Has anyone ever tried to?..

[Simon_Says]

Being a new here, I do really hesitate if I'e chsen the right place to post my question. Sorry in advance, dear moderators, if I misunderstood something

I have a question: Has anyone of you tried to sell pieces of your design, or tutorials you make, descriptions of your unique effects you create yourself, etc.? I don't think my idea is fresh, so could you, please, share your oppinions and places, where you sell your digital knowledge.

Thank you in advance!

Simon says to answer :) Please!!!

[Drazan]

You can sell on stock photo sites. Print sites. make a subscription site to sell tutorials ( like www.lynda.com/)

It's all been done before with varying degrees of success.

[Simon_Says]

Many Thnxs for the advise.
I've also tried making a kind of a research, to find a place, where to sell my digital knowledge. There are actually so many places where I could sell my content. Most popular are http://www.amazon.com and http://www.lulu.com, as far as I understand. But I have also found smaller e-shops and even on-line communities, for example http://www.atbizz.com.
What do you think is better: try popular resources, or less popular, but specialized places?

[Broacher]

Years ago I decided to try out a pioneering 'expert knowledge' on-line system (can't even remember the name, something with 'brain' in the title). The premise was that people would post difficult technical questions and registered 'experts' would offer bids for a chance to answer them. What soon became apparent, at least to me, was that in a lot of areas-- and very strongly in graphic design -- the most popular experts were those that gave away their stuff. Hard to compete in that market. Especially when I learned that many of these people were working for companies and firms using the service as a way to 'advertise' or at least solicit their goods and services. Some of the guys I spoke to told me straight up that they were asked to 'volunteer' free answers as a gesture of good will and P.R. for the company in their sig lines.

Information age, knowledge systems-- and the cult of the amateur. Add them up and IMO, you do not get a profitable picture--unless you own (rent) the real estate on which the giveaways take place.

[PrintDriver]

The gold miners never got rich. But check out the saloons and hardware shops...:D

[Broacher]

^ zactly.

"In theory, practice and theory are the same thing. In practice, they're not."