Digital Goods are downloadable files you can sell to your customers. The Digital Goods settings can be found in the Shopping Cart Administration Area under Products > Digital Goods.
Method 1 - Upload
To set up a file for sale, follow the steps below.
- Click on Products > Digital Goods.
- Click "Choose File" to upload the file.
- If you want to limit the number of times a customer can download a file after ordering, set the limit in the Download Limitations box.
- If you want to limit the amount of time customers have to download a file after ordering, set the Max Time Download hours and minutes.
- Click the Save button.
- Click Products > View All > Add New.
- Enter a name, description and price for the downloadable file.
- Under Digital Good, select the file you uploaded in step 2.
- Click the Save button.
- You should now be on the product HTML page. Select the HTML code in the "Add to Cart button without quantity box" and copy/paste it to the product HTML file on your website.
NOTE: We include 500MB of free data transfer on digital goods. Our rates beyond 500MB can be found on our pricing page.
Method 2 - Link to file
There are no additional fees to use Method 2. To set up a file for sale, follow the steps below.
- Upload the file to your server. Your web hosting provider will offer you FTP or other tools to do this.
- Log in to the cart admin and click on Products > Digital Goods.
- If you want to limit the number of times a customer can download a file after ordering, set the limit in the Download Limitations box.
- If you want to limit the amount of time customers have to download a file after ordering, set the Max Time Download hours and minutes.
- Click the Save button.
- Click Products > View All > Add New.
- Enter a name, description and price for the downloadable file.
- Under Digital Good, enter the File URL that points to the file you are selling.
- Click the Save button.
- You should now be on the product HTML page. Select the HTML code in the "Add to Cart button without quantity box" and copy/paste it to the product HTML file on your website.
FAQ
Yes. They can add as many product/files to their shopping cart as they wish. After a customer has successfully completed their order, a download link for each file will display.
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