99% Fail at Digital Products Doing It All Backwards
56sOpens with a bold reversal and promises a proven validation method, instantly hooking aspiring sellers.
▶ Play Clip"Delivers the promised 5 product breakdowns with real sales data, but overstates 'untapped' and pads runtime with mentoring and hosting plugs."
The video presents five digital product ideas for 2026, emphasizing a validation-first approach to ensure demand exists before creating a product. The creator uses Everbee data from Etsy to prove market demand, then explains common mistakes and tips for each niche, while also pitching mentorship and Hostinger as the preferred sales platform.
99% of people fail because they build a digital product guessing that it will sell instead of confirming demand first. The video promises to show a validation method used for all five products.
Digital journey app market is worth $5.1B and projected to reach $13.5B by 2033. Over 50 million iPad/tablet users use GoodNotes and Notability, and 100 stickers cost near zero to create, possibly with AI.
Everbee shows real Etsy sales revenue. Digital sticker listings generate $3,000, $2,000, $1,400 per month. One seller earned $31,000 in 12 months charging $16, and the total first-page revenue is about $250,000.
1) Stickers not pre-cropped, forcing users to manually cut; 2) Wrong size/too small causing pixelation; 3) No preview sheet, so users must import every file to see what's included.
Create themed monthly bundles (e.g., January Fresh) instead of generic random stickers. Offer sticker packs matching digital planner bundles and create color variations based on AI-common colors.
Hostinger costs $48/year, includes a free domain and five mailboxes, and enables private website ownership, avoiding price wars and building long-term brand valuation.
Global homeschool market is valued at $2.15B in 2025 and expected to double to $4.3B by 2034. One seller generated $100,000 in the last 30 days; the niche rewards specific sub-niche focus.
Generic one-size-fits-all curriculums fail because grade levels and reading levels differ. Mistakes include no lesson scripts and missing state compliance documentation. Fix: include teach scripts and research state requirements.
Buy competitor downloads ($2-$5), upload them to agentic AI tools like GenSpark or Manis AI, and instruct the AI to recreate the product for your target niche, applying the tips in the cheat sheet.
Diet and nutrition apps market reached $14B in 2025 and is expected to hit $35B by 2030. Calorie counting sub-niche is $2.1B (2023) growing to $4.7B by 2032. Etsy sellers show $14k, $11k, $3k monthly revenue.
Mistakes: complicated trackers (20+ columns), no visual progress indicators, no quick macro reference guides. Fix: simple goal-specific packs, include visual progress bars and a macro cheat sheet.
Freelance platform market valued at $6.3B in 2023, projected to hit $24B by 2033. A 'small business bundle' listing earned $74,000 in 12 months. 68% of freelancers undercharge due to hidden costs and packaging confusion.
68% of freelancers admit they undercharge; imposter syndrome leads to $25-$50/hour rates when real costs require $75-$125/hour. Unbillable hours and lack of packaging strategy are major contributors.
There are 4.5 million podcasts worldwide, 50% of US population listens, and the podcast industry is expected to reach $39B this year, up from $30B in 2024. Existing planners earn only ~$100-$500/month, showing low saturation.
47% of podcasts stop after three or fewer episodes; only 12% of podcast creators remain active. Burnout causes 60% of abandonments, and podcasters spend 70% of time planning and only 30% creating — a strong case for planning templates.
To succeed in digital products in 2026, validate demand with real sales data, target specific sub-niches, sell on your own private website to avoid price wars, and leverage AI to recreate and improve competitor products. The cheat sheet in the pinned comment compiles all five product breakdowns and tips.
What is the projected market size of the digital journey app market by 2033?
It is expected to grow from $5.1 billion to around $13.5 billion by 2033.
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Name three common mistakes when selling digital sticker packs.
Stickers that aren't pre-cropped, wrong size/pixilated stickers, and no sticker preview sheet.
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What is the global homeschool market size expected to reach by 2034?
$4.3 billion, up from $2.15 billion in 2025.
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What are the top four target niches for homeschool curriculum templates?
