Want to start earning money online—without spending hours learning complex tech or investing in expensive tools?
Digital products are one of the easiest and most affordable ways to start making money online. You only have to create them once, and you can sell them over and over again—making them perfect for anyone looking for flexible, low-stress income.
And the best part? You don’t need any fancy software or experience to get started.
In this post, you’ll find 12 digital product ideas in high demand you can create and sell this month without prior market research, plus the free tools and best platforms to help you build and sell them fast.
1. Printable Planners
Tool to use: Canva (free account)
Where to sell: Etsy, Gumroad, or your own site
Create a daily, weekly, or goal-based planner and export it as a printable PDF for easy digital downloads. Use Canva’s free templates and tweak them to suit specific niches—like fitness, productivity, or student life.
2. Budget Trackers
Tool to use: Google Sheets
Where to sell: Etsy or link to from Pinterest
Design simple, beginner-friendly budgeting spreadsheets that help people manage their finances. Add color coding or instructions to this type of digital item to make them even more user-friendly.
3. Instagram Templates
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy, Creative Market, or your own store
Design a pack of ready-to-edit digital assets like Instagram posts or Story templates. These sell well to small business owners, creators, and bloggers who want a cohesive feed but don’t have time to design it themselves. You could also offer landing templates for when their audience click their link on Instagram. Content creators on online platforms like Instagram and TikTok often want easy landing pages that they don’t have to code themselves, and it saves them the hassle of building their own website.
4. Vision Board Kits
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy or digital download platforms
Vision boards are super popular on Pinterest so it’s a great way to start selling digital products to a time-poor target audience if you want a beginner-friendly idea. Create a kit with printable quotes, decorative icons, stock photos and goal-setting prompts. Package it as a printable PDF or a drag-and-drop Canva template.
5. Notion Dashboards
Tool to use: Notion
Where to sell: Notion Marketplaces, Etsy (as links), or Gumroad
Create productivity or planning dashboards inside Notion for those who don’t have much time to get organized in their daily life. These digital tools work great for students, solopreneurs, or anyone obsessed with organisation who loves mobile apps. Shareable Notion templates can be linked directly from your product page.
6. Resume Templates
Tool to use: Google Docs or Canva
Where to sell: Etsy, Creative Market
Design a clean, modern resume that people can easily edit and sell in an online store like Etsy, and resumes are the type of digital product that will always sell well, and won’t go out of fashion. Offer matching cover letters or portfolios as a bonus. These are especially popular with job seekers and recent graduates.
7. Affirmation Cards
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy or Shopify
Sometimes the best digital products follow trends, and affirmations are a hot trend right now. Create a pack of printable affirmation cards with beautiful fonts and calming colors. Niche options work great—like digital art affirmations for mums, kids, business owners, or students.
8. Recipe Cards or Meal Planners
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy or Gumroad
Design editable meal planning templates or digital recipe cards. These digital goods are perfect for food bloggers, busy parents, or anyone trying to organise their weekly meals.
9. Editable Party Invitations
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy
For a fun and small online business, design invitations for birthdays, baby showers, or weddings. Use Canva’s free fonts and graphics to build something stylish. Buyers can edit them directly in Canva with your shared template link.
10. Digital Journals
Tool to use: Canva or Google Slides
Where to sell: Etsy, Gumroad
Create themed journals—like gratitude, wellness, or anxiety trackers. Make the layout simple, calming, and reflective. Add daily prompts or blank lined pages.
11. E-book Templates
Tool to use: Canva
Where to sell: Etsy, Payhip, or your own lead magnet
Design swipe files and templates for bloggers or coaches with digital products and online courses to write and format their e-books. Offer it in editable Canva form with placeholder text and sections already set up.
12. Summer Activity Packs for Kids
Tool to use: Canva or PowerPoint
Where to sell: Etsy or Teachers Pay Teachers
Physical products with educational content are great for a kids’ niche in the United States, so think about a digital format that’s easy to print. Create printable summer packs with puzzles, games, or creative prompts. Parents love downloadable packs that keep kids busy during holidays—and they’re a hit on Pinterest too.
Why Digital Products Work So Well
- Low risk: No shipping, no stock, no startup costs
- Scalable: Create once, sell infinitely. It’s the easiest way to achieve passive income.
- Easy to make: With tools like Canva, you don’t need to be a designer to create these digital templates
- Flexible: Sell them while working full-time or on the side
- High Pinterest potential: Visual products like printables and planners get pinned and repinned, bringing traffic long after you post
Some Final Tip
If you want to drive traffic from social media platforms like Pinterest, visuals matter. For each product you create, make a tall vertical image that shows what it looks like (you can mock it up in Canva or Placeit). Add a clear headline like “Printable Budget Tracker” or “Meal Planner Kit.” Write blog posts, too, that point people to your digital product.
Also, think of offering exclusive content as a bonus if a buyer orders within a specific timeframe. If you are using an online marketplace like Etsy this is easy to do at the click of a button.
Then pin it to Pinterest with a description that includes keywords like “printable,” “digital download,” “Canva template,” or “digital product to sell.” Pinterest loves this kind of content—and your potential customers will too.
Ready to try selling digital products?
Start with one of the ideas above and test it out this week. You might be surprised at how quickly you can go from idea to income.
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