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Your First Digital Product, Honestly

How to make and sell one small PDF with AI. Real costs, real timelines, and every number with a source.

$17PDF · 29 pages · 10 chapters
  1. The real numbersWhat new products usually sell, and what a $17 sale leaves you after fees.
  2. Pick a small problemFour tests for a problem small enough, and a free check that people already ask about it.
  3. PLR and MRRWhat resell rights really buy you, why most of it is junk, and when it can help.
  4. Make it with AIAI drafts from your notes, you bring the decisions and the facts, so it does not read like AI.
  5. Price it$7, $17 or $27: what each one suits, and what you keep from each.
  6. Where to sellGumroad, Payhip, Systeme.io and Stan Store compared, fees and tax included.
  7. An honest sales pageThe income claims and fake reviews regulators now act on, and what a good page contains.
  8. Your first buyersA free sample, an email list, and short posts that point to it.
  9. After the first saleAsk buyers one question, update the guide, and track three numbers a week.
  10. How we made this guideWho did what, how we checked every number, and what it cost us.

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