Early elementary, upper elementary and middle school (4th-8th grade), high school (9th-12th grade), and special needs/learning disabilities.
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How can AI agents like GenSpark or Manis AI be used to create digital products?
Buy a competitor's digital product, upload it to the AI agent, and instruct it to reconstruct the product for your target niche using your tips.
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What is the expected market size of diet and nutrition apps by 2030?
$35 billion, up from $14 billion in 2025, at a CAGR of about 20%.
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What are three mistakes in macro/calorie tracking printables?
Complicated trackers with too many data fields, no visual progress indicators, and no quick reference macro guides.
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What percentage of freelancers undercharge, according to the video?
68% of freelancers and service providers admit they undercharge.
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Why do hourly-rate pricing calculators fail for modern freelancers?
Because modern clients buy project-based services, not hourly rates; they want a price for the whole project.
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How many podcasts stop at three or fewer episodes?
47% of podcasts stop at three or fewer episodes.
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What is the 70/30 split in podcasting?
Podcasters spend 70% of their time on planning and ideation, and only 30% on actually creating content.
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Validate demand before building
Flips the typical product-development order and reduces failure risk by confirming buyers first.
00:02Use Everbee for live sales data
Demonstrates how to leverage real Etsy revenue data to avoid guesswork and pick winning niches.
01:59Private website ownership over marketplaces
Explains how selling on Hostinger avoids price wars and builds long-term asset value.
10:22Reverse-engineer competitor products with AI
Shows a practical, low-cost way to create original products by feeding competitor downloads to AI agents.
16:11Target sub-niches instead of broad markets
Consistently emphasizes that specific audiences (grade levels, bodybuilders, freelancer types) yield higher perceived value.
31:16[00:02] nobody wants. 99% of people fail because they do it all backwards. They spend days building a digital product [music] guessing that it's going to sell instead of confirming the demand first. Today, I'm going to flip that. I'm giving you
[00:16] five digital products you can [music] sell today in 2026. But more importantly, I'm showing you the exact validation method that I've used for all of these five digital products to ensure that they sell before
[00:29] product. Now, before I get into the like button because there's a like goal of just 1,000 [music] likes. And that just shows me that you appreciate the value that I'm giving to
[00:41] you today cuz it took me days of research [music] to compile each one of these digital products. So, guys, as you can see on my laptop screen, I'm inside of that cheat sheet that's going to have all of the info for all of these five
[00:53] digital products that I've just mentioned. And the amount of information in this is crazy to ensure that each one of these digital products is to the highest standard and proven to actually sell. But with that being said, the
[01:05] first digital product on today's list is the digital sticker packs for GoodNotes and Notability. So, digital sticker packs is the niche and then the sub niche is for GoodNotes and Notability. Now, if you don't know what GoodNotes
[01:17] and Notability are, they're an app that you have on your actual iPad or iOS or Android device. Now, the market opportunity is shown here on this research document. So, the digital journey app market size is expected to
[01:31] grow and it's currently worth $5.1 billion and it's estimated to go up to around about $13.5 billion by 2033. So, that's actually increasing by over
[01:45] 50% in just the next 7 years. Like I these five digital products. I'm showing you proof and statistical data why there currently is large sell volume or forecasted to do extremely well going
[01:59] into the next year. Cuz I'm literally pulling this data from live statistical going to show you that has real-life data is Everbee. This shows you the sales revenue for different listings on Etsy. Now, Etsy is the biggest platform
[02:15] the best. I'm going to explain what the best platform is to sell digital products on, but Etsy is the biggest platform. Now, you can see here when I type in digital sticker packs on Everbee, you can see all of these
[02:28] listings here in the last month have generated $3,000, $2,000, $1,400. Now, remember, look at how much they're selling these for. $8, $4. Now, we would sell these on our private website for around about $29, $49. So, you can
[02:44] actually figure out how much more these would have generated if they stuck with selling on Etsy, they have to do what we call price wars. They have to really buy because they're competing with lots of different listings. But, we're not
[02:58] website. But, if we take a look at one of the biggest sellers and look at their lifetime revenue, so let's say the last 12 months, you can see this store has generated $31,000 and it's been very consistent over the
[03:11] last 12 months. They've generated $31,000. They're charging $16 for their product. Imagine if they doubled the pricing, they would have made $60,000 in that revenue is profit cuz digital products you're not really having to pay
[03:26] massive expenses. So, this person has generated a lot of profit in just the last 12 months. So, that's live revenue data that I'm showing you. And if you compare all of these listings, there's around about $250,000
