Find out which and then optimise from there.
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