Spoiler alert: The digital product space in 2025 is on fire.
Whether you’re a side hustler, full-time entrepreneur, or just someone looking to earn extra income from your laptop, selling digital products is one of the smartest ways to build passive income and location freedom.
Why? Because once you create it, you can sell it over and over again—with zero inventory, no shipping, and minimal overhead.
And here’s the best part: thanks to platforms like Gumroad, Etsy, Payhip, Notion, and even TikTok Shop, selling digital products is easier than ever before.
But not all digital products are created equal.
So in this post, we’ll break down the digital products that are selling like crazy in 2025, with real-world examples, trends, tools, and tips to help you build your own money-making empire online.
🔥 Why Digital Products Are Blowing Up in 2025
Before we dive into the list, let’s look at a few reasons why digital products are exploding right now:
- Rising creator economy: More people are becoming creators, influencers, and educators. And digital products are often their first source of income.
- Low barrier to entry: You can create many of these with free tools (like Canva, ChatGPT, or Notion).
- High profit margins: You create it once, sell it infinitely.
- Scalable: No inventory. No warehouse. No shipping drama.
Whether you’re a student, designer, teacher, writer, coder, or influencer—there’s a digital product you can sell.
🎯 1. Notion Templates
2025 is the golden year of Notion commerce.
From content planners and student dashboards to budget trackers and small business CRMs, Notion templates are dominating platforms like Etsy and Gumroad.
🔍 Real Example:
- Creator: Easlo (Notion creator with over $500,000 in digital template sales)
- Popular Templates: Second Brain, Content OS, Freelancer OS
💡 Why It Sells:
- Easy to customize
- Solves productivity problems
- Looks aesthetic and minimal
🛠 Tools:
- Notion (Free)
- Canva or Figma for cover design
- Gumroad / Lemon Squeezy / Notion Marketplaces
💼 2. Digital Planners & Journals
People still love to write things down—just now, they do it on their iPads or tablets.
Digital planners, manifestation journals, gratitude journals, and ADHD planners are blowing up on marketplaces like Etsy and Payhip.
🔍 Real Example:
- A search for “Digital Planner 2025” on Etsy reveals planners with over 50,000 sales.
- Creators like AmethystGarnet and DigitalDailyPlanner are pulling in six figures.
💡 Why It Sells:
- Highly aesthetic
- Low-cost to make with Canva
- Solves everyday problems (time, focus, habits)
🛠 Tools:
- Canva
- Goodnotes or PDF-friendly design tools
- Etsy or Payhip
👶 3. Kids’ Educational Printables
This niche exploded during the pandemic—and it hasn’t slowed down.
Parents, teachers, and homeschoolers are constantly looking for fun and effective learning materials. From alphabet worksheets to math games to coloring pages, the opportunities are endless.
🔍 Real Example:
- Etsy shop KindergartenReady makes 5 figures/month from preschool learning kits.
- Simple printables like “Trace the Alphabet” sell hundreds per week.
💡 Why It Sells:
- Every new parent is a potential customer
- Solves a real educational need
- Can be batch-created easily
🛠 Tools:
- Canva
- TeachersPayTeachers
- Etsy or Gumroad
💸 4. AI-Powered Tools & Prompts
AI is everywhere in 2025. And guess what?
People are willing to pay for ready-made ChatGPT prompts, Midjourney prompt packs, and AI workflow bundles to make their lives easier.
🔍 Real Example:
- “100 Midjourney Prompts for Digital Art” has over 8,000 downloads on Gumroad.
- Creators like @theaipreneur make a full-time income selling AI prompt packs.
💡 Why It Sells:
- People don’t want to waste time crafting prompts
- Huge productivity boost
- AI is booming
🛠 Tools:
- ChatGPT
- Midjourney or DALL·E
- Gumroad or PromptBase
🧑🏫 5. Online Courses & Mini-Workshops
You don’t need a degree to teach anymore. If you can explain something well (and package it nicely), you can sell knowledge.
Micro-courses (30–60 mins), niche workshops, and even text-based courses are trending right now.
🔍 Real Example:
- A Twitter creator made over $100K+ teaching ChatGPT to marketers in a $29 course.
