Digital dropshipping, explained without the hype.
Digital dropshipping means selling files — templates, guides, presets, packs — instead of objects. Nothing is stocked, shipped or returned, so almost everything a customer pays you stays with you. That's the whole advantage, and it's a real one. Everything else is work.
1. Pick something you can answer questions about
The niche doesn't need to be clever, it needs to be one you can talk about for ninety days. Fitness for shift workers. Notion setups for nursing students. Specific beats broad because specific is what gets shared.
2. Make one product, not five
A single $30–50 product with a clear promise outsells a catalogue of cheap ones. You can edit and relaunch one thing until it works; you can't do that with nine.
3. Sell before it's finished
Post the idea, take pre-orders, then build it. If nobody wants the pre-order, you've saved yourself a fortnight — that's a good outcome, not a failure.
4. Post to the same people every day
Short video is the cheapest distribution there has ever been, and it is also the most consistent work in this whole list. Most people who don't make money here didn't post for long enough, not too little talent.
5. Automate only what already works
Once the same three questions arrive in your DMs every day, automate the answers. Before then, answer them yourself — that's where your copy comes from.
What it actually pays
Among our customers who volunteered figures, the median is $310 a month and the median first sale comes eleven days in. A quarter report under $50, and plenty report nothing. Anyone showing you a screenshot without that spread is selling you a feeling.