Launching a product is one thing, selling it and effectively is another. This week, I shifted from design mode to sales strategy mode as I prepared to launch my Study Abroad in Korea Survival Kit, a digital bundle that combines a polished PDF guide and interactive Google Sheet. 

After weeks of building, refining, and polishing, my digital product is complete and almost ready for launch.

The Study Abroad in Korea Survival Kit started as an idea to make studying in Seoul less overwhelming for future students, and now it’s a designed, interactive resource packaged for the market.

If the early weeks of building my Study Abroad in Korea Survival Kit were about getting all my ideas on paper, this past week was about refining them into something that actually looks and feels like a real product.

The “middle mile” of development is tricky and it’s easy to feel stuck between drafting and final polish. But it’s also where the biggest progress happens.

The first week of building my Study Abroad in Korea Survival Kit has been an eye-opening experience.

I went in thinking the hardest part would be coming up with content, but the bigger challenge was narrowing down what truly belongs in my MVP (minimum viable product) versus what can wait as “nice-to-have” extras.

In Week 1, I explored three possible digital products: a Social Media Template Bundle, an Academic Planner, and a Korea Travel Kit. That stage was all about understanding the market and identifying opportunities where I could apply both design and personal experience.

I’ve always been drawn to the space where creativity and business overlap. More specifically, where design isn’t just about looking nice, but about actually solving problems and making people’s lives easier.