Digital eCommerce

Digital ECommerce

Selling digital products can be just as successful as selling physical products. Graphics, software, eBooks, design elements, sound effects, songs, and videos are just a few types of digital products that are in popular demand. So if you can turn your hand to creating digital products, let’s have a look at how you can make money online from this skill…

63. Create Your Own Digital eCommerce Store

Setting up a digital download store can be a great way to make money online from your digital assets, charging visitors a fee to download each digital product. Easy Digital Downloads is a popular WordPress plugin that will enable you to turn your website into a complete eCommerce solution for selling digital downloads.

64. Sell eBooks on Amazon

Ebooks can be relatively easy to write. Couple that with Amazon, a perfect platform to sell your eBook on, and you could be looking at earning an income through your writing. Once you join up with Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing scheme, you can self-publish your eBook in less than five minutes.

If your writing skills aren’t up to scratch don’t let that stop you. Find a capable freelance writer to produce the book for you. The only downside to this is the initial outlay of paying the writer, but this should be recouped in time once the eBook starts selling.

65. Self Publish Paperbacks on Amazon

As well as selling your eBooks, Amazon can also create paperback copies of your book. CreateSpace, an Amazon-owned company, will help you self-publish your book. A relatively straightforward process, you must upload your work to CreateSpace and submit it for review. Your book will then be displayed on Amazon, and printed on demand and shipped by CreateSpace when purchased. And you can collect up to 70% royalties for each book sold.

Resources: How to write a book (book)

66. Amazon Audiobooks

Yet another Amazon service providing the possibility to make money online is the Audiobook Creation Exchange. You can create a standalone audiobook, or create an audio version of your eBook as complementary media. And you can narrate your audiobook yourself, or Amazon can put you in contact with a professional to help. Once sold, you can then earn up to 40% royalties per audiobook.

Resources: How to create an audio book

67. Create and Sell Design Elements on Envato

If you have graphic design skills then you could make money online by creating and selling your own design elements, like templates, fonts, graphics, and other assets. This is a great way to earn extra money and build up a portfolio of work, which could lead to you picking up freelance graphic design jobs. Websites like Envato Elements pay you a fee per element sold, which can become quite profitable if your work is popular.

68. Sell Your Photos on Shutterstock

If you are a professional photographer or have a real flair for photography, then selling your images on other sites could be an idea. This could be done alongside your own photography site, as it is a good way to help get your work viewed by a wider audience. There are numerous stock image websites to contribute to, but choosing a popular high-end site like Shutterstock should ensure your photographs make you some money.

69. Build a Premium App

If you have a good idea for an app, and the skills to create it, then producing your own premium app can be profitable. However, with so many free apps available, it may be hard to convince people to pay. If you want to go down the premium app route, consider having a basic free version to encourage people to download the app in the first place. You can then provide the option of upgrading to a premium plan once users realize how useful the app is.

70. Build a Free App

Free apps have more chance of being downloaded and can be monetized through selling advertising space on the app itself. However, if you want businesses to pay to advertise on your app you will have to be able to prove a high number of downloads. So make sure you are prepared to put in the effort to promote your app once it is created.

71. Create and Sell a SAAS

Creating Software as a Service (SAAS) and charging people to use it can be a good money earner. Charge your customers a one-off fee to access the tool you have created, or a monthly recurring payment. A useful and popular SAAS can expect a high return, so if you have the programming skills for such a task it may be well worth the cash rewards.

72. Design Themes

If you are a confident web developer then designing your own themes is an obvious path to follow if you are looking to make money online. ThemeForest sells a wide assortment of developers themes, including themes for WordPress, Shopify, Weebly, and Tumblr, to name a few. Once you have created your theme, get it accepted onto the ThemeForest marketplace and make money each time it sells.

73. Develop WordPress Plugins

Leading on from designing themes, you may want to try your hand at creating WordPress plugins. To increase sales it is worth creating both a free and pro version of each plugin. Free plugins can be added to the WordPress Repository, so your plugin reaches a wide audience. Users can then upgrade to the pro version to access advanced features.

74. Create and Sell Websites

Successful websites can sell for a lot of money. Website’s like Flippa provide a platform to showcase websites to interested buyers. If you are skilled at putting websites together and know how to drive traffic and build a following, then creating and selling websites might be an effective way for you to make money online.

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75. Re-sell Web Hosting

Re-selling web hosting will enable you to make money hosting your own client’s websites. Large hosting companies like HostGatorallow you to white label their hosting services. You could start your own hosting business or, if you are a web designer, include hosting into your web design packages. And the best of it is the hosting companies take care of the hosting for you, so all you need to worry about is selling.