Quick question: what have you been sitting on that other people might actually find useful?

Most people who sign up on Selar think they need to become “creators” before they can sell anything. Like they need followers, a big idea, or a full course before they can start. That is not true.

Most sellers start small. They take something they already know or have done and simply package it in a way others can learn from. If you want to see what that looks like once it snowballs, these are stories worth revisiting from people who started exactly where you are now.

So let’s make this easy. Here are 11 things you can create and sell, starting from where you are right now.

1. Your experience

Think about what you have learned from your job or life so far. Whether you are a doctor, DJ, restaurant owner, teacher, student, freelancer, or business owner, there are things you know today that someone else is still struggling to figure out. That gap is valuable. Seyi Obasi turned his immigration knowledge into a six-figure consultancy simply by packaging what he already knew.

2. Your best recipes

If people already ask you how you make certain meals, you can turn that into a simple ebook. Fareedah Abdulsalaam combined digital strategy with her recipes and built a business around exactly this.

3. Study notes

If you are good at breaking down topics, your notes can help someone else understand faster and pass exams. Pair them with a simple structure using this guide to selling ebooks online and you are ready to go.

4. Templates

CVs, budgets, planners, proposals, content calendars. Anything that saves people time. If you are not sure what format to package them in, this guide on repurposing digital products into 5 income streams shows you how one template idea can become several products.

5. Checklists

Simple step by step guides for things like planning, exams, travel, or starting a business. Small, focused, and easy to price.

6. Guides

Explain how you achieved something in a way someone else can follow. WakaWaka Doctor sold over 1,000 copies of his ebook in four months by doing exactly this.

7. Workout plans

If you have built a routine that works for you, someone else will want it. Ransford earns $5,000 a month on Selar helping clients build confidence through fitness, starting from a plan he already had.

8. Teaching materials

Lesson notes, worksheets, assignments, and anything educators already use. If this is your lane, our guide on making ₦1M monthly selling online courses is worth a read.

9. Hobby skills

Cooking, photography, makeup, fitness, gaming, and gardening. If you are good at it, it can be sold. Busayo Joan went from makeup artist to building a content writing business, and her story is a good example of a hobby turning into something bigger.

10. Resource lists

Tools, suppliers, websites, contacts. Anything that saves people research time. These are some of the simplest products to put together because you likely already have the list saved somewhere.

11. Your process

How do you stay organised, find clients, manage your time, or run your work? People are more curious about this than you think. Ten essential content buckets for creators can help you figure out how to talk about your process consistently.

The product was already there

The truth is simple. If someone has ever asked you, “How did you do that?”, there is probably a product hiding in that answer. You do not need followers. You do not need to feel like a creator. You just need to start with what you already know.

If you want more ideas before you decide, here are 10 ways Nigerian creators are already making money doing exactly this.

So here is a small challenge for you. Pick one thing from this list and turn it into your first product today.

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