Last updated on 25 September 2022
Adding digital products to Shopify is much easier than you think. It can be quite overwhelming if You haven’t done this before, so I’m going to make it as easy as possible!
Shopify’s system doesn’t have an in-built method for selling digital products. You need to install a free app from their app store. There are a few options but most of them are not easy to use and have many limitations, but we have a solution that works for everyone.
Quick overview
Go to Shopify’s app store and install Downloadable Digital Assets for free and begin uploading your digital products. Simply attach those digital products to your relevant Shopify products, and now you’re done and ready to start selling.
Adding digital products to Shopify
It’s super simple to add digital products. If you want to watch a video tutorial, scroll to the bottom and take a look.
We’re going to talk about a specific app that’s staff picked by Shopify. It gives you up to 2GB on the free plan and opens up many opportunities for you to grow when your store grows.
Step 1 – Go to the Shopify dashboard
Once you have logged into Shopify, you can follow the next steps below.
1. Click ‘Settings’ located in the bottom-left
2. Go to ‘Apps and sales channels’
3. Click on ‘Customize your store’
Step 2 – Search for ‘Digital Assets’ & click ‘Add app’
Or you can click this link – Downloadable Digital Assets and install it. This will install the free plan which has more features and upgrade options than Shopify’s version.
Step 3 – Upload your digital files
- Go to the “Assets” page
- Click the “Upload new assets” button
- Upload your digital files
Step 4 – Attach your digital files to your products
- Click on your uploaded asset
- Go to the search box and find products to attach it to
- Repeat the process for all assets
Another method to attach assets to products
You can also attach files to your products from the “Product” page.
- Go to “Products”
- Then click on a product
- Use the search box to attach assets to this product
Step 5 – Customize your settings to suit your brand
There are so many options to customize your store. Take a look through the settings and make sure it is all set up as you want.
Done
It’s truly as simple as that to add digital products to Shopify. Once your digital files are attached to the relevant products, the app will automatically send download emails to your customers once they purchase.
The app will also automatically fulfil all digital products in an order, leaving all physical products unfulfilled.
This means it completely automates your digital products, while you can still control and manually fulfil your physical products (if you are selling both physical and digital).
Selling large digital files? Go check our guide on the best route to sell large digital files on Shopify.