What do people pay and will pay money for on the Internet?

Date: 2010-09-18

What can you sell online?

This is probably one of the most exciting issues, which all Internet Entrepreneurs and those who are just planning to do business on the Internet ask themselves.

I often receive messages in my email inbox different options this question. Mostly, visitors to my site and readers of the newsletter ask not out of idle curiosity - people are afraid to start their own business without knowing what to sell. Many are tormented by doubts: “What if I don’t succeed? What should I sell? What will they pay money for?” etc. etc.

Well, let's look at this issue. Let me make a reservation right away: in this article I express my point of view based on own experience and mistakes (maybe you think differently).

Several years ago I asked myself this same question. Having sifted through a bunch of information on the Internet: articles, reports, reports, etc. I studied (and still study and follow) the activities of successful Runet businessmen. And finally, I made an important conclusion for myself.

On the Internet, people mainly pay for several categories of digital goods. Yes, digital ones, because everything that can be downloaded via the Internet is digital goods. We are not talking now about online stores that send physical goods. To “raise” this niche, you need to invest a lot of money, starting from the goods themselves to delivery and distribution services. It's about about the opportunity to start your own online business from scratch, in as soon as possible and almost anyone with minimal investment.

So, what do people pay for online? What digital goods are being bought and will be bought, which means they will always pay.

1. High-quality information that helps solve problems.

3. Access to porn sites.

Of course, this is not everything that brings good income, but these are the main categories of digital goods.

Now let's look at each of these three points in detail, starting from the end.

I immediately excluded porn sites from the list of things I would do. Firstly, I think it’s immoral, and secondly, I’m simply not interested in it.

Software is high-quality and popular programs or, as they say, software. Today is the age of computers and it is difficult to find a house where there is not at least one computer. This means that this niche will always be in demand. If you are a good programmer, then success is guaranteed for you here. But I also rejected this niche for myself, I’m not that cool of a programmer.

But high-quality and relevant information- this is a very wide field of activity and Almost anyone can turn around here, from a schoolchild to a pensioner. Let's take a closer look here.

It is in this niche that most Internet Businessmen work. Moreover, these people became Internet Businessmen selling information and your personal experience . Moreover, if a few years ago they mainly sold information on the topic (or variations of this topic): “How to make money on the Internet?”, Today it is successfully sells information on absolutely any topic.

We all have our own individual life experiences and knowledge. It is this knowledge and experience that you can successfully sell. Practical information, errors and pitfalls that may be encountered in a particular field of activity are highly valued.

It is enough to formalize this knowledge in an appropriate way, for example in the form e-book in either format, or in the form of educational video lessons. Put it on the Internet, having made it yourself (there is no need for a cool portal here), it is enough to have a website of 1-2 pages with a description of your product (such sites are called selling ones) and that’s it, consider that you are already an Internet Businessman.

For example, you are a wonderful housewife and know how to cook or sew well. Write a book about delicious and healthy food, give your signature recipes for exotic dishes. And it doesn’t matter that such books are already on the Internet. The main thing here is your personal experience. Or collect your collection of sewing patterns and make a collection of “Clothes for babies” or “Clothes for expectant mothers”, etc.

Or maybe you are a home craftsman, a person with golden hands? Then you are guaranteed success. Collect and systematize your knowledge, and you will have, for example, a collection of “ Practical advice on DIY electrical repairs" or "100 tips for the home handyman" or "Do-it-yourself home appliance repair." The list could take a very long time.

Of course, these are just a few examples.

And there is no need to write abstrusely here, present complex formulas and calculations. Remember at school and institute, when we studied the theoretical part of the exact sciences... For example, I wanted to sleep... But I really loved practical experiences and experiments, and all my friends only loved practice.

Likewise on the Internet, people will pay for practice and your experience, presented in simple human language, and not for boring theory. And everyone has experience and practice, I’m sure of that. And what older man– the more and richer the knowledge, which means the greater the opportunity to create many information products.

The main thing in quality information is your personal experience. These are the mistakes that you made and which the buyer should not make. After all, he pays for this, for all your trials and errors in finding the most profitable and simple way to solve a certain problem.

