Field notes from the skill economy
Guides, playbooks, and honest write-ups on buying and selling Claude Skills & Agents — pricing, packaging, discovery, and the workflows people actually use.
Seller Playbook
7 postsI Sold 500 Copies of My First Claude Skill. Most of My Decisions Were Wrong
A meeting-notes summarizer, $7 of misplaced humility, and the 20-minute email that became my roadmap. A candid post-mortem on everything I got backwards on the way to 512 sales.
Pricing Psychology: Why $39 Beats $40 for Digital Skills
One penny separates $39 from $40, and buyers treat them like different planets. Here's the psychology behind the number on your skill's listing — and how to pick one that sells.
Pricing Your Claude Skill: A Seller's Field Guide
Too high and nobody clicks. Too low and nobody trusts it. Here's how to find the number that actually maximizes your take-home on a buy-once marketplace — and why the cheap mistake is the one to fear.
What Buyers Wish Sellers Knew About Skill Listings
One-time purchase, no refund, no cancel button. Here's what your listing has to prove before I'll click Download — written by the person doing the clicking.
Writing Skills That Don't Sound Like a Robot Wrote Them
Buyers can spot generic AI prose from across the room. If you're selling a writing skill, here's how to build one that produces copy people actually paste into a real document and ship.
From Prompt to Product: Packaging Your Prompt Library as a Sellable Skill
A folder of prompts that works for you is not a product. It's a head start. Here's the actual work of turning one into a skill a stranger will pay for and trust.
SEO for Skill Listings: How to Make Your Claude Skill Show Up in Search
The best skill nobody can find earns nothing. A practical guide to writing titles, descriptions, and tags that rank — in marketplace search and on Google — with a real before/after rewrite.