Sell digital products online in an easy way. In this article, I offer you many highly selected platforms to sell digital products online. 6 platforms to sell digital products online.
I focused on significant marketplaces outside their own shop on the site to get a complete overview of the options. Of course, choosing to create a shop on your site does not exclude the sale of the same goods elsewhere. It depends on some factors, in particular on the type of product and the target. And from the time and economic resources available.
These are platforms that I use daily for work or that I have personally tested for the sale of my products or those of my customers through eCommerce.
The article is aimed at artists, graphic designers, and illustrators who want to start selling innovative digital products such as:
- Printables
- Template
- Editable pdf
- eBook
- Illustrations
- Vector
- Mockup
- Font
- Brush set
1. Creative Market
You probably already know her. The creative market is an international platform for selling innovative digital products, such as templates, fonts, graphics, illustrations, etc.
It is aimed at a varied target (mainly) of non-professionals: the files are provided in editable pdf format, links to the Canva editor, Word, and sometimes .psd (Photoshop).
Remember that you would not sell the products directly on your site but on a third-party platform, which will keep a commission on the sales.
Of course, nothing prevents you from doing both. The same creations can be sold on both your website and Creative Market, as I do.
Advantages:
- ease of use
- the possibility of receiving greater visibility
- saving time and money in creating a shop on your site.
Disadvantages:
- eCommerce in English
- competition from other designers
- commissions on sales (more or less 30%).
2. Envato Elements
The speech is very similar to Creative Market. The difference is that products are sold with a more technical and professional cut, graphically higher quality.
It is a marketplace of Envato, the company that manages CodeCanyon and other popular marketplaces, such as ThemeForest.
Those who buy from Envato do so through a monthly or annual subscription. And are looking for more digital products made by graphic designers or developers, such as templates, fonts, graphics, vectors, themes, plugins, photographs, and videos.
Those who buy are, in turn, graphic designers or work in the sector because they assume they know how to use the Adobe or WordPress suite to use the purchased products.
Advantages:
- high target (satisfaction of selling templates made with Adobe) and technical
- company reputation
- high-quality standard.
Disadvantages:
- English language
- competition from other designers
- commissions on sales
- higher graphic standards.
3. Canva
Canva is a famous Australian platform loved by everyone because it allows you to create beautiful graphics, even for those who do not work as graphic designers.
Through the practical drag and drop system, it is possible to create captivating designs to promote yourself online and offline in a short time. It is an alternative graphic design tool to Photoshop for a target non-specialists. Freelancers and employees of companies who want to save on a graphic studio.
The editor is easy to use and, even in the free version, allows you to draw on a luscious library of photos, templates, illustrations, logos, and fonts.
From this year, it is possible to subscribe to the Canva Creators 2022 program and become Creators.
The Creators have their own personal profiles and have the task of designing the templates and/or graphic elements that enrich the Canva library. How gudagnano? About copyright.
Unlike other marketplaces, the user doesn’t buy your template directly. Creators are paid royalties. Each month, a percentage of Canva Pro’s total revenue is allocated to the royalty pool. How much a Creator receives from this royalty pool will depend on the number of Pro model exports they have accumulated. Exceptionally, Creators can also be paid for using selected free templates.
Advantages:
- certainly, the possibility of using the Canva showcase to make yourself known as a designer
- ease of use
- royalties.
Disadvantages:
- a lot of competition
- inability to set your own price and sell the single template directly.
4. Etsy
Of course, Etsy.
If you don’t know it, it is a platform that connects “creators” with buyers. Creators have in common creativity. They sell everything, even physical products. However, the marketplace lends itself well to selling digital products, such as printables, templates, commissioned illustrations, stickers, bookmarks, magnets, etc. All strictly handmade.
It is a very famous platform, therefore undoubtedly an opportunity to emerge. In the knowledge that as always, in the beginning, it will take time to upload products, promote sales and create an audience.
Advantages:
- fast set up
- ease of use, extraordinary visibility
- successful niche products
- very varied target
- reduced costs of eCommerce development.
Disadvantages:
- competition
- difficulty in SEO optimization
- limited branding possibilities
- commissions on sales (0.20 per product every 4 months + 6.5% on sales).
5. GumRoad
It is an American platform, a start-up that is mainly aimed at musicians, artists, writers, directors, and designers so that they can sell ebooks, comics, illustrations, textures, and brushes.
You can also create a personal profile by uploading your products here. The target is, in turn artists and creatives, or aspiring ones.
The aspect I like most is that you can integrate a part of the shop on your site, incorporating the individual products with the HTML code at any point you want on your website page. You can insert a simple link, a buy button on GumRoad, or the actual preview of the product.
In this way, you avoid installing an ad hoc plugin and take advantage of the beautiful graphics made available by GumRoad.
It is possible to sell single products, subscriptions, or pre-order products.
You can also choose to join the affiliate program and earn money in this way too.
Advantages:
- speed and ease of use
- visibility
- possibility of inserting individual products ready for checkout on your site.
Disadvantages:
- platform in English
- competition with other designers
- commissions (vary according to earnings + a fixed of 0.30%).
6. Patreon
Last but not least: Patreon.
Founded in 2013, Patreon changes the way musicians, artists, and other creatives get paid a bit.
As the company says on its Home page… the fund works based on algorithms and not on ideas and people. Based on the quantity, not quality. On what it sells, not on what provides value. Patreon focuses on the artist. And his creativity.
Patreon helps you connect directly with your loyal fans and build a following. Fans have access to exclusive content or the ability to get an up-close look at your creative process in exchange for a monthly subscription.
You can create different subscriptions depending on the quantity and value of what you offer. Revolutionary!
Benefits:
- Allows artists to receive monthly support and create a deep
- direct bond with fans.
Disadvantages:
- It takes a long time to build a following and clearly needs to be hooked up to other platforms to be used as a springboard to propose your own monthly packages.
Conclusions
These are the platforms that help you to sell digital products online. There are many others, more or less specific for artists and creatives.
Which earns you the most? It depends on what you sell, the quality of what you sell, and the time you spend on your promotion. It is very subjective.
I hope I’ve been helpful.
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