This Simple AI Strategy Turns $27 Into $11,000/Month (Here’s How)
Everyone on YouTube is telling you to use AI to slap together a digital product and start making money overnight. I’m going to be honest with you — most of those people are selling you a fantasy.
I’m not saying AI isn’t powerful. It is. But the way most people are using it, they’re setting themselves up to fail. And I can prove it because I’ve watched it happen hundreds of times.
In this post, I’ll show you the simple AI strategy that took one creator from a $27 product to $11,000/month — and break down exactly how you can do the same.
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Why Generic AI Products Are Dead
Here’s what I see every day: Someone opens ChatGPT, makes an ebook or a planner, throws it up for sale. And then… crickets.
Here’s the thing nobody’s telling you: AI just killed the generic information digital product.
If someone wants a workout routine, a meal plan, or a business template, they can ask ChatGPT for free in 10 seconds. So why would they pay you $27 for something AI gives them for free?
They won’t. Unless they’re buying from you — not a random product. You.
That’s the shift most people are completely missing.
The 6 Purchasing Triggers That Make People Buy
You start with an impulse buy product — something priced between $7 and $37. Low enough that someone doesn’t have to think twice about buying it.
But it has to hit what I call a purchasing trigger. I’ve identified six psychological triggers that make people pull out their credit card:
- Does it make them money?
- Does it save them money?
- Does it save them time?
- Does it move them toward happiness?
- Does it move them away from pain?
- Does it raise their social status?
The products I see selling the best hit the first two — they potentially make someone money or save them money. Because those solve expensive problems.
Someone will pay $27 for a tax-saving checklist way faster than $27 for a gratitude journal.
Test Fast With MiloTree
You’re not just creating any AI product — you’re creating a specific product for a specific person that hits a specific trigger. And you can test this incredibly fast.
In my MiloTree dashboard, I click “digital product,” give it a name, a price, and a short description. With the press of a button, MiloTree generates an AI sales page for me.
I can tweak a few things and I’m done. Live sales page, ready to share. 15 minutes, start to finish. No website, no complicated tech.
If it sells, great — build on it. If it doesn’t, no problem. Tweak it or try another idea. The speed of testing is everything when you’re starting out.
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The Product Ladder: How $27 Becomes $11,000/Month
The impulse buy isn’t the real business. It’s just the beginning.
Most people think the game is: make a product, find customers, make another product, find more customers. That’s not only exhausting — it doesn’t scale.
The people making real money are doing something completely different. They sell that first impulse buy, then they nurture that customer. They deliver value, follow up, and build a relationship. And that same customer buys their $47 product, their $97 product, then their $297 product.
That’s the product ladder strategy, and it’s so much easier than constantly chasing new customers.
Real Example: Bethany’s Story
I watched one creator, Bethany, start with a $27 planner — nothing fancy. She started selling it, then kept showing up for her customers. She added a $47 guide, then a $97 bundle.
Within six months: $11,000 a month with her membership. Same audience. Same people buying from her again and again.
Here’s the truth: It’s always cheaper to keep a customer than to find a totally new one. When someone trusts you enough to buy once, they’ll buy again if you deliver.
Learn more about how to increase revenue with order bumps and upsells.
The AI Trust Crisis Is Coming
This might be the most important thing I say in this entire post.
We’re entering what I call the AI trust crisis. AI can write anything. It can generate images, video, and voices that sound real. People are starting to question everything: Is this real? Is this person real? Is this product just ChatGPT junk in a pretty template?
That skepticism is only going to get worse.
The creators who win are the ones who feel real — who have a point of view, who show up as themselves.
Build Your Micro Brand
I call it building a micro brand. You don’t need a million followers. You just need a niche where people know you, trust you, and think: “When I need help with this, I go to her (or him).”
AI can copy your products. AI can’t copy you.
Use AI aggressively. Let it be your factory. But you are the brand — your knowledge, your expertise, your personality. That’s what people are paying for.
Start building that micro brand now. Even 50 people who trust you. You’ll be so far ahead when everyone else is drowning in AI-generated sameness.
Your 3-Step Action Plan
Here’s what I need you to do right now — not later:
Step 1: Grab My Free Product Goldmine AI Prompt
Paste it into ChatGPT. It’ll help you find your first profitable product idea that hits those purchasing triggers.
👉 Download the free Product Goldmine AI Prompt
Step 2: Put That Product Up for Sale on MiloTree
MiloTree is free to start — no credit card required. When you’re making sales and want to sell unlimited products, upsells, and freebies, our Grow Plan is just $19/month.
Step 3: Start Building Your Micro Brand
This is not a get-rich-quick strategy. But it is a get-rich-for-real strategy.
The window to building trust with real people is shrinking every day. The creators who start now are the ones who will still be standing in two years, three years, five years. The ones who wait? They’re going to become invisible.