Setup a Product in the Shopping Cart to Offer as a Download

Tutorial

A download file or eship delivered product can be sold to customers through the shopping cart option. The download file can be uploaded to the site via the control panel (if small enough), through FTP (if it is large or for ease of uploading multiple files at one time) or can be connected through the Amazon S3 account.

Follow these steps to sell the one time purchase of a download file through the shopping cart:

Click on each section to expand for more information

Commerce > Shopping Cart > Add/Edit Products

A product can be set up under Commerce Shopping Cart Add/Edit Products

Enter the product information for the required fields for all products

Enter the product information for the required fields for all products, as well as any other fields that are necessary for this product:

Product Number

Enter aproduct code or number for this product. This should be less than 20 characters. This can be seen in the shopping cart.

Item Name

Enter the name of the item. This can be seen in the shopping cart and should be less than 100 characters.

Item Status

Select 'active' from the drop down menu to allow users to purchase this product, and to publish on the department and/or main shopping cart page.

Product Department

Select the specific product department for this item.

Item Price, Item Price for Members, Suggested List Price

Enter the pricing for the download product

Item Headline

Enter the headline for the item that will appear at the top of the product's sales page and as a link along with the item tease copy.

Item Description

The sales copy and product information that will be shown on the sales page for users to learn more about the product.

Set the Delivery Method to Internet Delivery

A product can be set up for only electronic delivery, or it can be partial electronic and partial physical delivery

Delivery Options Section

Electronic product only

Delivery Method

If the product for sale is only an electronic product, select 'Internet Delivery Only' from the drop down menu.

New fields will open up underneath the Delivery Method to upload the electronic file.

Amazon S3 File

If an Amazon S3 account is connected, the electronic file can be selected from your Amazon S3 account.

eShip File

An option to upload the file to this site is also available in the eShip File box.

Click Upload eShip File and select the file from a local drive.

Electronic and physical product