All in all, digital, information goods are everything that will help solve our everyday problems or avoid them altogether. If you know something like this, then you can already earn money!

I hope I answered the question: “What people pay and will pay for on the Internet.”

And finally, I want to say that you shouldn’t be afraid to start doing business on the Internet, thinking that you need a lot of knowledge, 2-3 diplomas, plus a huge amount of money to start. This is all nonsense. The main thing is not to sit and dream, but to actually do something!

Anyone can do business online, even without a higher education. There is no need for acquaintances or connections here. Here everything depends only on you personally. You can learn everything here much faster. In just 2-3 months you can already understand many concepts normally and know what and how. And experience will come to you on its own, take my word for it. Therefore, put aside doubts, start and you will succeed!

Would you like to move to another country and receive money from the state for it? Many people don’t even realize that there are states that will be happy to host you and even transfer you a good monthly payment. In general, if you are eager to leave your country, then this article is for you.

City of Detroit, Michigan, USA

The city used to be called the "Paris of the West" and the "Automotive Capital of the USA", but it lost its former glory at the end of the 20th century. The city was suddenly deserted and abandoned for a long time. But today the Michigan authorities decided to restore popularity and good name to the city.

The city authorities have organized a very profitable Challenge Detroit program, which involves paying 2.5 thousand dollars to each specialist who moves to the city, works and starts a family here.

Alaska, USA

Warm countries are not every person’s dream; if you adore winter, snow and mountains, then this place is definitely for you. Of course, the climate here is quite cold, but if you are not afraid of severe cold, then it’s time to turn to specialized funds that pay good sums to citizens who have moved. The main condition is that you will have to live in Alaska for at least a year.

Province of Saskatchewan, Canada

The Canadian province offers recently graduated professionals who have not yet decided what to do next in life with an amazing opportunity. Young enthusiasts will be paid 20 thousand Canadian dollars to work and live in the province for seven years.

Niagara Falls, USA

Another fantastic opportunity that seems too incredible to be true is to live in one of the most beautiful places and also get paid for it. The government is offering $7,000 as an incentive for university graduates to work at local businesses for two years.

Ponga, Asturias, Spain

This delightful little village in the protected areas of north-eastern Spain is one of the oldest in the country. To attract young residents and strengthen the economy, local authorities are offering 3 thousand euros to each young couple who moves there to live. Plus for everyone born child in the village they also pay 3 thousand euros. This is a great opportunity to live in an incredible beautiful place with clean ecology

Utrecht, Netherlands

The Netherlands is known throughout the world for its deep study of the humanities and social sciences. And here's one of their social experiments: what would happen if everyone living in one city received 1 thousand dollars?

Curtis, Nebraska, USA

Each of us has probably complained that local authorities are not doing anything significant for the city. The American town of Curtis has proposed a solution - anyone can get a plot for free if they come up with a really worthwhile idea to improve the city's infrastructure or culture.

New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is government program, created to increase interest in the city. If you buy a house here for the first time, you will be given a loan of $10,000 without interest. If you live in the home for more than five years, the loan is forgiven completely. You can also receive $30,000 to upgrade your home with new energy-saving features. If you live in it for 10 years, you don’t have to return the money.

Baltimore, Maryland

This is the seventh most dangerous city in, but he really wants to change, and therefore gives visitors 5 thousand dollars to buy a house anywhere in the city. If this amount doesn't impress you, you can double it by buying an abandoned house - yes, an empty and uninhabited house in need of renovation, but essentially for free.

Most of Kansas

Kansas is willing to pay you if you move. The city of Lincoln (pop. 3,500), for example, will give you free land to build a house on. If Lincoln is too big for you, you can get land in the city of Marquette, which has only 600 residents. In addition, you will be exempt from income taxes for 5 years or repay your college student loan in the amount of up to $15,000.

Pipestone, Manitoba

The Canadian city of Pipestone doesn't give away land for free, but they do offer steep discounts if you build on the site within a year. Additionally, if you want to start a business, the city offers grants of up to 32 thousand Canadian dollars (24 thousand US dollars).

