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BIG Digital Download
  • Welcome <3
    • 😇Welcome to Big Digital Download
  • MOST ASKED QUESTIONS
    • 🚀How to create my first digital product?
    • ❌How to prevent the sharing of digital files?
    • 🔑How to configure and sell license keys?
    • ⚡How to add a download button in the thank you page
    • ⚡How to add a download button in customer accounts page
    • 👷How to test if my digital products are correctly set up?
    • 🚚How to disable the shipping for free products?
    • 👁️How to hide the price on the product page?
    • 👁️How to hide the quantity on the product page?
    • 📂Why Customers have an issue while downloading the files?
    • 🎢My customers see an error message "maximum limit reached" how do I get rid of it?
    • 👨‍💻Prevent Download Issues: VPN Compatibility with Big Digital Download
    • 🗃️How to zip files so people can download everything at once?
    • 📬Customer don't receive their files through email, why?
    • 🍎How to Migrate from Another App to Big Digital Download
      • 🍇Can we bulk add files?
      • 🟢Can we import digital products from another app such as filemonk or Digital Download by Shopify?
      • How to Import Shopify Past Orders into Big Digital Download from Another App
    • 🍇Can we bulk add products?
    • 🍇Can we bulk add files?
    • 😡Why customers can't download their files right after they bought it?
    • 😡There's no page to download the files after a purchase
    • 💆‍♂️How can I use files already uploaded to Big Digital Download app for other digital products?
    • 🔗Can I add a hyperlink to the email sent to my customers?
    • 🛑Why my shopify order shows in "hold"?
    • 🔖Can Big Digital Download app stamp my PDF?
    • ❌My uploads keep failing
    • 📩Can I change the sender address for emails sent by the app Big Digital Download?
    • 🇪🇸Why File Downloads from Big Digital Download May Not Work in Spain (Cloudflare Issue)
    • How to edit/change the text/copy in the emails that are sent out to the customers?
    • 🌏How to make this app works with multilanguage?
    • 🐢My customers say the download speed is slow
    • 🎨Can I change the design of the email?
    • 🧩Can we send unique files
    • ➿how can I resend the digital download link to the customer?
    • 📒Can I collect my user emails and send them a free PDF?
    • 🧳Is there a way to maybe use own storage and connect it with this app?
    • How to Add PDF to Shopify Product Page? (No App Required)
    • 💡How to Find Your Shopify Product and Variant IDs for Bulk Digital Product Creation
  • How to Offer Multiple Versions of a Digital Product ?
  • miscellaneous
    • ⚠️Why is Outlook warning of a possible malicious link?
    • 🖇️How to test the app using a draft order
    • 💸Do you take commission for my sales?
    • 🍯Can I use this app for free?
    • 📚Can I attach multiple files to a product?
    • 🛡️How does auto fulfill works?
    • 🐘Can I upload some big files (150GB for instance)?
    • ✖️If I uninstall the app, will all my assets be deleted?
    • 😶If I downgrade from PREMIUM to FREE, and I have more than 1GB of storage, will I lose everything?
    • 🙅‍♂️Can the customer still download assets after an order is cancelled/refunded?
    • 🥷How does the fraud protection work?
    • 🎟️LICENSE KEY • How can I be sure a license key won't be used twice?
    • 🎟️LICENSE KEY • What are tags?
    • 🎟️LICENSE KEY • How to generate a license key automatically for a digital product?
    • 🎟️License key • What if a customer purchases a license key that is not in stock anymore?
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  1. MOST ASKED QUESTIONS

How to create my first digital product?

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Lets get you ready to start making money selling your digital good!

This guide will walk you through setting up a digital product on Shopify and linking it to the Big Digital Download app. By the end, your customers will be able to purchase and download their files effortlessly.

For the sake of this example, let say I want to sell my book called "The 7 Boats" thanks to this app, in the form of a PDF

Steps to create your first digital product using Big Digital Download on Shopify

  1. Start by creating the Shopify product that people will purchase to receive your digital product.

  2. In Shopify Admin dashboard look at the left panel and click on Online Store.

  3. Click On Products.

  4. Click on Add product.

  1. Create your Shopify product.

  2. Uncheck "Track inventory" (since it's a digital product).

  3. Uncheck "This product requires shipping."

  • This is the product you will end up connecting to your digital product later in the guide

  • When this Shopify product is purchased the customer will receive the digital product that's attached

  1. Looking at the left tab of your Shopify admin dashboard click on Apps.

  2. Click on Big Digital Download.

  3. Click on Digital Products.

  4. Click on Create Digital Product.

If you select Custom Digital Product then AI will create a unique digital product for each order!

  1. Click on select a product and select the product you created.

  1. Configure your digital product.

    1. Customer will get access to

      1. Digital Files: You would select Digital files if you want to only deliver digital files of any type.

      2. Links: You would select links if you want to deliver a link instead of an actual file.

      3. Digital File + Links: You would select this option if you want to deliver both a file and a link.

    2. Set Digital product will consist of to match Customer will get access to.

    3. Limit download in time and Limit download per order help you prevent sharing.

  2. Upload your files or select an existing file (which you uploaded in Apps > Big Digital Download > Files).

  1. Click Save before leaving!

Choose between creating your own digital product or using AI to create it .

If you do not attach a file to your digital product then expect your customers to receive empty download links

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