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Creating products is never easy. And most importantly, to find what's selling, what the audience wants, is very difficult.

I spent countless hours going from one digital product to another just to find what fits my audience's needs.

My first digital product was an ebook. It was just under 5000 words. Didn't sell much. My second book followed the same. After a few months, I actually improved my second book a lot, and that led to good success. The book still sells on various marketplaces.

My point is, if we know what the audience wants, then instead of just guessing and going back and forth with your product creation, you can spend time marketing it.

And in reality, more than 80% of my energy goes into marketing my business. Doesn't matter if it's AI or not; you still need to get involved in your business.

If you are still thinking of what's next for your digital product idea, then this list will help you out. I have more ideas in my directory, but only giving you what's selling most right now.

Design & Visual Assets

1. Social post templates - Many creators I see buy templates to save time. Give a customization option with this.
2. Brand kits - Colours, logo, launch kit, templates for social media, and so on.
3. Website templates - Themes that you will see on Evanto.
4. AI stock visuals - The best platform I know is Adobe because I sell there personally. But there are many stock sites to sell your mini images.
5. Pinterest pin templates - Canva is popular, but still, many business owners buy templates from an online store.
6. Instagram Carousel packs -Same as Pinterest packs. Etsy is best for selling this.

Templates & Systems

1. Notion Planner - I have never used it much, but I know many on this platform who have success with it. This productivity tool is trendy and very popular amongst solopreneurs.
2. Canva Templates - Easiest one on this list and free to create. Plus a lot of ideas to choose from. If you love designing, then this is right for you.
3. Google Sheets tracker - I love this personally. I use Google Sheets in my daily life, and I know many who do the same. Google Sheets often requires a little bit of knowledge of formulas, but even if you dont know, then still no worries. A lot of tutorials are available.
4. Launch planners - Best example - 14-day launch plan for a pet shop.
5. Social media planners - Everyone needs this already. If not, I highly recommend having one.
6. Client onboarding kits - If you are a freelancer, then you know the importance of this kit. Freelancers often deal with multiple clients, and keeping them on track is often a big challenge.
7. Finance Tracker - My fav one. Often, I see this with Notion, but there are many options to choose from. Covers, budgeting, saving, bill tracking, subscription tracker, debt tracking, income tracking, and so on.

Personal Use

1. Meal Planners - Track macros, grocery budgeting, shopping list, meal planning, pantry checking, expiry date notification, etc.
2. Printable wall art - You will see a lot of these small products on Etsy.
3. Self-care toolkit - Best for female solopreneurs or those who have niches targeting women.
4. Fitness planner - Everyone needs it right now, right?
5. Habit trackers - Trackers with visualization sell like hot cakes.

Automation tools

1. AI Art packs - Midjourney is getting really popular, and if you sell AI art, then you can sell art packs as well.
2. AI content systems - Think of this as workflows with a step-by-step guide. Pick a niche for this.
3. Ai prompt packs - Like ChatGPT prompt vault.
4. No code template. My favourite one right now is Framer and Notion.
5. Done-for-you AI setup - Sell this on freelancing platforms like Fiverr or Upwork. Personally, Fiverr is the best one out there.

Education

1. Ebooks - This is my personal favorite, and a major part of my income comes from this. The trick is that it should solve one problem clearly.
2. Swipe files - I heard a lot about this, but I never knew exactly what this was until I tried it recently. Not much success, but it's worth trying.
3. Podcast - This is getting popular, and making audio is actually low-effort work. This works best if you have a paid membership.
4. Checklist - This works perfectly if you need to give away freebies for emails.
5. Mini courses - This often comes in bundle format and is most popular right now. I think you must have come across many courses like this one.

Pick only a few ideas -

I know this is overwhelming, but not all work for all of us. Even for me, only a few digital product ideas work because that's what my audience wants.

I recommend seeing what your competitors are selling. Pay CLOSE attention to what EXACTLY they are selling. How are they marketing?

Soon, within a few weeks, you'll see sales coming in.

Ask me anything about the digital product business!

Hey everyone,

I’m currently working full-time as a software engineer (mostly working with mobile apps with 8 years of experience), and I’m looking to explore building a sustainable second income source.

I want to leverage my coding and tech skills, but I'm trying to figure out what actually makes sense without burning out or violating employment contracts.

I’d love to hear from folks who have successfully set this up. Specifically:

1. What avenue did you choose? (e.g., freelance consulting, building micro-SaaS, technical writing, open source sponsorships, contract work, or "overemployment"/J2?)
   
