I want to sell PNG files, how will they be downloaded by customer?

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I want to sell PNG files but i’m not finding a way to upload for them to download. Is there pr

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Hi @Susie619

Hope you’re having a great day!

Selling Digital Goods (PDF, PNG, JPEG, etc.)

When you add a product to your store, you can uncheck the shipping checkbox to indicate that you are selling a digital product or service instead of a physical product. You’ll also need to use an app to provide a download link to your product.

Disable shipping for a digital product

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. From the Products page, select a product or create a product.

  3. In the Shipping section of the product page, uncheck This is a physical product.

  4. Click Save.

Digital download apps

To provide a download link to your customers for a digital product, you must use an app from the Shopify App Store. For example, the Shopify Digital Downloads app is a free and simple app that you can use.

Other third-party apps are also available on the Shopify App Store. Choose the app that best suits your needs.

Examples of Apps for your case

There are also a number of sales and marketing tools you’ll want to consider for selling digital products, depending on your needs:

  1. Digital Downloads. This free app by Shopify offers a simple way to sell digital products on your own website. Upon purchase, customers can download their file immediately and receive a link in their email.
  2. SendOwl. For more complex digital product businesses, SendOwl comes with a variety of features and useful automation, like expiring links and auto-generated license keys, to power your products.
  3. FetchApp. FetchApp is another digital download delivery app that offers fewer features than SendOwl but has a free plan available (5 MB of storage) and gives you the ability to attach multiple files to a single product.
  4. Sky Pilot or Bold Memberships. These apps are ideal for building a membership program. You can sell files and exclusive video streams to customers. Customers can then access all of their previously purchased files through their own customer accounts.

Beyond these digital product delivery systems, there are other Shopify apps to power and protect your digital goods, such as:

  • Pasilobus Armor. If you want extra protection for visual products like stock photos, this app offers most of the security measures you may need, from watermarks to source code protection.
  • Disable Right-Click. When your content is your product, this app helps you protect it from theft. You can lock images and text so they can’t be saved or copied without your permission.

Depending on your needs, these apps and more can be used together to help you incorporate digital products into your Shopify store and execute any of the digital products examples below.

## Configure email templates

After you have configured a digital product or service, you might want to customize your email templates so that customers will know what to expect with their order:

  • When selling a digital download, most digital download apps will send an email with a download link to a customer.
  • When selling a service, you’ll need to describe in the email template how the service works to ensure that your customers understand what you provide.

For more information about email templates, see Set up your email templates.

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Hi @Susie619 ,

This is Victor from PageFly - Landing page builder

Yes, you can sell digital products like PNG files on Shopify. To allow customers to download the files after purchase, you can use a digital product delivery app or feature that integrates with Shopify.

Here are the steps to upload and sell your PNG files on Shopify:

  1. Go to your Shopify admin panel and click on “Products” from the left-hand menu.

  2. Click on the “Add product” button to create a new product.

  3. Fill in the product details, such as title, description, price, and images.

  4. Scroll down to the “Variants” section and click on “Add variant.”

  5. In the “Variant” section, select “Digital product” as the product type.

  6. Upload your PNG file as the digital product.

  7. Set the download limit and expiration date for the digital product, if needed.

  8. Save the product and publish it to your online store.

  9. To enable customers to download the file after purchase, you can use a digital product delivery app like Digital Downloads or SendOwl. These apps will automatically send a download link to the customer’s email address after the purchase is complete.

Hope my answer will help you.

Best regards,

Victor | PageFly