Tariffs Will Not Touch Your Code. Why Developers Should Sell Digital Products in 2026.

Tariffs are pushing prices up. Beef +9.4%. Apparel +5.6%. Physical goods are getting expensive. But code? Templates? Digital assets? Zero tariffs. Zero shipping. 70-95% margins. The digital goods market crossed $124B in 2026. And if you're a developer, you probably have assets sitting on your hard drive that could generate income right now. What Devs Are Selling CLI tools and scripts - $10-50 per license API wrappers and SDKs - subscription or one-time Boilerplate templates - Next.js, Django, Rails starters VS Code extensions - freemium with paid features Notion/productivity templates - surprisingly lucrative AI prompt packs - $20-50 for curated collections 3D models and game assets - AR/VR demand keeps growing The Platform Tax Problem Platform Commission Gumroad 10% Creative Market 50% TurboSquid 40-60% 3DIMLI 0% At 100 sales of a $29 product: Gumroad: you keep $2,610 3DIMLI: you keep $2,900 That is $290 more. Scale to 1000 sales and it is $2,900 in your pocket, not theirs. What Makes