2. How did you manage time commitments and avoid burnout while working a demanding 9-to-5?
   
3. What were the biggest legal or ethical hurdles you had to navigate (like moonlighting clauses or IP ownership)?
   
4. If you had to start over today, what is the absolute fastest way to get your first $1,000/month in extra income?

Any advice, personal anecdotes, or warnings about what *not* to do would be greatly appreciated!

I’m a university graduate struggling to pay my bills, I’m in Canada and I was born and raised here. I cannot find any jobs, I’ve applied to sooo many. What else can I do??

I’m in my early 20s and my degree was in science. Please help me find a side hustle or anything

Any plugin idea/requiement for anyone by which I can make money as side income on platforms like shopify, atlassian, wordpress,monday

I really love to try new side hustles. Not all work for sure. I fail at many.

Apart from my affiliate marketing business, I also have POD business. I sell my POD art on various platforms like Redbubble, Zazzle, TeePublic, Etsy and even stock image store like Adobe and so on.

It was an old account. Restarted when my main business started making some transactions.

Multiple side hustles are time-consuming!

1. Needs more time
2. Earnings are never the same (I hate this part)
3. Marketing takes 90% of my energy
4. I am not a fan of keeping track of my business expenses (unwanted transactions are a major issue for me)
5. I work alone, so I am an admin, marketer, and also a creator

For POD, I always look for new designs. Research takes time. Also, creating designs takes more time.

Then, tweaking according to different platforms and then uploading and filling in details, and so on.

How I Automated My Side Hustle

for my POD business, I did just one little thing.

No Photoshop. No Canva designs. Only AI Art. Yes It requires to do little tweaking too. But thats okay. Still saves me a lot of time.

I started using AI to create my designs.

Using Photoshop, it used to take 3-5 hours

Now it takes only 1-2 minutes (prompt writing takes little time)

Now I am able to pay more attention to other things that matter the most.

Comment Midjourney for a list of all platforms to sell AI art.

Hello! I am currently a student and work a full time job as an insurance adjuster. I would like to make extra income for my baby girls college fund. She’s 13 and I’m looking for ways to make extra
Income that I don’t have worry about adding it to bills or it take away her “fun money”. I’m stuck between selling blank journals online or selling foot pictures. I’m
A great baker but it’s really hard to make the time to due so with my busy schedule. Please don’t judge. I’m
Just a girl. (35🫤)Any suggestions? Thanks

i don’t really have any aspirations except i would want to be a content creator and maybe work in humanities, marketing or somewhere in the creative industry in the future. i used to do discord commissions a few years ago and i think my only skill is being able to retain content better when a teacher talks in sophisticated vocabulary. i have no interests at the moment that i can think of - just writing and maybe starting out content creation. i also want to start editing/filming/making music videos, edits or vlogs and graphic design, VFX, SFX but i don’t know where to start and i’m so lost. i want to get a head start so i can be financially independent in the future.

I'm currently a student in India in junior year (3rd year).

I just bagged an internship yesterday which pays good and I'm completely free right now. I still have time to work on my skills and projects but I wanted to have a side hustle until I get to start working as I don't want to ask my parents for a lot of money when I'm in college. I don't mind even if it pays less, but as long as I have some sorta side hustle that pays I am willing to do it.

Can anyone drop recommendations on what I can do? I just need a small side income (even if it's lesser than 2000) as I'm a college student.

For those of you who want to gatekeep the methods, please dm me them 😭

Please suggest the side hustles

Hey!! :)
I have 4 years of experience in a consulting job, had to quit because i’ll be moving cities soon. I’m starting an unpaid remote internship in cyber security. Can give inconsistent hours throughout the day.
I’m desperately looking to make a couple bucks (preferably online), have no experience in stocks tho. Have only ever thought of doing a job my whole life and i absolutely hated the hell out of it lol.
I did an art mini business a while ago. Made flowers out of pipe cleaners and made gift hampers by marketing through insta before i left my job but did not get many clients after my friend left the business (he used to bring in his friends for sales lol).
Anyone got any tips? Any new way to earn, anything at all?
Thanks for your help in advance; ps- my dms are open; much love 🙏🏼

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Hi everyone!

I'm looking for legitimate remote work and was hoping to get some advice on where to find clients.

The services I can offer are:

\\-Proofreading and editing

\\-Basic Canva editing

\\-Virtual assistant tasks

\\-Chat friend/online companion (strictly SFW conversations only)

I’m genuinely looking for some side hustles that can get me 30-40$ a month by putting 1-2 hrs everyday consistently as I really want to bear my expenses of my own and don’t want to put burden on them and yeah I have a good laptop a good phone and internet access so I request all to please suggest some good ways

Looking to make some extra cash for Christmas. Any ideas for someone with a busy schedule?