Figure Out What To Sell When You Have No Idea
A free 20-minute worksheet for picking one small thing to sell
By the end you'll have one thing picked and one person it's for, written down. No logo or website yet, that part comes later.
I check what's actually selling online and tell you what I think is behind it. It's for you if you've got a job and want to build something small on the side.
Every Idea Feels Too Small Or Already Taken
If you want to sell something but every idea feels too small to bother with or like someone already did it, that's the exact spot this is for.
So I went and checked what's actually selling. A 22-page PDF of one guy's Security+ study notes showed 12,633 sales on its Gumroad page. A $6+ set of plans for one 10x12 shed showed 62, and the seller gives the same plans away free on their blog.
Both of those are about one specific thing. That doesn't always hold. The biggest seller I've found so far is a sewing pattern that took real skill to make. The worksheet helps you find your one specific thing.
This Is For You If:
You want to sell something small online and haven't started yet
You want money that isn't tied to your hours, doesn't have to be a lot
Every idea you come up with feels too small or already taken
You don't want to learn some completely new skill from scratch
You've got some time after work, even if it's not much
You've got 20 minutes to actually sit down and pick one
What You Actually End Up Deciding
- Something you'd still have things to say about after an hour
- The one problem and one person it's for
- The simplest format that fits it
- One sentence that says who it helps and with what
It's designed to be finished in one sitting, about twenty minutes, and you don't need to research anything first.
What You Walk Away With
When you're done, you'll have an actual format picked and an actual person in mind you're building it for, written down in front of you instead of just floating around in your head. That's genuinely it. This isn't going to build the thing for you or write it for you, but you'll know exactly what you're making and who it's for.
Why I Made This
Most of what you see about this online is income screenshots or lists of 50 product ideas, and neither one tells you what to actually make.
I'm Chris, by the way. I'm 18. I haven't sold a company, I don't have some crazy exit story, I don't even have a lambo. But if some account's out here selling you a lifestyle instead of an actual method, that's a red flag.
What I actually do is go check what's selling, like a product page with the sales count right on it, and then say what I think is behind it. This worksheet's basically twenty minutes of that, pointed at you.
Once you've got your format and your customer, that's exactly where The Full Iceberg + Blueprint picks up. I'll get into that more later.
Disclaimer
This does not guarantee income. The worksheet gives you a simple structure to pick your first idea. Your results depend on what you make, how consistent you are, and whether people want it.
