5 Digital Products I Would Start If I Were Starting From Zero

About this video

The creator ranks five products he would start again from zero, based on his own path with digital products. First is a mini-course: record short lessons once and sell them on a platform like Udemy that handles hosting, payments and discovery, illustrated by a freelance writing course he estimates at roughly $80,000 in sales from a $9.99 price. Second, and his personal favourite, is nonfiction ebooks on Amazon KDP, where one idea can become an ebook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook with print-on-demand and no inventory. Third is activity books such as word searches, Sudoku and colouring books, which need little writing or advanced art. Fourth is affiliate products, promoting other people’s tools for commission without creating or fulfilling anything, though he cautions this realistically yields a couple thousand dollars a month rather than tens of thousands. Fifth is a niche AI tool or custom GPT, which has the highest, subscription-based potential but is the most time-consuming and costly and requires deep niche experience first. He concludes a beginner should start with KDP books because they leverage Amazon traffic, need no audience, and can keep selling after the work is done. The creator claims he made millions from digital products and that examples shown earn $12,000-$21,000 a month for a paperback and $13,000-$22,000 a month for a word search book, per his coauthor.ai plugin estimates.

Key takeaways

• Start with a mini-course on Udemy if you can teach a clear skill; the platform provides traffic, payments and hosting so you do not need an audience or website.
• Nonfiction KDP books are presented as the best beginner option: pick one searched-for problem, keep the book short and practical, and repurpose it into paperback and audio.
• Activity books lower the writing barrier — use generators for puzzles or simple, clean-line designs for colouring books — but easy entry also means more competition.
• Affiliate marketing needs no product creation but depends entirely on trusted traffic, and the creator or program owner can change or end commissions at any time.
• Build a niche AI tool only after spending time in a market and spotting a repeated, painful task; it offers recurring revenue but costs the most time and money to start.

Episode details: published October 9, 2026 · 21:27 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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