- Course creator Ali Abdaal makes 7 figures annually from digital courses alone.
💡 Hot Niches:
- AI & automation
- Personal branding
- Writing / productivity
- Coding / no-code tools
- Personal finance
🛠 Tools:
- Gumroad / Teachable / Kajabi
- Loom or Zoom
- Google Slides or Canva
🎵 6. Digital Music & Sound Effects
If you’re into music, this is a huge digital product opportunity.
From lo-fi beats, background music, sound effects, to theme packs for YouTubers and streamers, creators are making big money on sites like Pond5, AudioJungle, and BeatStars.
🔍 Real Example:
- Beat pack creators on BeatStars sell loops and beats for $19–$99 per pack.
- Sound kits for TikTok videos and Reels are also in high demand.
💡 Why It Sells:
- Evergreen need for content creators
- High perceived value
- Useful for branding and production
🧾 7. Editable Business Templates
Small business owners and freelancers are always looking for shortcuts.
Editable digital products like invoices, media kits, contracts, pricing sheets, social media calendars, and pitch decks are some of the bestsellers in 2025.
🔍 Real Example:
- Canva shop owners sell bundles of editable templates for $17–$47 and make 5 figures monthly.
- “Freelancer Toolkit” bundles are booming.
💡 Why It Sells:
- Time-saving
- Looks professional
- Great for solopreneurs and side hustlers
🛠 Tools:
- Canva
- Google Docs / Slides
- Etsy or Stan Store
🎨 8. Digital Art, Wallpapers & Aesthetic Packs
With the rise of aesthetics like “coquette,” “grungecore,” “clean girl,” and “digital minimalism,” visual packs are hot-selling items.
From wallpapers and icon sets to mobile presets, the demand is growing across Gen Z audiences.
🔍 Real Example:
- A seller on Etsy offers “Dark Academia Wallpapers Pack” for $4.99 and has 60,000+ sales.
- Pinterest and Instagram are huge drivers of traffic for these types of products.
✍️ 9. Ebooks & Guides
Old but gold. Ebooks are still one of the top-performing digital products—especially if you can niche down and offer practical advice.
Short how-to guides, money playbooks, productivity hacks, and personal development ebooks are still selling like crazy.
🔍 Real Example:
- “The Freelance Playbook” on Gumroad made $70K+ in under a year.
- Short ebooks like “How I Made $10K with AI in 30 Days” do well on Twitter/X and Medium.
🛠 Tools:
- Google Docs or Scrivener
- Canva (for design)
- Gumroad, Payhip, Amazon KDP
📷 10. Stock Photos & Mockups
Got a good camera (or a phone with a decent lens)? You can create niche stock photo packs, mockup bundles, or even print-on-demand previews that people will pay for.
Think: Flat-lay mockups, minimalist desktop setups, urban backdrops, etc.
🔍 Real Example:
- Etsy shops like Moyo Studio and Creatsy earn thousands per month selling styled mockups.
- Instagram content creators buy these to make their pages look consistent.
🌟 BONUS: Bundle It!
Here’s a pro tip: Bundles sell better than single products.
Instead of one Notion template, bundle it with a mini-ebook, a video tutorial, and a prompt list. This increases perceived value and allows you to charge more (without doing much extra work).
📈 How to Start Selling Digital Products in 2025
You don’t need to overcomplicate it. Here’s a simple starter roadmap:
- Pick a niche you love or understand
- Research what’s trending (search Etsy, Gumroad, TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit)
- Create your product using free tools (Canva, Notion, ChatGPT, etc.)
- Design your cover (appearance matters!)
- Upload to a marketplace (Etsy, Gumroad, Payhip, etc.)
- Promote on social media (Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram)
💡 Final Thoughts: Digital Goldmine Awaits
Digital products are more than a trend in 2025—they’re a lifestyle. And you don’t have to be a genius to start. Just take what you know (or are curious about), create something useful, and share it with the world.
The key is to start simple, focus on solving a problem, and improve as you go. Once your first product is live, you’ve officially entered the creator economy.
You’re no longer just a consumer. You’re now a producer.
So what will you create?
👉 Want help creating your first digital product?
Drop your niche in the comments or DM me. I’ll send you free resources to get started!