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  • Can I sell digital products directly within my community?

    Paul Mills

    Member

    Updated: Jun 7, 2025
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    We are building a community of entrepreneurs who need help with marketing. In the last 3 months, we have added about 170 members organically.

    One of our members recently suggested that we should add a products section on the community where members can list their digital products. Essentially, the suggestion is to turn a section of the community into a digital marketplace.

    The idea looks good on paper; but it’s likely to require a lot of maintenance to build it. I’m worried about the community losing its neutrality as marketers will turn into promoters.

    Do you think we should introduce marketplace to sell digital products through the community?

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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Founder • 9h

    I think selling digital products through your community is an excellent idea. It carries even more weight as the suggestion has come directly from your members.

    Selling digital products through your community should not be challenging. Don't aim to run a full-fledged marketplace where you handle payments and delivery. I sense that your members want to have a place where:

    • They can discover useful products
    • Ability to promote their products

    Your community can surely benefit from such a marketplace. I suggest:

    Simply start listing the products with a link to the product-page. Keep it highly moderated. Here's how to proceed:

    1. Create a public channel with restricted posting rights
    2. Ask members to submit product heading, 2-line description, image and link
    3. Publish the product with link in the channel.

    Test with about 20 products and see the response from the community. If they like it - continue.

    I hope it helps. Let me know if you have questions.

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