With Shopify's Digital Downloads app, you can upload files like songs,
videos and graphic art as products on your store.
When a customer purchases the digital product, they receive an email to download the file.
Today, I’m going to teach you how to create a new digital product with the free Shopify app
Digital Downloads. Now let’s get started!
Hey everyone, Casey here! Before we get started,
you need to have the Shopify free app, Digital Downloads available on the Shopify app store.
To find the link for that check out the description below.
Starting in your Shopify admin, click “Products” and then click “Add product”.
Enter the information for your digital product like the Title, Description, Media, and Pricing.
Fill out anything applicable in the organization section like product type,
vendor, collections and tags.
To see a step-by-step video of what details to include when adding a new product,
click on the link above.
In this example, I’m adding an ebook.
After you add the product information, scroll to the Inventory section of the page.
This section might look different if you only have one location for your business.
In the AlyAthletics store, there are three locations available to track inventory.
If you have multiple locations,
like in this example, then you need to keep the box “Track quantity” checked.
And, you need to set the inventory level in at least one location to save the product properly.
I suggest adding inventory for all shipping locations.
This will prevent checkout issues later on if you’ve created custom Shipping Profiles.
For more information on shipping profiles, click the link below.
I’m adding a quantity of 500 in all of our locations, but if you want to limit
how many digital products you sell, then edit the quantity to suit your particular business needs.
If you don’t have multiple locations, then this is what you see in the
inventory section on the product page. You can add inventory quantity in the same way.
I also select “Continue selling when out of stock”,
because I want this product to always be available.
Next, in the shipping section, uncheck “This is a physical product”. You only
need this checked for products that you need to package and ship.
You might also want to include individual variants for this product.
This is useful if you sell digital art and offer different resolution sizes,
or if you sell individual songs.
I’m not including any variants in this product, because I’m selling an ebook
in one format. Script
To make sure this product isn’t purchased without the digital file attached,
toggle to “Draft” under “Product status” at the top of the page.
Then, click “Save”.
Now it’s time to add your digital file to your new product.
Under the product title, click “More actions” and then click “Add Digital Attachment”.
Remember, you only see this option if the Digital Downloads app is installed in your store.
When you click this link, it takes you to the Digital Downloads app page.
Before you add the digital file, you need to make sure the file is saved and ready for upload.
When you prepare the digital file, here’s a few things to remember.
The maximum file size you can upload is 5 gigabytes.
You can only upload one digital file per product variant.
You can’t upload file folders, so if you need multiple files,
then you use a .zip file or another archive file
From here, click “Upload file” to select the file that you want to attach to the product.
If you attach a large file, then it might take a little longer to upload.
If you have multiple variants, then you need to upload a file to each individual variant.
After you’re done uploading all your digital files, click “View in your Shopify admin”.
This takes you back to your product details page.
Now that the digital file is attached to your product, you need to set the product status as
“Active” so customers can purchase it. Remember to click “Save” when you’re done.
Your new digital download is now available for customers to purchase
and download. Script
Click “Preview” to see the new product in your online store.
Now you know how to create a new product with the Digital Downloads app!
If you still have questions, check out help.shopify.com