If your only payment options require immediate payment e.g.
When the shop owner changes the order status to processing or delivered, the link to download the product will appear in their order in their order history in their account when they are logged in on the shop and stay there for the Expiry delay (days) period.
When a customer pays on the shop, the order status is set to pending - by default, they will not see the link to download the product to prevent them getting the download for free in case one of your payment options is by deferred payment e.g.
The Expiry delay (days) and Maximum number of downloads can be changed from the defaults already set if required.
Enter the exact file name of the zipped folder, including the file extension e.g.zip or.
ZIP or PDF from the Option Value pull down menu.
Choose Download from the Option Name pull down menu.
Choose the download product name from the Product Name pull down menu.
Go to Catalog → Products Attributes to see this:.
Create the new product in your shop in Catalog → Categories/Products - see Categories/Products.
File permissions can be changed using FileZilla by right clicking on the folder/directory and clicking File permissions.
The setting Download by redirect passes the file from download to pub so it can be downloaded but adds a random folder name so it can not be found by public search.
Ensure the file permission settings for the pub folder/directory are set to 0777.
This means search engines will not find your download and the public can not access them for free.
Ensure the file permission settings for the download folder/directory are set to 0755.
Upload the zipped folder to the download folder/directory (found in the top htdocs directory) on the host server using FTP software - see FileZilla.
In the popup menu, go to and click Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.
Using Windows, right click on the file.
When you have created your digital product, name it using lowercase and no spaces.
This enables the shop to sell downloadable digital products.