📦 products

Digital product marketplaces (templates, prompts, PDFs)

Sell one-off digital downloads — Notion templates, prompt packs, design files — across Gumroad, Etsy, or direct.

🟢 easyfirst dollar in weeks$0 to start

🧾 receipts

Easlo / Marie Poulin / @ai_for_creators Gumroad operatorsNotion-template sellers consistently in $3-30K/mo on Gumroad alone. Top operators run 10-50 SKUs across multiple platforms (Gumroad + Etsy + own site) and bundle into $79-299 'mega packs' every quarter.
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Pattern documented across r/PassiveIncome + Twitter Gumroad-success threadsFirst product hit common in $0-200 range (proves nothing). Operators who ship 5-10 products + cross-promote on a single niche audience cross $1K MRR within 90 days; $10K within 12 months for the disciplined ones.
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01Pick ONE niche with paying buyers + low platform competition. Notion templates are saturated — go vertical (Notion for therapists, Notion for plumbers). Prompt packs work if niche-specific (real-estate cold-email prompts, NOT 'best ChatGPT prompts').
02Build the first product. Hard cap: 1 weekend. Done > perfect. Use Claude to draft + refine, your job is curation + voice. Cover image via Nano Banana Pro w/ a templated 1:1 hero (consistent brand across all SKUs is the moat).
03Price point: $29-79 for individual products, $99-299 for bundles. NEVER sell under $19 — bargain pricing kills perceived value + traps you in low-budget customer support. Free trial via 'sample chapter' style preview.
04Distribution: Gumroad + Etsy listings + your own site (use Stripe Payment Links — zero infra). Also list on niche directories (e.g. promptbase, betterletter, codepen for design assets).
05Cross-promote ruthlessly: 1 product is a single sale, 5 products w/ 'bundle deal' framing is recurring revenue from same buyer. Email every buyer 30 days post-purchase w/ a cross-sell discount.

Modules you'll want under your belt before you fire this move.

Helpful but not required — the polish-tier add-ons.