[03:39] in sales revenue. Now, let me explain why this niche is so powerful. Explosive iPad and tablet adoption, over 50 million iPad users worldwide using GoodNotes and Notability, and they're the dominating apps. Users buy these
[03:54] look at people that go to university or go to work, when they have their planners, it's full of stickers. Even people put stickers on their laptops, guys. So, the economy for the digital version is huge. And the crazy thing is
[04:07] zero to minimal cost to create 100 stickers once, you can use AI to do this and then have them as a download pack. So, guys, before I get into the next part of today's case study, I wanted to make a quick announcement. If you been
[04:20] not talking about group mentoring, we're talking about one-to-one mentoring for experience, then you're in the right place. The amount of people that reach video saying, "Do you have one-to-one mentoring? Can I work with you?" Then
[04:36] yes, guys, I do offer a one-to-one mentorship. And it isn't just any mentoring in the drop shipping space now for over 7 years, and our track record is proven. We have some of the most successful students that have graduated
[04:51] from our e-commerce mentorship. We're one of the only few companies that still offer one-to-one mentoring, and we're one of the first companies to ever do one-to-one mentor to help you with your drop shipping store, taking you from the
[05:03] very beginning, finding a winning product, building the store, launching partner, feeling like you have the confidence to run your store without worrying about, "Am I doing it right? Am I doing it wrong? How do I find the
[05:16] correctly?" Your mentor will figure that out with you. He will turn you into a drop shipping professional within 30 days. I can guarantee that the mentoring that we offer in our company is the highest quality of education in the
[05:31] industry. Now, I don't want to talk too much about the mentoring, guys, but I for it. So, if you want to apply for one-on-one mentorship, there'll be a link in the comment, and there'll be a QR code on the screen so you can apply.
[05:43] But before you apply, guys, only apply if you're serious and you have a good budget. We only want to work with people that have a good mindset and a good budget, so it doesn't slow them down through the process. Our most successful
[05:56] students have always been the ones that have the correct mindset and they have a guess, all the available spots for the one-to-one mentoring for Q1 will be fully booked by the end of the next 2 days. So, if you want to make sure that
[06:10] scanning the QR code or clicking the link in the description before it's too late and we reopen for the next quarter. With that being said, guys, let's get back into the video. Now, here's some examples of people on Etsy selling this.
[06:23] You can see here growth widgets and stickers, digital instant download, and basically download this and start using it on their iOS apps for whatever literally just download these as a pack and they can instantly start using them
[06:39] can see that this is the stickers and widgets specifically for GoodNotes on the iPad planner. Now, here's another example. This one's a little bit more high ticket. Custom digital planner bundle. So, you can see here, this is
[06:53] exactly what you'd receive straight away when you buy the digital product. You've got all these stickers and all of these widgets that you can start using on all the top all the apps that it is compatible with. So, those are the
[07:06] examples and proof that this niche in the digital product world is very lucrative. Now, I want to go over the top three mistakes that all sellers are doing with this specific digital product and how you can outclass them just by
[07:20] fixing this. Number one, creating stickers that aren't pre-cropped. Users have to manually crop them out. So, the problem is selling sticker packs on one big PNG file where users must lasso tool them, which basically means cut them out
[07:34] to then use them. Because if they've all come on one big PNG file, then if you only want two stickers out of that big PNG file, you have to manually cut them That's going to cause people to want a refund. That's going to cause users to
[07:47] make complaints. That's going to get users to say to you, "Can you just do it for me?" So, it's a lot of headache. Number two, designing stickers that are the wrong size and too small, which means they're pixelated, so that when
[07:59] you download them, then you put them onto your digital app like Notability, the quality. It'll look pixelated. It'll look low resolution, and then people happens when you got a lot of people creating these digital stickers and
[08:12] widgets, and they don't understand how to create them properly. Mistake number three is no sticker preview sheet. Users can't see what they're downloading without importing. The problem is users download a 100 sticker pack, has to
[08:26] import every file to see what's included. That wastes users 10 to 30 minutes. Users then don't know exactly which ones they're going to want. It's just not a great experience overall for a user. It's just a lot of headache and
[08:39] nightmare, and it will overwhelm the customer. So, my tips are number one, create themed monthly bundles, not generic 100 random stickers. That to me is just not going to work. Why this works? Buyers want stickers for specific
[08:52] random collections. Instead of 100 cute stickers for GoodNotes, it's way too vague. Create January fresh sticker pack, new year, new goals, vision board icons, habit trackers. Tip number two, offer sticker packs matching digital
[09:05] planner bundles. So, two extra average order value. The strategy, don't just sell stickers. Buy cute stickers, but the planner doesn't match aesthetically. Spend two hours finding matching planner templates online, you recreate them.