Matsiker Island, Tasmania

If the US or Canada don't inspire you, then what about Tasmania? Matsiker Island off the coast of Tasmania provides jobs and housing. Preference is given to families who will maintain the lighthouse, provide weather reports, and monitor the land and buildings. If, of course, they agree to live in relative isolation. Living in a lighthouse on the edge of the earth - isn't it a dream?

Mishima, Japan

Are you alone? Then the Japanese settlement of Mishima (not to be confused with the city of Mishima) awaits you. The village is located on three small islands and the population is only about 400 people, mostly retirees.

Mishima offers the Japanese 100,000 yen (about $840) to cover moving costs and a monthly allowance for the first three years of living in the village. Here you can rent a three-bedroom house for 23,000 yen ($207) per month. And lastly, they give you a cow. One free cow!

Pitcairn Island, South Pacific

If you crave living on one of the most remote islands in the world, Pitcairn Island is for you. There are only 50 people here, so every immigrant gets free land in this island paradise. Alas, only one person has moved there since 2015.

Maybe because there is only one store on the island that is only open three days a week and everything needs to be ordered in advance from New Zealand? But if you like beaches and solitude, you might be the second person to move there.

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The greatest need in people is physiological. The need for food, clothing and a roof over our heads will exist as long as people live on planet Earth. Growing food is not an easy job, I myself know this work, since I grew up in the village. Therefore, everyone from the villages strives to get to the city, where they can earn more and work less physically. Regarding get more And work less– this is an illusion, everything in this world has its price!!! Only one thing is clear: by growing potatoes on 10 acres of garden, you can only feed your family (if the year is fruitful), but rich You won’t stop at this.

So, what needs to be done, what needs to be created so that the majority of people benefit from my product and satisfy their needs? Do you know what the paradox is? That most people on this planet do not ask themselves such questions, and 80% simply looking for a job, to receive money on your own physiological needs.

Then explain to me for whom or what there are words like purpose, self-realization, receive pleasure from work? And I was always interested to know: we we are working, to live, or we live, to work?

To answer these questions I will move to the plane of my values. What is of value to me in this world? Someone famous said that we we begin to appreciate something only when we lose it. For example, when do most people pay attention to their health? This is correct when we ourselves or one of our relatives start to get sick. That's when we start doing exercises, and healthy food consume, and plan vacations, otherwise there was no time for the last 10 years, and no one could replace them at work. When do most women start looking after themselves: figure, face, clothes, etc.? Mainly when the husband has a mistress. I urge you not to wait until the “roasted rooster pecks...”, but let’s start right now work with your values.

I appreciate Myself- as the greatest creation of nature, I value my Life, Health, Family Relationships , Friendship, I appreciate my Strengths, Partnership, Freedom of Choice. I appreciate what I do my job– this is my self-realization, I get pleasure from the fact that I can be useful to people.

If you don't enjoy your work- it means it’s not yours purpose in this world, change your job, do what you like, create your life, because it was given to you from above. Without fun, you create a product that no one wants to buy because it doesn't have positive energy, which means that it will not be able to fully satisfy the needs of the person who purchases it. If they don’t buy your product well, that means you have nothing to pay with. Everything in this world is subject to the law of “Cause-Effect”. Most complain that they receive little money, but this consequence what you are doing. A cause always your choice!

Just yesterday I heard the following phrase from my cosmetologist: “mostly people sell raw materials, goods, technologies, services, and today the most popular product is emotions». Emotions I am the most valuable human energy! Many people spend this energy on negative emotions, and then they say that no, they don’t have the strength or desire to do anything anymore. I am happy to visit my cosmetologist, because, in addition to the fact that she is a professional and does her job with pleasure, she also invests in each client positive emotions. Therefore, she has an appointment for two weeks in advance, while others sit and complain that they have no clients.

Let me summarize what was said above: for me Job and there is mine Life because I don't just make money, I creating quality product – Positive Emotions, which people really need and what I do brings me great pleasure, and, consequently, money, which I need for my needs!!!

I was inspired to write this article by thinking about why some products or services sell well, while others don't sell well or don't sell at all. Or why, for a higher price, we get fewer problems.

