What to sell — Meal prep guides
Sell your meal prep guide
A meal prep guide sells organisation more than cooking: a week of menus, the shopping list already written, the order to cook things in, and how long each container keeps. Buyers pay for the decisions you take off their plate. The PDF arrives automatically after checkout, and every Sunday prep you film is the demo.
Meal prep is less about cooking than about logistics — and logistics sell. Weekly menus, a shopping list that’s already done, the prep order, the storage times: your Sunday is a system your audience wants to copy exactly.
That’s what separates a meal prep guide from a cookbook. Nobody is buying dishes here; they’re buying something that still holds up on Thursday night.
Novoca puts that system on sale from your @: sales page written, card payments, PDF delivered automatically after every purchase.
€0/month. Novoca only earns when you sell.
Payouts currently require a French bank account.
Products that sell in this niche
- ◆Four weeks of menus + shopping lists sorted by aisle
- ◆Muscle-gain meal prep: five dinners, doubled quantities
- ◆Seasonal vegetarian batch cooking
- ◆Family meal prep: one prep, four plates
- ◆20 office lunchboxes that survive the commute
- ◆Student meal prep: one hob, one budget
Why this niche works
The promise is measurable
“Two hours on Sunday, five dinners handled” tells the buyer exactly what they’re trading. A time saving with a number on it is the shortest sales argument there is.
The shopping list is the value
Recipes are everywhere. What isn’t: the consolidated list sorted by aisle, the cooking order that runs two burners and an oven at once, and how many days each dish actually keeps.
One season, one edition
Winter menus, summer menus, back-to-school: the structure stays, the content changes. September buyers come back in January without you inventing a new product.
Questions about this niche.
What makes a meal prep guide different from a recipe ebook?+
The system. A weekly plan, one consolidated shopping list, a prep order, containers and storage times. The recipes are in there, but what people pay for is not having to decide.
What goes in it, concretely?+
Four weeks of menus, a shopping list per week sorted by aisle, a timed prep session (what to start first, what to do while it cooks), quantities for one or two people, fridge and freezer times, and two or three backup plans for the Thursday when nothing went as planned.
Can I talk macros and calories?+
Listing indicative values for your own dishes is fine. Building a personalised eating plan around someone’s body or health is a different job, and a regulated one in many countries — check your local rules. Keep the menus general, and leave weight-loss promises out of it.
What should I charge for a meal prep guide?+
Market benchmark, not a promise: €9 to €15 for a full month (four weeks of menus with their shopping lists). Specialised editions — muscle gain, vegetarian, family of four — hold the top of that range.
How does the money reach my account?+
Through Stripe, straight to your bank account. You can publish and sell before your payment account is activated: past three sales or €150 pending, the storefront pauses until you connect your bank details — that’s the grace period. Novoca takes 10% per sale and Stripe processing fees (1.5% + €0.25) apply on top.
My menus won’t suit everyone.+
Good. Put the scope in the title — vegetarian, dairy-free, family of four — and you filter out the wrong buyers before they pay. A guide built to suit everyone suits no one in particular.
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