[09:17] Because remember guys, if you're selling the stickers, but then their template of their planner isn't aligned with your sticker branding, let's say it's a female, their digital planner is pink, but then your digital sticker pack is
[09:30] blue, it's going to look off, right? So, you need to make sure the template and these people, they're only selling one side of the story. So, if you can sell both the template and the stickers, you're going to increase your average
[09:44] order value, and overall, the aesthetic is going to be good. And then, tip variations of your best sellers. It's the same design, but just create them in different color styles. So, maybe blue,
[09:56] maybe pink, maybe yellow, because you don't want to alienate anyone out. You don't want to force people between blue and pink, or you know, black and white, sure that you have a big range of colors, so people can use them. And the
[10:09] thing is, you want to use AI to tell you what are the most common colors that widgets, and then you can use the top five that the majority of people are using. So, guys, before we move on to digital product number two, let me
[10:22] these digital products, which you should definitely not be selling them on Etsy, and you should definitely not be selling them on Shopify. You're way better off using something like Hostinger, because it's going to cost you only $48 a year.
[10:36] You're going to get a free domain name. You're also going to get five company mailboxes. You're also going to get a private hosted website without any So, if you're selling stuff on Hostinger, it's a private website that
[10:51] you own the domain for, you own the visual side of it. So, it means that the long-term valuation of that company is going to be worth way more if you do it on Hostinger. And if you use my exclusive link for Hostinger, you're
[11:03] going to be paying $48 a year, guys. a year for a website that you can build ultimate pages, ultimate different digital products. You're getting a domain name for free instead of paying
[11:16] $20. You're getting five mailboxes for free, and you're also going to get my exclusive digital product template that I use for all of my digital product stores. So, digital product number two
[11:28] that I'd recommend in 2026 is the home school curriculum and lesson plan templates. Now, if we take a look at this study, which is all statistic based, you can see here home school curriculum market overview, the global
[11:41] home school market size was valued at $2.15 in 2025. And by 2034, it's going to reach $4.3 billion. So, it's going to basically double or just
[11:54] over double. So, that means that there's a massive opportunity within this niche. Now, just to show you how big the template niche is, check this out, guys. In the last 30 days, this one seller has generated $100,000. Another seller has
[12:09] generated $36,000. Another one has generated $27,000. And if we go on this listing and then filter it by the last 3 months, they've for 3 months. They've generated $304,000.
