Ship a Tiny Digital Product That Still Sells in Six Months
Five small products, five launch logs, five months of follow up revenue.
Of everything on this site, digital products scaled the hardest for me. One weekend of work turned into a Notion template that is still paying monthly. Another weekend built a prompt pack that slowed, but never stopped. The catch is that the first sale is always the hardest; I dropped three products before the fourth took off.
This hub is built to spare you that expensive learning curve. Each article reports the real launch day number, the audience I had on launch day, the refund rate after ninety days, and the platforms I would use again today. I pair this reading with the AI Side Hustles hub, because most of my current product ideas now start with a prompt stack rather than a whiteboard. The product itself stays human written; AI is a drafting partner, not the author.
Articles in this corner
Notion Template Shop, Zero to First Sale
The template I built over a weekend and the price that unlocked first sales.
Read morePaid Newsletter, the 200 Subscriber Math
When a paid letter starts to cover its own time; my real numbers at 200 subs.
Read moreGumroad Mini Ebooks Under 20 Pages
Length, pricing and the three mistakes I made on book one.
Read moreSelling Prompt Packs That Still Work
Which prompt packs still sell, which ones died the week the last model update shipped.
Read morePrint on Demand, Weird Niches That Convert
Why my vet tech niche store outsold my generic fitness store four to one.
Read morePrice your first product to embarrass you
I charge under ten euros for the first version of anything. Yes the margin is ugly. But the first ten buyers give me the feedback that lets me relaunch at thirty nine. Treat the first price as research, not revenue. The product you ship at full price in version two is the one that earns for months.
Frequently asked
What sells on Gumroad in 2026?
Short, specific, under twenty pages. A ten euro toolkit outsells a sixty euro course on my shop, three to one.
How long until a Notion template earns its time back?
Mine hit its first sale on day two. Ten sales inside the first month. Break even on my build time took nine weeks at a nineteen euro price.
Do paid newsletters still work?
Yes, but the economics begin at two hundred real paying subscribers. Under that number you are renting a hobby with extra steps.