Selling digital products on your site is a great way to make money from your blog. You don't need to have a lot of money to invest in your business; you can create digital products for free.
Although it requires an initial investment of time, once your products are created and published, it is a more passive way to make money from your blog.
By selling on your own site rather than on another platform (like self-publishing on Amazon, for example), you don’t have to worry about giving up a cut of the profits. Instead, you set your own prices and keep 100%, minus any payment processing fees.
Ready to start selling digital products? Easy Digital Downloads makes it easy to sell directly from your site.
Is Easy Digital Downloads the right plugin for you?
When selling anything on a WordPress site, you can choose to use a popular eCommerce plugin like WooCommerce. WooCommerce works for selling both physical and digital products. You can read how it works in our WooCommerce review .
But WooCommerce includes a lot of features that you won't need if you only sell digital products. It can be time-consuming to navigate through all the options just to find what you need.
Easy Digital Downloads is designed to make selling simple, qatar email database free without offering unnecessary features.
How to start selling your digital products
After installing and activating the plugin, you will be redirected to a welcome screen.
First, you’ll want to set up your payment processor. Click Downloads » Settings and then the Payment Gateways tab to choose and configure your payment gateway.
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You can go to Downloads » Add New to add your first product. Enter the product title and description, and scroll down to see more options.
You can set the price and upload the file below. If you choose to enable variable pricing, you can add options with separate rates.
Under Product Type Options on the Download Files tab , you can choose to create a package of your existing downloads, rather than a single product.
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You can also limit the number of times someone can download the file and set categories and tags, just like with a blog post.
At the top, you'll see a download statistics box that will show you the number of sales and your total earnings.
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To sell your product, you can insert a buy button on any page or post. Just click Insert download button in the editor.
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Select your product and display options. You can choose to display a link or a button , and decide what color you want the button to be.
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A shortcode will be generated and inserted so you can display the download link.
When you check out, you will be directed to an order form to complete your download.
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Sell more with advanced features
Easy Digital Downloads also allows you to:
Set your tax rate
Using a shopping cart for multiple downloads
Keep track of all payment transactions
Maintain a customer database
Set up discount codes
Generate earnings reports
Customize receipts
Import and export payment history, products and settings