Although a “product” is popularly known as something physical that you can hold in your hands, it’s not quite the same when looking at a digital product. A digital product can be a variety of things but basically needs to be digital-based, not physical.
An encompassing definition is a product or service that has been digital-enabled and can be utilized by human beings. Others might say that it’s a product that is in digital form or a product sold online that lacks physical form.
A digital product has a variety of terms, sometimes known as a “Digital Asset” or “Digital Download”. The digital product is all about the value it delivers. As long as it’s in a digital form and offers value, it can be defined as a digital product.
デジタル製品の簡単な説明
A digital product is simply a non-physical asset or service that can be sold digitally. This means it cannot be a real-life product made of physical matter. Digital products include such things as – Software, Applications, eBooks, videos, photography, PDFs, Zip files, and much more.
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Steps to create a digital product
Digital products always start from an idea. This follows different kinds of processes depending on what you’re offering to the user, but it always boils down to three steps.
Step 1 – Idea
まず、アイデアを思いつき、そのアイデアを売る市場を明確にしなければならない。そうでなければ、製品ができても、それを提供する相手がいないことになります。このステップでは、ターゲット市場に対して製品をテストするためのプロトタイプを作成することができます。それには、彼らが何を求めているか、何を嫌っているかなど、バイヤーペルソナの確認が必要です。
When starting, you must ensure you have a sellable digital product. Over the years, I’ve noticed that it’s all about the product. If you have a good one, you will sell it. If you don’t, it won’t, or at least it will not be sustainable.
If you can’t find any digital product ideas, check out this blog about 15 digital products to sell and how to sell them.
It could spark some ideas. I would suggest finding some passions that you like and writing them down. Take a look at them and think to yourself, what could I do to make doing these easier? It’s always best to come up with an idea for the subject you love.
Step 2 – Research & plan
Now that you have a prototype or idea, you need to base it on real-world data. This is where research comes in. Without knowing what the people want and giving it to them, you end up with an unmarketable product. So, set up a firm plan for your digital products and base it on research.
It will help if you find and understand who your customer is. Knowing who you want to sell it to will help you understand the marketing and potential scalability.
The main questions are:
- Does it solve a problem?
- Does it give the customer a benefit or convenience that is worth paying for?
If you say “yes” to any of those questions, then you have a sellable digital product.
Step 3 – Craft
Now, you can design your digital product. After you perform market research and find something that’s missing in an industry, you will be able to make a digital product.
I would advise you to get a digital product out as soon as possible to test the market. Even if it means that it is missing a few things, because digital products are easily updatable, especially with the DDA app, you can inform all previous customers about the new update with the click of a button.
One thing is, do not give up too soon! It’s not easy to suddenly start getting sales unless you’re really lucky. Things take time to mature and establish. Just keep working on it, and the sales will come.
オンラインで販売可能なデジタル製品
Whether you’re selling PDFs on Shopify or selling downloads on Etsy, there are different types of products you can sell online. Selling PDFs is one of the most popular file types being sold in the world. You don’t have to build an entire set of software, website, or application before selling digital products online.
You can sell eBooks, videos, audio, graphics, photography, digital art, courses, documents, tickets, and even professional services. Take a look at this guide to get inspiration for digital products.
See our guide on the best-selling digital products.
Marketing digital products
Marketing is the key to selling your digital products. This works even for physical items. You will want to make sure you explore all options and test scenarios. Here are many that work well with digital products:
- Meta ads
- Google/YouTube ads
- SEO
- TikTok ads
- Social media
Learn more about marketing from Shopify’s video below.
デジタル製品はどこで販売できますか？
今の時代、デジタル製品を販売するためのマーケットプレイスやプラットフォームはたくさんあります。そのどれにもメリットとデメリットがありますが、最終的にはあなたの商品と何を選ぶかにかかっています。
Shopify
This will help you build your own store and earn the most profits over any marketplace. You can learn how to sell digital products on Shopify here using our expert digital downloads app.
Take a look at how our app can deliver your digital downloads in the best way possible.
You can easily sell digital files of any type on Shopify. You just need to install our free-to-install app on your store – DDA.
Shopify ストアを持つ唯一の小さな欠点は、あなた自身のトラフィックを制御していることです。つまり、SEO、ソーシャル、広告に取り組まない限り、検索ボリュームがないことです。しかし、私の意見では、長所は、はるかにここで短所を上回る。Shopify は、あなたのデジタル製品を販売するための最良の場所です。
Marketplaces have the advantage over this by giving you instant potential traffic, but it comes at a high cost. All marketplaces take large commission fees and don’t let you have control over the platform. Your profile is just rented space meaning you cannot customise your pages completely.
They have their own rules, they take large commissions, sometimes up to 50% (like Envato, terrible), they can remove you if you fail to abide by their rules and much more. If you have your own store, you are in full control.
Teckersの記事で、最適なデジタルダウンロードアプリを確認してください。
エッツィー
Etsy is a huge marketplace, well known for vendors selling custom-made products. They allow you to sell digital products on here too, but you can only sell digital products under 20MB of file size. This is what you need to deal with on marketplaces like Etsy.
Shopify is a much better option to own your own digital real estate and be in full control of payments, marketing, and customer control.
デジタルタッチポイントとは？
デジタル製品を作るとき、サービスや製品のタッチポイントを設定することを目指します。これは、ユーザーが製品と対話するインターフェースのことです。タッチポイントの代表的なものは、デジタル製品へのアクセス方法として、Webとモバイルの2つがあります。
しかし、多くのプラットフォームは、両方のタッチポイントで運用することができます。Instagramのウェブサイトとモバイルアプリを用意し、同じ製品や同様の機能を提供することができます。今日、デジタルタッチポイントは、スマートスピーカーデバイスやバーチャルアシスタントのような会話型インターフェースに移行して います。
Last take
デジタル製品は、アップデートを重ね、消費者のニーズやウォンツを知ることで、継続的に進化し続けるものです。物理的な製品とは異なり、出荷するまでに多くのコストとワークフロー上の問題を伴います。
