Digital downloads, included free

Sell digital downloads from your own store, free

Sell PDFs, templates, printables and other files. Buyers get their download links once they pay, and Payly never takes a cut.

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No cut of your sales

Payly charges no monthly fee, no transaction fee and no commission, and payments go straight to your own PayPal or Stripe account. They charge their standard processing fees, as they would anywhere.

Files only buyers can open

Your files are stored in your own Cloudflare account, with no public address. Payly makes download links only for paid orders.

Delivered when they pay

The receipt email lists every file with a download link. Customers can also sign in to your store to download them again.

How digital downloads work in Payly

Add your files to a product once, and Payly delivers them after every paid order.

Create a digital product

In Products, click Add Product and choose Digital / downloadable product. Add a name, a price and a cover photo.
Add your files

Under Downloadable files, click Upload a file, or Add a link for a file you keep elsewhere. Then click Save.
Connect PayPal or Stripe

In Settings > Payments, connect your own account. When an order is paid, the buyer gets the download links by email and on their account page.

What you get

Up to 50 MB per file, in any file type
Several files on one product
Links to files you host elsewhere, given only to buyers
Download links in the receipt email and on the customer's account page
No shipping charged on digital products
Files on physical products too, such as a PDF manual

Honest answers

Is it free to sell digital downloads on Payly?

Yes. There is no monthly fee, no transaction fee and no paid tier. PayPal and Stripe charge their standard processing fees, as they would on any platform. How can this possibly be free?

What can I sell as a digital download?

Any file up to 50 MB, such as a PDF guide, an ebook, a template or a printable. Any file type is accepted.

What if my file is larger than 50 MB?

Keep it on a file host of your choice and add it to the product with Add a link. Buyers get the link with their files after they pay, in their receipt and on their account page.

How much can I store?

Files and photos share your store's storage in your own Cloudflare account: 500 MB on Cloudflare's free plan. Its $5 a month plan includes 5 GB and holds up to 10 GB, paid to Cloudflare. What the free plan covers

Do download links expire?

Each link works for 7 days. A customer who signs in to your store gets a fresh link every time they open their account page.

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Start selling downloads, free

Your store, your domain, your payment account, your customers. Set it up in an afternoon and keep every dollar you earn.