Everything that I will tell you is taken from my own experience.

So, I am now the owner of three businesses. Two directions are related to the production of souvenirs, and one is related to the production and sale of exclusive wood products. And, it was in these directions that I observed the following picture:

First picture. We produce “consumer consumer goods” goods, that is, the same as everyone else’s. In this case, we get the same result as everyone else. The fact is that we didn’t even think about a new exclusive product that would stand out among the general mass of products. We worked for a segment for which “everything is expensive,” I’ll call it that. The moment we realized that the product had to be special and different and began introducing new products, then larger sales began and the quality of customers became significantly higher.

Insight! The client pays 100 rubles for a magnet, but “survives” as if paying 10,000 rubles. In contrast, the situation at the moment is that the client buys an exclusive product, pays 10 times more for it, and at the same time remains grateful and recommends it to his friends. Just a brain explosion!

Second picture. I see her in business at Exclusive Wooden Products.

First, I will briefly describe what kind of business this is.

The business is based on the production of exclusive custom-made wooden products using laser cutting. Naturally, when I just started, there was no machine yet, but despite this, sales were very good. And the whole secret is that the product is drawn from scratch and to order, that is, two identical products, in principle, do not exist, with rare exceptions. In addition, the production cost is very low, and the selling price is huge. For example, the cost of a children's meter is 300-450 rubles, and the selling price is 1800-2400 rubles. You can calculate the profit yourself.

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Also, these products are in great demand, and people are willing to pay obviously good amounts for the products.

Now the business on exclusive wooden products brings net 250,000 -300,000 rubles per month. And I arrived at this amount literally within the first 6 months. You may ask why. It's simple! You don’t need money to start, I had 1800 rubles. In order to draw a high-quality layout you need to study a little, 1 week. No laser machine needed! You need a maximum of 1500-3000 rubles.

At the very beginning, I used social networks and contextual advertising to sell. Naturally, now there are already hired personnel, sales representatives, delivery and much more.

Why do people easily pay large sums for these products?

Let me show you a few finished products and you will understand why people are willing to pay.

The emotions that people feel when looking at these products and touching them prompt them to pay a large amount of money.

Plus, these same buyers brag to their friends and acquaintances. And as a result, the same paying clients come to you. And this wheel is gaining more and more momentum every day.

Stand out from your competitors, set a high price, and then the right target audience will come to you, ready to pay good amounts of money. And make a conclusion for yourself which client you want with money or sell “a lot :)” for pennies.

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Thanks to this scheme, you can start your own business on exclusive wooden products without investment and within a month you will make a profit of 90,000 rubles.

Today I thought about the topic of what people are willing to pay money for and the habits of the poor.

What we are willing to pay money for:

He will always pay for his good health, the good health of his children,

He will always strive to look younger (and youth must be paid for, believe me, the older we get, the stronger this desire),

Every day, take care of your snow-white smile (beautiful and healthy teeth are the key to a beautiful smile), hair, body,

Every day they want to drink clean water and eat fresh food.

Every housewife wants to have a well-kept home and at the same time spend less time and effort,

Each family will pay for the education of their children and their own education,

Absolutely every person will give gifts to their loved ones and relatives,

Look for answers to the most pressing questions: where and how to make money, where to learn it

But then you need your product to be in demand, among other similar ones. How to do this? The price=quality ratio is best solution, for which a grateful consumer will thank you in hard cash (with a growing bank account) for a long time.

10 habits that lead to poverty(Or 10 reasons not to be happy)

1. Feeling sorry for yourself.

Poverty-minded people feel sorry for themselves and believe that they are not destined to be rich. Some people feel sorry for themselves for being born a woman (because men have more opportunities), others feel sorry for themselves for full figure(because thin people get better jobs), some people mourn their height, nationality, skin color, religion of their ancestors, some people feel sorry for themselves for not getting married yet, others cry because of a ring on the ring finger or because of a divorce stamp, the young see the source of problems in inexperience, the elderly – in their age. What do you think, if a person feels sorry for himself because of some unimportant fact and focuses on it all day, what will the people around him do? Feeling sorry for yourself is great way find a multi-ton anchor that will stop you on the path of personal development and ensure eternal poverty. Feeling sorry for yourself is the most best method looking for low-paying jobs and finding a miserable existence.