[12:27] So, the template niche is huge. Now, what you're doing is you're taking a niche market that's very engaged and you're going to be focusing on them. So, let's say worst case scenario, you can maximize around about $30,000 a month
[12:39] just from that sub niche. That is massive opportunity. At the end of the compete with the biggest people in the industry. You want to find a successful niche, find a sub niche, and then maximize that. Because making $30,000 in
[12:53] you trying to compete with the biggest people in the industry. And that's where the day, the data here is showing you that there's so much money in the explained, if you were to be selling this on your own private website like
[13:08] Hostinger, you can double if not triple the revenue because you're then going to be able to price your digital product a lot more expensive. And you're actually building a long-term brand as well. Explosive home school growth
[13:22] post-pandemic. So, the home schooling grew an average of 5.4% weekly planning burnout. Home school parents spend around about 15 to 25 hours per week creating lessons, plans without a structure. Multiple children,
[13:35] multiple needed, which means average homeschool families have two to three children, which becomes more of a headache. Then you've got regulatory requirements and a lack of teaching backgrounds. So here are some examples
[13:47] that are being sold on Etsy. Custom homeschool schedule printable daily weekly planner. So you can see here the Smith homeschool weekly schedule. You can see this is basically going over math, science, health, and then you can
[14:00] doing. This is example number two, official homeschool transcript template Google Doc. So you can see this is everything they need to help them with their homeschooling from home. Then the
[14:12] third example is 50 homeschool form bundle documents and printable. So you can see this is all the stuff that they need to be able to do what's at home. planner, daily overview, daily lesson plan, to-do list. So you can see there's
[14:26] a lot of stuff included in that, and they're only selling it for $2.28. That's why you don't sell on Etsy. Now my top four niches for this would be early elementary school, upper elementary and middle school, so fourth
[14:40] to eighth grade, high school, ninth to 12th grade, and special needs and learning disabilities. Those would be my top four niches to occupy within this niche. Now the top three mistakes people are doing in this niche is number one,
[14:53] creating grade generic one-size-fits-all curriculums, which is a big problem. Now the reason why this fails is kindergarten needs 50-minute lessons, eighth graders need 45 to 60-minute lessons, so they overlap and it doesn't
[15:07] work out. Reading levels are vastly different, picture books versus classic literature, so it just won't work. Parents feel overwhelmed, so how do I adapt this for my 6-year-old and my 12-year-old? So then they have to
[15:19] to figure it out for them. Mistake number two is no actual lesson scripts, just topic lists without teaching instruction. At that point, it's pointless. Remember, parents aren't trained teachers. Your job as a digital
[15:32] product seller is to help them do it. Parents are spending 3 hours Googling how to teach photosynthesis to my fifth grader. Like, that's not going to work requests cuz they're going to feel like, "I bought this to basically do home
[15:44] So, parents feel like they failed and feeling for a parent. Now, the fix for this, guys, is to include teach scripts with every single lesson, so that the parent can actually go off the advice
[15:57] that you give them. Now, mistake number three is no state compliance documentation. Parents face legal issues. So, the problem is lessons state homeschool requirements. So, this is the research you have to do before
[16:11] you create the digital product. Now, if you're wondering how to create this need to do is buy some examples from your competitors. So, those competitors that I've left in the doc, you can buy their digital product for $2, $5, and
[16:25] then you'll get their digital download. You can then give it to an AI agent like GenSpark, Manis AI. You could use an LLM like ChatGPT, OpenAI, Gemini, but an it can actually do agentic workflows,
[16:40] definitely say you're better off sticking to something like GenSpark or Manis AI, something that's agentic, because it will be able to figure out you've downloaded a competitor's digital product, you can then say, "Look, I'm
[16:54] it the niche that you want it to be in, and then you give it the upload document of their digital download. You upload it as a file, or you could upload it as a drive link, however you want to do it. And then it knows how to construct it.
[17:08] It has some form of knowledge of how it should be constructed. You then give the AI the tips that I've just given you. It's all in this document. You say, download is we need to make sure that we do all of these things instead of
[17:21] missing them out and then it should compile them for you. So the third digital product that I'd recommend in 2026 is macro and calorie tracking printables. So check out this study guys, the diet and nutrition apps market
[17:35] overview. The diet nutrition apps market size has reached $14 billion in 2025 and size has reached $14 billion in 2025 and is expected to grow by $35 billion in 2030. 30. So that's a compound annual growth rate of 20%.
