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#1
$1.2M
T1
The One-Problem Ebook (Brian Moran's $1.2M playbook)
A $27 ebook that solves exactly one problem for exactly one person, sold from exactly one page, promoted on exactly one channel
Digital Publishing
T1
Digital Publishing
#2
$50,000
T1
The Canva Digital Product Stack (Melanie Renee's income breakdown)
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One free design tool, three separate income lines: $40,000+ from digital products, $15,000+ from a portfolio PDF that wins brand deals, and $7,000 from a first course — with the operator's own instruction to pick exactly one of them.
Digital Publishing
T1
Digital Publishing
#3
$894,000
T1
The GoodNotes Digital Planner (a single $894K Etsy listing)
One PDF planner built specifically for GoodNotes, sold on Etsy, at $894,000 in lifetime sales from one listing
Digital Publishing
T1
Digital Publishing
#4
$27,634
PRO
T1
LaCresha's Etsy Digital Products (the TAP test)
$27K from fewer than ten digital products on Etsy, by validating every listing against three data filters before designing anything
Digital Publishing
PRO
T1
Digital Publishing
#5
$26,000+
PRO
T1
The Medium-to-Gumroad Digital Product Flywheel (Travis Nicholson)
Articles written with AI drive traffic to digital products made with AI, sold on Gumroad — $26,000 cumulative, over $3,000 a month, on about an hour of work a week.
Digital Publishing
PRO
T1
Digital Publishing
#6
$26
PRO
T1
The 100 Club (age-segmented digital product behind a quiz funnel)
One PDF split into age-band variants, sold through a quiz that routes each visitor to their own version — so the question stops being “do I need this” and becomes “which one do I need”
Digital Publishing
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T1
Digital Publishing