Did you know that you can turn your crafts into digital products?
If you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet that you’re a crafter and that you probably have a Cricut machine, and that you love making projects with it.
Even if you make physical crafts you can make digital products related to the same thing. Yes, really!
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Don’t have time to read the blog post? Watch the quick 30-second intro video just below or download the bonus cheat sheet filled with extra tips, to read later.
WATCH 4 WAYS TO GO FROM CRAFTS TO DIGITAL PRODUCTS intro video
Scroll to the end for the full video and printable template
If you prefer to watch a video instead of reading, you can also watch the live video that I made on this topic. You’ll find it at the bottom of this post.
Digital Products in Crafting – The Next Big Trend
The digital product business is really trending right now.
According to Google, this year, in the U.S. alone, more money was spent online during April and May than the last 12 Cyber Mondays combined!
After hearing that. I’m sure you’re thinking “how can I get in on that?”
Find out how you can be a part of this growing movement.
Click to find out how you can make your own easy graphic files.
So why are digital products important? What’s the big deal anyway?
I remember in high school, I took an AP art class, in order to get college credit and also because I loved making art.
As part of our big project, we had to create a portfolio and include our best pieces of artwork.
A lot of that involved having to stretch my art on a canvas, carry it back and forth from school to my house, taking it to competitions, and then packaging it to be mailed to the jury.
If someone would have told me that one day, I’d be able to make all of that artwork digitally, I would have thought they were crazy!
Maybe you can relate. Do you make wooden crafts, mugs or t-shirts for special occasions that you sell in person or online?
Have you made crafts and then had to go to craft fairs, holiday markets, church potlucks and local art shows in order to get exposure and sell them?
Well, in today’s day and age, it’s possible to transform your craft into some sort of digital product. Pretty much, anything you make and create can have a digital counterpart.
Let’s look at just four of the many ways that you can do this.
4 Ways to Turn Your Crafts Into Digital Products
- Make printable versions of your craft (greeting cards, birthday cards).
- Teach what you know by creating a recorded video course.
- Do a live video workshop (use Zoom, Facebook Live or Youtube Live).
- Start a digital membership. Create patterns and send them to members.
Digital craft product ideas
- downloadable birthday cards and baby announcements
- printable yard signs
- wooden sign making course
- digital embroidery designs
- svg files
These are just a few of the ways that you can make your crafts into digital assets that you can turn around and sell. If you don’t know where to start, check out my Mini SVG Course for making svg files (scalable vector graphics). It’s a beginner tutorial to delve into the world of digital products and perfect for crafters like you.
Sign up for the So Simple SVG Quotes course to make quotes that you can turn into svg files. This short video course will show you step-by-step how to take plain fonts and turn them into fancy font files that you can use on t-shirts, mugs, tumblers, and more!
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