# How to create my first Standard digital product?

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.

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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 
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### 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.**

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5. Create your **Shopify product.**
6. **Uncheck** "Track inventory" (since it's a digital product).
7. **Uncheck** "This product requires shipping."

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* 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
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8. Looking at the left tab of your Shopify admin dashboard click on Apps.
9. Click on **Big Digital Download.**
10. Click on **Digital Products.**
11. Click on **Create Digital Product.**

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12. **Choose between creating your own digital product or using AI to create it** :wink:.

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If you select Custom Digital Product then AI will create a unique digital product for each order!
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13. Click on **select a product** and select the product you created.

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14. 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.
15. Upload your files or select an existing file (which you uploaded in Apps > Big Digital Download > Files).

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16. Click Save before leaving!

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