What's So Great About Selling Digital Information Products?

For many years, I built and operated a number of different companies. Amongst them were a candle factory, a construction company, a board game production, and a fish store. Not one of them could come close to providing the freedom and ease of operation given to me by selling digital information products.

Although every one of these ventures gave me the freedom of being my own boss, they enslaved me in other ways. If you're not careful, running a business can do that to you.

With the candle factory, I required a large warehouse space for my wax vats and candle-hanging racks. This meant I had to make more money just to cover my overhead costs. It also added a lot of pressure on those months when candle sales were down.

Running a construction company came with the burden of having to hire and train employees. The constant supervision of workers whose reliability was often questionable, was like a set of shackles around my ankles. Added to that was the stress induced by tight deadlines, material delays, and last-minute design changes.

The board game company would have been a great venture to run, if it hadn't been for the high cost of creating short-run printings of the games and boxes. With costs increasing, it was impossible to compete with the giants in the industry.

Being the proprietor of a fish store ranks as the worst of my ventures - and not just because of the smell. Operating a retail outlet snares you into the same 9 to 5 grind as those poor souls with a job. Even worse, the hours are much longer when you're the boss.

Being an infopreneur has finally given me true freedom. It has provided it in a way those other ventures never could ...