[17:50] to be even bigger. We're not talking about one to three to four billion, we're talking about currently 14 billion to then go to 35 billion. And if we go over to Etsy and look at real Etsy listings revenue, you
[18:04] to see that this listing here has generated $14,000 in the last 30 days, generated $14,000 in the last 30 days, $11,000, $3,000. And if we click on this last 12 months, this store has generated $86,000 and you can see very recently
[18:20] that the revenue has spiked drastically. If we take a look at the second biggest listing and we look at all their revenue data for the last 12 months, they've generated 43,000 and they've had a massive surge again recently in volume.
[18:33] the last 12 months combined on this first page, we're looking at around about $400,000 in revenue. Now some information that's important is the calorie counting app market size was valued at 2.1 billion in
[18:46] 2023 and is projected to hit 4.7 billion by 2032. So the first market size that I gave you guys is for the broad nutrition market, but then the sub niche, which is calorie counting, is at 2.1 billion. So this is
[19:01] a sub niche within the overall market and that's still a massive market size and an upcoming market that you can take advantage of. Now why is this niche so powerful? The anti-app movement growth growing backlash against subscription
[19:15] apps that cost $10 to $20 a month when people just want simple tracking without algorithms, without ads, and data mining. enthusiasts internationally choose paper
[19:27] printable trackers to reduce screen time over digital overwhelm. Tangible accountability, the physical act of writing burns information into the memory better and it's proven to no learning curves and it's gym friendly
[19:39] formatted. So, here's an example and this is a best seller on Etsy guys. So, this item has had a high sales volume over the past 6 months. That is Etsy telling you that. And this is called macro meal planet Google sheet. So, you
[19:51] can see this is exactly what you'd receive straight away when you get this digital download. And again, the sad thing is they're only constantly having to price war against other sellers on Etsy when this could
[20:05] other sellers on Etsy when this could easily be valued at $40, $39. Here's the second example and this is another best seller guys. This is a weekly macro and this is this one. This one's got a
[20:17] I prefer this one. This one looks really really nice. You can see all the meals again, unfortunately, they're only selling this for $7 when it's worth way over $30 to $40. So, what are the top four niches within this market to go
[20:32] for? Number one, bodybuilders and physique competitors, CrossFit and high performance athletes, weight loss and wellness journeys, busy professionals, and meal preppers. Now, what are the top three mistakes in this niche? Number
[20:45] complicated. 20 plus columns, nobody fills them out. The problem is creating tracker pages with 25 data fields per meal because more tracking equals better results. Why it fails, users open pages, see it, get overwhelmed, and then choose
[21:00] to close it. Takes 5 to 10 minutes to log one meal, which is unsustainable. diets because it becomes too overwhelming and too complicated. So, front of their face, you're just going to put them off their long-term
[21:13] sustainability of keeping to their meal plans. Mistake number two, no visual progress indicators, just numbers in boxes, no motivation. So, you got to think, if you're doing really, really well on your fitness journey and your
[21:25] up with eating clean and you're making sure that you're not deviating from your meal preparation and you log your success rate and you don't see any visual motivation or success, you're going to be like, "Wow, I've done all
[21:38] this for 2 weeks and I don't visually see on the screen awarding me for doing some good stuff." So, you need to make sure that you add a progress bar or feel like they've actually done something good and they've been rewarded
[21:52] for it. Mistake number three, no quick references, macro guides, users don't know what to eat. The problem with trackers is they ask users to log protein grams, but they don't know how much protein is in a breast of chicken.
