Top 5 Digital Products to Sell for Beginners + Freebie 🎁
Digital products are a great way to have a new passive income stream without the worry of holding inventory or shipping products. You only need to create them once and sell them as many times as you want!
What are digital products?
Digital items are assets or media that can be stored electronically and sold online. They are usually purchased as downloadable content. Digital products can be PDFs, video files, music, images, templates, fonts, eBooks and many more!
5 Digital Products to Sell
1) Canva Templates
Canva is a popular online design app, used by many businesses to create and sell beautiful designs.
There are many templates you can create with Canva. Here are only a few examples.
- Social Media Graphics: Instagram posts, stories, reels.
- Blog Graphics
- eBooks
- Infographics
- Resumes
- Posters and Flyers
- Greeting cards
And the best part is that Canva already comes with many graphics. However, do NOT just sell an existing template, you need to create your own.
To learn more on how to use Canva to sell templates you can check the article Creating and Selling Designs - For Absolute Beginners!
2) eBooks
Ok, I know it seems scary and you may be wondering, how can I create my own eBook? What will I write about?
Well, It does not need to be something complicated. Think about your career. Is there a specific topic you are expert in? Or maybe a hobby you can help others learn and master? You can even write down your family recipes!
You can create an eBook of almost anything. Here are some examples:
- Fitness Courses
- Do it yourself (DIY) book
- Recipe Books
- Cook Books
- Blogger Guides
- Social Media Guides
- Manuals
- Self-Help
Does this sound interesting? You can first try brainstorming topics you are good at. Then you can do a research on the market to check the demand and the competition for those topics, and the price they are selling their eBooks at.
3) Stock Photography or Videos
Another great passive income could be from selling images or videos. There are many businesses who need stock video or images for their designs or advertisement campaigns. The best part? You can start selling this digital product even if you don't own a professional camera!. A smartphone with a high quality camera will do the trick too. Just start taking beautiful pictures! You can take pictures of everything, a park, a bus, a street, the sea, mountains, etc. Pictures with people realizing simple actions such as drinking coffee, walking, can be useful too. However, remember to check the legal requirements for this type of pictures, since you cannot sell a picture with someone on it without their permission, specially if their face is recognizable.
You can do a market research on the types of images or videos that are in demand.
4) Document Template
Do you know how to create the perfect CV that will make you stand out? Then why not share it with the rest of the world? You can create and sell templates such as:
- CV
- Contracts
- License agreements
- Budgeting worksheets
- PowerPoint templates
- Planners
- Guides
And all of these can be created on many programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and more!
5) Digital Art
You can design patterns, wall art or posters that people can download as printable. The designs can vary in complexity. For example, it could be mainly text.
TIP: If you would like to create digital art you can also place said art on different items! It can be t-shirts, mugs, socks, phone case, pillows, and lot more! There are many websited where you can do this without having to worry about inventary or shipping. If you would like to learn more you can check my blog post: Best FREE Print-on-Demand Websites to Start Selling Right Away
These are just a few easy ideas. There are many more products you can create and sell as downloadable content.
Now, since this is a post about digital content you can sell. Here is a FREE SVG.
FREEBIE
Free for Personal AND Commercial use. You can sell it on your own products, change color, and add more elements to it to make it your own!.
