These days, selling digital products seems to be a natural step for most creative bloggers. For sellers, it’s a great way to earn passive income and still have so much time for your other projects. For buyers, it is seriously the most convenient way to order something online. Who doesn’t love an instant download?
We’ve enjoyed reading about what has and hasn’t worked for others when selling digital products. Making money this way might seem like the simplest thing ever, but depending on what you sell, it can actually take a lot of time and energy to create the products and get your shop up and running. We began selling products a few months ago (have you seen our styled stock photography shop?!) and while we absolutely love creating these products, we’ve learned that there are quite a few steps involved in the process. Today we thought we would share a bunch of different posts with you providing excellent advice on how to start creating and selling your digital products asap!
1. Are you thinking about selling digital products but not sure if it’s worth the energy? Check out Digital Design Mastery’s list of 14 reasons to start selling digital downloads! So many amazing perks on this list.
2. Because there are several different ways to earn passive income, you should definitely experiment and see what you’re most passionate about. Here’s a list of 11 passive income streams for designers and creative bloggers from Cristina of Elan Creative Co!
3.We also know that there are a lot different online places you can choose to sell your products. Read through these 5 options for selling your digital products over on Beautiful Dawn Designs!
4. Jessica’s post on how to create and sell digital products covers all the bases from what types of products you can create to how you can go about selling them. Love this post!
Have you ever experimented with selling digital products, or is it something you can see yourself doing in the future?
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Claudia says
I sell digital blog/YouTube/weekly planners on Etsy under the name PaperChicCo but I haven’t been able to refresh any for a while and sales have dried up a bit, definitely going to read all these so posts! Thank you
Roxanne says
Your blog is seriously so beautiful and super helpful! I always enjoy reading your posts :)
Jennifer says
Thank you so much, Roxanne!! :)
Tiffany Griffin says
This is a pretty sweet roundup. Thank you for featuring my article! :)
Iida says
Selling digital products is definitely the way I want to monetize my brand. My biggest concern though is that since so many people are doing it, it’s hard to differentiate from others. But I guess it’s all about creating something that provides superior value, right?