[22:04] Users have to Google everyday how many carbs in one cup of rice. Takes 50 minutes to log one meal. Frustration, I just want to eat, not research. Remember last thing that you want to be doing is faffing around. And as soon as that
[22:18] completely go off your meal plan because you just want to eat. So, the fix for this is include a comprehensive macro reference guides within the download. Number one, create goal-specific tracker packs, not generic fitness trackers. Why
[22:31] specific problems, not generalized tools. Why goal-specific sells better, higher perceived price is justified, word of mouth in niche communities, bodybuilders forms, CrossFit people prefer. When somebody signs up to a meal
[22:47] plan or a fitness plan, they want to make sure it's tailored to them. So, if it just sounds generic, they're like, "Well, this isn't for me. I'm a bodybuilder or I'm a CrossFit athlete." They want to feel like they're in their
[22:59] if it's generalized, they're not going to feel like they fit in. Tip number two, include meal prep day planning sheets. Trackers, planners equals 2x the guys, the more that you add within that completes the package, the more likely
[23:13] people are going to be happy and you get higher average order value. The strategy is don't just track what you ate, help them plan what to eat because the problem with most trackers is they missed the after eating reactive. User
[23:25] scrambles each meal, what fits my macros, make poor choices because they didn't plan ahead, goes over their macros because they didn't save enough want to just give people a sheet to plan, you want to give them what they
[23:37] need to do to plan with. So, if you give them their meal ideas or alternative the same meals, then that's going to motivate them to stick to it long term. Tip number three, offer digital plus physical hybrid version. Sell the same
[23:51] product twice. Create both a printable PDF and a digital tablet version. So, you can make it so that they can have it digitally or printed. So, that way that with them, if they want to stick it on front on the front of their fridge, they
[24:05] really popular in the digital product space where you give the users either a printable version or both a digital version. Digital product number four that I'd recommend for 2026 is the pricing calculator and package builder
[24:20] freelance platform's market size for 2026 to 2033 as that is our market audience or the market we're going to sell in. The global freelance platform market size valued at $6.3 billion in 2023 and is projected to hit $24 billion
[24:38] by 2033. So, that is a massive increase of around So, that is a massive increase of around about 18% from 2026 to 2023. So, to be made within this niche. As you guys can see on Everbee, I typed in
[24:51] listings for similar things. There's this one here called the small business bundle, You've got the small business bookkeeping and calculator. And you can days, $7,000. This one's gone through the roof, 200% gain, $4,600.
[25:07] for these, let's change this to 12 months. This one has generated $74,000, incline recently. This one's probably only been running for a short amount of time. It hasn't, but you can see it's generated $11,000, and the majority of
[25:20] that revenue has come very recently. So, combined on just this first page, it's generated around about $200,000 in revenue. So, just again, there is real revenue being shown that has been made within this niche. So, why is this niche
[25:32] so powerful? The undercharging epidemic. 68% of freelancers and service providers admit they undercharge because they don't know how to calculate fair rates costs that they're doing. Imposter syndrome pricing. New service providers
[25:47] charge $25 to $50 an hour when the actual cost of doing business requires actual cost of doing business requires $75 or $125 hour for their minimum to be profitable. So, basically, the freelancer economy is people don't know
[26:01] get underwhelmed. The person they're selling to overwhelms them, and then price. Then you've got hidden costs, which is where freelancers forget to account for taxes, overhead, unbillable hours, and software subscriptions. Then
[26:16] providers don't know how to package their services like basic, standard, and premium. Basically, guys, freelancers really struggle with pricing their packages and calculating how to do it correctly. I've been in the industry now
[26:29] for 10 years, and I always meet freelancers that are saying to me, "I services, and I feel like I'm not examples, guys, and this is actually a best seller, so it's been proven on Etsy
[26:42] example number two, price and profit calculator for small businesses with looks a lot prettier cuz you've you these pie charts, and you've got all the over inventory costs. So, this is really, really important for businesses
[26:56] to use or they're not going to know if they're profitable or they're actually taking losses. Now, the top four target niches for this market would be for me writers, photographers, videographers,
[27:08] coaches and consultancies, virtual assistants, online business managers, and then web developers and tech freelancers. So, basically you'd create their version of the profit calculator or the freelance calculator for each one
[27:20] niches individually. You wouldn't do one for all, you'd do one per niche. Now, are making with this niche is number one, calculator only shows hourly rate. Freelancers don't work hourly anymore. So, pricing calculator spits out $75 an
[27:34] hour, but modern clients don't buy hourly rates, they buy project based. you for this project, not for your hours." Mistake number two is no real numbers. The problem with calculator show $90 an hour, but don't show how to
[27:49] actually quote a real client project or handle objections. Users know their "How much?" They get nervous. Can't translate calculator math into proposal language. No guidance on presenting prices confidently.
