A Guide to Selling “Digital Products” for Passive Income

Let’s look at how you could sell digital products, but a warning: it still requires a lot of initial work!

Passive income streams usually require a lot of initial work and may require constant attention, so it’s not entirely “passive”.
The beauty of digital products is that they are “reusable” in a sense. A lot of digital content is sellable to a mass audience, so you only need to create the content once.
Use your current idle assets and passions to create a passive income stream.

Selling Digital Products

The beauty of digital products is that they are “reusable” in a sense. Have a template that people may be interested in? Have some knowledge on something intriguing that you might be able to make an online course on? Much digital content is sellable to a mass audience, so you only need to create the content once.

Here are some examples you can consider:

Website Designs and Templates

Like many popular side hustles nowadays, designing websites has never been easier. Software such as Canva has enabled many to unleash their creative flair without overcoming barriers to entry like steep software costs and difficulty to use.

To be successful at this side hustle, you need to:

Design > Sell > Maintain.

How Is There a Demand for Website Designs and Templates if It’s Easy to Use?

In short, not everybody has the time or the willingness to do it themselves! Though you can make good money by doing this as a side hustle, the income earned through each sale is not massive, making it affordable for customers.

In addition, although software like Canva has made it far easier to design websites and templates, not everyone will have a knack for it. Everyone has family and friends who are yet to embrace today’s technology!

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Who Could I Sell To?

Independent service providers - dog-walkers, car-washers, babysitters
Tutors/teachers/coaches
Authors
Other small business owners

Templates on the Canva website — Canva Website Templates

Courses and Ebooks

Nowadays, education is accessible to anyone with an internet connection and a desire to learn. If you think somebody would pay to learn how to be as good as you at something, then try selling a course or ebook on it!

Ebooks are books downloadable to electronic devices. They are often very convenient, meaning they are short in length, and more importantly for you, not as much effort to write compared to your average paper book.

Examples of ebook topics:

Health ebooks - Going Keto for 90 days will change your life
Workout routines - How to master home workouts
Cookbooks - 100 quick and easy vegan recipes your kids will love
Nature - 20 birds you can spot year-round in your backyard
Side hustle income - 25 ways you can make money from your laptop

Courses provide customers with the tools they need to undertake distance learning. Good quality courses will be well put together with insightful, practical material and will conclude with a certificate reward.

You do not need to be an expert in a given field to build a course on it! For example, people who want to learn the basics of cooking aren’t necessarily looking to be taught by a Michelin star chef.

Where to Sell Your Course?

Other Ideas:

PASSIVE INCOME IDEAS: SELLING DIGITAL CONTENT. COMPLETED. ✅

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