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Creator Tools~10 hours to build

Digital Product Delivery System

Sell anything digital with a single link.

The Problem

Creators want to sell digital products—ebooks, templates, courses, assets—but setting up an e-commerce store feels like overkill. Gumroad takes 10%+ fees, and alternatives require too much setup. They just want to upload a file, set a price, and share a link.

The Solution

A dead-simple platform: upload your file, add title and price, get a shareable checkout link. Customers pay via Stripe, get instant download. No storefront to build, no inventory to manage. Just sell.

How it works:

1

Upload product

PDF, ZIP, video, anything

2

Set price

One-time or pay-what-you-want

3

Share link

Customer pays, downloads instantly

Market Research

Digital product sales are booming. Gumroad processes $500M+/year, and creators hate the high fees. There's room for a simpler, lower-fee alternative focused on individual products rather than storefronts.

  • Gumroad takes 10%+ fees—creators actively seeking alternatives
  • Digital product market growing 20%+ annually
  • Lemon Squeezy raised $15M for similar positioning

AI Prompts to Build This

1. Project Setup

Create a Next.js app for selling digital products. Features: - Creator dashboard: list of products with sales stats - Add product: file upload (Supabase Storage), title, description, price, cover image - Public product page: beautiful checkout page per product - Sales list with customer emails - Payout settings (Stripe Connect) Use Supabase for auth, storage, database. Stripe for payments.

2. Checkout Flow

Implement the purchase flow: 1. Product page shows: cover image, title, description, price, buy button 2. Buy button: Stripe Checkout session with product details 3. After payment: webhook confirms, generate unique download link 4. Show download page with file and thank you message 5. Email customer with download link (expires after X days/downloads) 6. Track download count, expire link after limit Support both one-time purchase and pay-what-you-want (minimum price).

3. Extras

Add premium features: 1. Discount codes: percentage or fixed amount off 2. Bundle products: sell multiple files together 3. License keys: for software products, generate unique keys 4. Custom thank you page: redirect to creator's URL after purchase 5. Email list export: download customer emails as CSV 6. Embeddable buy button: JavaScript widget for creator's website Analytics: sales over time, top products, conversion rate by traffic source.

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