Digital Products: Where Everyone's an Expert at Calling Others a Scam

Oh, you think digital product creators are just selling "how to sell courses about selling courses"?

Laughs in backend systems integration

Let's Talk About What You Think This Is:

You: "It's just people selling dreams!" Reality: Stares in ConvertKit configurations, Zapier automations, and WordPress debugging

You: "They're just teaching what they learned from someone else!" Also You: Went to college to learn from professors who learned from other professors

The Uncomfortable Truth About Digital Products:

Want to know why people sell courses about:

  • Marketing?

  • Sales?

  • Tech systems?

  • Backend automation?

BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF TO SUCCEED!

Shocking, I know 🤯

Here's What Actually Happens When You Start a Digital Business:

Day 1: "I'll just put my knowledge online!" Day 2: Stares at 47 browser tabs about:

  • Payment processors

  • Email marketing platforms

  • Landing page builders

  • Automation tools

  • CRM systems

  • Analytics tracking

  • Legal requirements

  • Tax implications

Day 3: "Oh shit, I need to learn some things."

The Real Tea About Digital Business Education:

Is it a scam that people charge to teach this stuff? Let's see:

  • Tech schools charge to teach tech

  • Business schools charge to teach business

  • Trade schools charge to teach trades

But someone charging to teach digital business skills is somehow controversial?

Make it make sense. 🤔

"But They're Just Selling Information!"

Unlike:

  • Universities

  • Books

  • Conferences

  • Workshops

  • Consulting

  • Mentoring

  • Training programs

  • Every other form of education ever

But go off, I guess.

The ACTUAL Problems in Digital Education:

Let's address the real issues:

  1. The "6-figures in 6 minutes" promises

  2. The "just copy my template" nonsense

  3. The "passive income while you sleep" fantasy

  4. The "no skills needed" lies

These aren't digital product problems. These are MARKETING problems.

A Reality Check for the Critics:

You think it's just about:

  • Making pretty PDFs

  • Recording some videos

  • Writing some emails

  • Posting on social media

Meanwhile, actual digital product creators are:

  • Learning complex tech stacks

  • Mastering multiple platforms

  • Managing customer service

  • Handling legal compliance

  • Creating secure systems

  • Building reliable automation

  • Constantly updating their skills

But sure, tell me more about how it's "easy money." 🙄

Plot Twist: People Need This Education

Because:

  • Tech evolves constantly

  • Systems get more complex

  • Regulations change

  • Platforms update

  • Security matters

  • Automation breaks

And contrary to popular belief, this stuff doesn't download directly into your brain through osmosis.

The Truth Nobody Wants to Hear:

Building a digital product business requires:

  • Technical skills

  • Marketing knowledge

  • Sales understanding

  • Systems thinking

  • Legal awareness

  • Business acumen

And yes, people can charge to teach these skills. Just like every other educational institution on the planet

Before You Scream "SCAM":

Ask yourself:

  • Could you build a secure checkout system?

  • Do you understand email deliverability?

  • Can you create automated workflows?

  • Do you know digital privacy laws?

  • Have you managed customer databases?

No?

THEN MAYBE PEOPLE TEACHING THIS STUFF HAVE VALUE.

The Bottom Line:

Are there sketchy players in the digital education space? Absolutely.

But calling all digital product education a scam is like calling all colleges a scam because some diploma mills exist.

Maybe, just maybe:

  • Learning is valuable

  • Skills take time to develop

  • Education can be worth paying for

  • Complex systems require training

And perhaps: Your dismissive attitude says more about your ignorance than the industry's legitimacy.

 
 

P.S. To the digital course creators: Stop promising "passive income" and "overnight success." You're making us all look bad. Thanks, Management. 😉

P.P.S. Processed this 3am epiphany with my AI thinking partner because real breakthroughs don't wait for business hours, and my human friends have this thing called 'sleep.' Want 24/7 processing power? That's exactly why I created the Permission to Process Guide.

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