[28:04] So, the fix is real-world client scenario templates with actual calculator doesn't account for unbillable hours or reality profit calculators assume 40 hours a week times 50 weeks, 2,000 billable hours per year,
[28:20] which is widely unrealistic for freelancers. Why it fails is because freelancers spend 30 to 50% of their time on non-billable work, marketing, admin, proposals, invoices, and learning on the job. So, calculations show $75 an
[28:33] hour times 2,000 hours equals $150,000 in income, but actual earnings would be around about $60,000. So, my top three tips are if you're one, include rate increase announcements. Templates help clients
[28:46] raise prices without losing customers. Because essentially, as a freelancer, you want to be able to increase your pricing and keep your customers. Tip calculator versions freelancers, but what matches their niche? Don't sell
[29:00] based on the niche that they're in. Are they doing videography? Are they doing video editing? Are they doing image creation? Are they a graphic designer? every niche have different hourly ratings, they have different costs
[29:14] subscriptions, etc. Tip number three, include proposal packs, calculators, and tells them what to charge, proposal templates show them how to present it professionally without getting too many rejections. Now, the fifth and final
[29:30] digital product that I'd recommend in 2026 is the podcast content planning system. So, let's have a look at some podcast statistics in 2026. So, currently, there's 4.5 million podcasts worldwide. In the US alone, 50%
[29:44] of the population, around 158 million, listens to podcasts. The podcast industry is also rise to expected to reach 39 billion this year, up from 30 billion in 2024. So, essentially, in just 1 year, it grew
[29:59] by 10 billion dollars. Now, I'm sure all podcasts. If you do, let me know which is your favorite podcast in the comment section, but we all know that the podcast economy is becoming a massive
[30:11] people would rather listen to the podcast in the car or when they travel. So, we all know podcasts are huge. Now, the good news is, as a digital product, it's such a new business model because look, I've typed in podcast planner, and
[30:26] you can see there are some listings that are generating just $100 a month at the because it is a new niche, guys. It's not a massive niche for digital products. So, it means that it's one of the most unsaturated niches to sell
[30:39] within. Now, there are people that are starting to make money in it. And I do expect these numbers next year or by the end of the year to grow significantly. So, these sellers are making $500 monthly at the moment, but remember,
[30:51] you'd win is you'd actually run paid ads on Facebook and TikTok to actually target podcast people or people that are looking to start a podcast. These people are stuck with Etsy traffic and there's probably not many people on Etsy looking
[31:04] to do podcasts. So, these numbers are again undervalued in my opinion. Realistically, I'd say they should be around about $2,000 to $3,000. And that's still low. Remember, it is an upcoming niche. Now, why is this niche
[31:16] so powerful? The podcast abandonment crisis. 47% of podcasts stop at three or fewer episodes. Nearly half quit almost immediately after they launch. One in three creators quit. 70% of the population who tried podcast creation,
[31:30] population who tried podcast creation, only 12% remain active, which is a 33% Then you got the burnout is killer, inconsistency, monetization, production demands, and lack of planning equals 60% of the reason why people burn out in the
[31:44] podcast space. Then you got the 70/30 split. Podcast spend 70% of their time planning, I making ideas, and only 30% on actually creating the content. So, here's an example of a social media planner. Now, guys, this isn't
[31:58] social media planners. If I go on Everbee and show you social media planners, you'll see that the actual revenue for generic social media of one of them. This is actually a really good example of a social media
[32:12] planner in terms of a digital product. This is really nicely done. Yeah, this is really, really nicely done, guys. But this is generic to social media. This isn't specifically a podcast, but you could use this to reference for a
[32:25] idea, but then change it for podcast people. So, guys, that was the fifth and final digital product that I'd recommend in 2026. Let me know in the comments and why and which one you're going to try and sell on your own private website
[32:41] guys, don't forget the cheat sheet will be in the pinned comment and in the said, I hope this helps you sell your first digital product in 2026.
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