2. Greed.

A constant search for a price tag with the inscription “Discount” and a store with a “Sale” banner, an unwillingness to pay for a good education for your children (because no one helped you), the desire to force the employees of your own company to work as much as possible for as little money as possible - these are sure signs that you already have the second habit of poor people. The desire for total savings is not a sign of wisdom, but an indicator that you are experiencing an imbalance of income and expenses and are approaching its resolution from the wrong direction. A person programmed for wealth is ready to pay their real value for things and generously reward the work of his assistants - and expects the same from others

3. Doing things you hate.

Katya hates washing dishes, but no one wants to help her. Ivan hates walking the dog, but is too lazy to build an enclosure for it. Sergei Petrovich becomes furious at the need to prepare a quarterly report, but none of his deputies are able to do it. Lisa despises being an auditor, but this is the only way she can pay for the loan she took out to buy a car last summer. All these people are prepared for failure and poverty - the reason for this is the feeling that the need to do unpleasant things evokes in them. The key to breaking the poor man's third habit is to do not what is necessary, but what gives the most satisfaction. Only in this area will you achieve excellent results!

4. Measuring success with money.

A poor man is sure that only having a certain amount of money can bring him joy. Only a certain amount in a bank account can give him the opportunity to feel happiness thanks to designer clothes, a beautiful mansion, travel, independence from a husband or parents, or leaving work. But practice shows that happiness never comes. A successful person measures happiness in units that are more meaningful than dollars, rubles or yuan. What exactly - everyone decides for themselves. (Debatable)

5. Spending more money than you can afford.

Credit cards and smiling bank employees will be happy to help you get out of debt. After all, a person who does not want to become successful does not want to understand the difference between a useful loan taken to develop his own business and a disastrous loan to buy a luxury foreign car or a huge mansion. Although many in the USA live on loans that are passed on from generation to generation.

6. Choosing instant benefits.

The desire to get everything immediately and to the maximum is an eternal characteristic of poor people. They are unable to understand that by getting a position with an average salary in a reputable company, in a few years you can have much more than if you pay attention only to how much you get in a month. Students who are ready to fail say that the institute only takes away their time, which could be spent on “making profits.” You can, for example, start working on the forex exchange, where forex trading signals provided by the service allow you to significantly increase your own deposits up to 10% monthly, making you a confident broker, or you can be left without your last pants on the same forex. (Hero in the picture for the post)

7. Whining.

Is life hard? Just terrible? There is discrimination, corruption, rudeness, crime all around - for you, to a normal person, there is no road to success? Every potential loser would agree with all this. The vaccine against this habit is creativity. Find unique opportunities to fight the vices of the external environment, emerge victorious from an initially unfavorable situation for you!

8. Comparing yourself with others.

Petya thinks that he is better than his classmates because he is the only one who graduated from the eighth grade with excellent marks. Vasya is sure that he is worse than all his friends, because he is the only one who does not work for summer holidays. Roma despises his brother because he doesn’t yet have a Lexus, which Roman bought yesterday. And Lena wants to strangle her friend because she has more fans. All these people have a well-developed eighth habit of a loser - the desire to compare themselves with others. Think about whether you need this habit or is it better to prevent the outside world from taking control of the inside?

9. Measuring wealth in money.

Truly rich people not only broke the connection between happiness and money (by getting rid of the fourth habit of the poor), but also crossed out the equal sign between the size of the account and the concept of wealth. Real wealth is the ability to attract money, create it from scratch, organize new types of business - and then you won’t be afraid of any tax taxes. prosecutors, no robbery or stolen credit card numbers. For real successful person does not depend on the volume of your own bag of gold.

10. Isolating yourself from your own family.

The greatest losers are those who alienate themselves from their family because their family members are unwilling to support them. difficult moment, borrow money, understand, share beliefs and the like. They do not understand that family is an excellent source of internal support that can be turned to when there is nothing else left in all other areas of life.