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Our test status: IN PROGRESSstarted 2026-04-23

Testing with a B2B outbound email prompt pack priced at $27. Listing copy, prompt pack, and launch plan are in our GitHub repo.

M01 · product

Selling AI Prompts on Gumroad

Package specialized prompts for a specific profession and sell them on Gumroad, PromptBase, or Etsy.

Startup cost
$0–30
Monthly tools
$20–30
Time to first $
2–4 weeks
Month-3 income
$100–500/mo
Year-1 range
$500–3,000/mo
Known ceiling
$8,000/mo
Risk
2/5
Saturation
4/5
Revenue model
one off
> Why we're testing this

Claimed to be the fastest-starting AI side hustle ($0 upfront, 2-week first sale). We want to know whether 'niche + depth' actually beats 'mega-bundle + SEO'. Our test will publish actual sales data, refund rate, and time spent.

> Who it's for
  • · Knowledge worker (remote tech/mkt/finance)
  • · Technical solo founder
  • · Student / beginner
> Skills needed
  • writinglevel 3/5
  • marketinglevel 2/5
  • Overall technical level1/5
> Verified case studies
$5,000/mo · 12 months
PromptBase top sellers (public leaderboard)

Top 1% of PromptBase sellers report $5-8k/mo. Most sellers (60%+) under $100/mo.

$776/mo · 12 months
Etsy shop 'promptsforcreators' (public sales count)

2,715 sales × ~$3.43 avg = ~$9,312 lifetime. ~$776/mo first-year run rate.

$1,500/mo · 6 months
humai.blog — 'Prompt Library as a Digital Product' (2026)

Mid-tier sellers with niche packs + Gumroad funnel: $1-5k/mo typical range after 6 months.

> Tools & platforms
platforms: Gumroad, PromptBase, Etsy
tools: ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo), Gumroad account (free)
> Risks we're watching
  • · Platform saturation — PromptBase alone has 260k+ listings
  • · Generic prompts get ignored; only niche packs sell consistently
  • · No recurring revenue — every sale is one-time
> Scam red flags for this method
  • · '500 ChatGPT prompts bundle' — sign of quantity-over-quality PLR pack.
  • · Any course that promises '$5k/month selling prompts in 30 days.'
> Legal / compliance
  • · Disclose AI involvement where platform requires (Etsy does; Gumroad doesn't).
  • · Do not sell prompts that include copyrighted text inside the prompt body.
> when we finish testing

We'll publish the full receipts — actual sales, refund rate, hours spent, what we'd do differently. Join the waitlist to get it first.

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aiatm.ai / previewest. 2026