$1,400 in Pre-Sales (Digital Product)

Gene Maryushenko writes about his experience pre-selling a digital product via Gumroad, to the tune of $1400 💵

The product is Tailwind CSS React Application Components. 

Yeah, I’m not sure what that is either, but no worries. The important takeaway is that Gene was able to leverage his audience of ~5000 followers on Twitter for the pre-sale.

Gene’s advice if you don’t already have an audience…

I would start hanging out where your potential customers hang out – Facebook groups, Slack channels, here on indie hackers by providing something of value. Your goal is to tease out what’s coming, but also to build rapport and trust. You want people to be familiar with who you are before you even show them anything for sale.

Also, this tweet from Gene, about shutting down another of his products, speaks to the highs and lows of entrepreneurship 🎢