How to Sell Digital Products Using Paypal Buy Buttons

A quick and basic tutorial for setting up a digital product and selling it via Paypal buy now buttons.

[@taneshiajohnson9623]

You SAVED me from literally crying because I couldn't figure it out! Thank you

[@marjensenmusic8787]

Many thanks for your video. You explained what I (and many others) on the PayPal forum couldn't figure out: how to link digital product to the button. Was also helpful to see how to do so in both html code & Wordpress.

[@gaylelarson1708]

Ashley...This was amazing; so clear and step by step! Given it is 5 years old, probably will be screen changes (I'll soon find out) but am sure the required steps will be the same. Thanks so much!

[@tedk2814]

this was good overview of setting up PayPal and selling digital product. I am very new at this, just looking today to see whats involved in setting something like this up. Thanks

[@live2raid]

Thanks a lot I just figured out how to do it with drop box your a life saver lol I been trying to do this for so long

[@pensandoingles6884]

Wonderful video, exactly what I needed. Thank you so much Ashley!

[@pahadimail2692]

thank you so much for helping this is only one of the best tutorial on youtube

[@ToxxicDesignStudios]

thank you sooo much for this video!!!!!

[@MormoZine]

This is a great video! Thanks so much!!

[@VloeiendVlaams]

Thank you so much for this video !

[@rennymariga6962]

Awesome video. Thanks!!!!

[@dragosdesign4563]

thank you for this. I setup my paypal buy now button perfectly and I put it on my site and I was so happy until I realized I didnt offer a way for the buyer to download the product that he was buying.... Lucky for me I took it out in time before anyone bought anything. :) Now I was looking for a way to give the buyer a download link and found in your video what I was doing wrong :) thank you.

[@dragosdesign4563]

Ah one question I have is can anyone access the download link once a person has it or that link will be locked to those outside paypal payment system?

[@MrJoeinlove]

If you don't have a website can you just email the paypal button link for people to click and take them directly to the drop box download link?

[@crisgastelum3458]

This is Gold!, thanks a lot.

[@kyragd2009]

Glad i found this info! Thanks🙏🏻

[@johnwhite2412]

Great video. Thanks. Great voice, too

[@pedroalzate2823]

Great I learned something new today Thanks 🙏

[@garyawoods]

Thank you for sharing this info!

[@jazarpk]

thank you so much for this beautifully explained video

[@wprogerswa]

Thanks for sharing this very helpful video.

[@CrystalDumas]

Thank You!!! Very helpful.

[@naturallybueno]

Great video. Very helpful. Thank you so much!

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it useful.

[@atomista9248]

Awesome! Thank you! I love your voice! :)

[@medsy6405]

So sexy lady voice

[@jomon2488]

thank you sooo much for this video

[@internetandlifehacks]

Excellent!

[@volkerschunck8555]

Great! Thank you!

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

thank you very much for uploading

[@collection6062]

Thanks so much AshL!

[@ImWORTHITINC]

Thanks so much Scarlett!!: never woulda thought if Dropbox! Gonna try it now! Are you still making courses? You’re worth it!!

[@louisebuyshouses]

Hi I have a personal pay pal. I didn’t see the tools section you mention in the beginning - is that bc I need to set up a business account. Gonna try it. Thx for great instructional Video !

[@islamahmed6287]

you are great . thanks a lot .

[@MarieA787]

thanks, wao didn't know few things love it.

[@TomHeiry]

Thank you !!

[@panagiotisexplorer213]

Thank you, really useful

[@susanhouse254]

Hi, thanks for the video. We have found that with digital products, if the customer chooses to pay as a "guest", the redirect on the button won't work. We have been talking with paypal about this and they tell me the only way it will consistently work is if you force customers to log into their account (rather than pay as a guest) OR you have to use the IPN (instant payment notification) process that paypal offers which I believe would require a program developer to set up. We have been having a nightmare with our digital products with customers complaining they never got it, only to discover the redirect we set up on the button never executed them because they didn't log into paypal when they paid (guest checkout credit card or debit card option).

[@cassandrecollins2691]

Thank you ! You saved my life. (well, my wallet actually.lol)

[@bobmaluga5958]

Watching your video in my third day of quiting smoking cold turkey......Hears you puffin on a cigarette during your video.......10 mins later I'm smoking on my porch in the freezing cold saying "I'll try again on monday". Oh..... I liked the video btw.

[@puravidasoluciones3792]

nice video ty!

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

Hi Ash Paypal 2022 is very very different may need an update in your tutorials thanks Ash

[@RaemcCall]

This is the best tutorial I have found and I have viewed several. How can I embed my Vimeo Video to sell from my website? Once I put my button on my site, can the buyer be redirected to the video?

[@taraz2000]

I did this a few years ago, I can say that it was an idea on the video that crossed my mind in 2015, but for three months only one buyer bought my digital product. it is not effective.

[@RipRecords]

Except your "Thank You" URL can be copied and shared once they land on it...

[@jessevrieling1939]

Yes thats what i thought is there a way so people cant see the url?

[@kadriargu]

Thank you great info. I have a question, How to encrypt and secure your PayPal buttons?

[@lembarvector6746]

Thank you

[@sexyemay2526]

Great video. I'm a newbie and kind of confessed to what link goes where, and which link to share with customers. Also which emails to use (personal or business). Please Help.

[@heroman708]

Thank a lot

[@VuNguyen-sn5er]

Thanks for the video. Is there any way to have the link expire? Ie. couldn't the customer share that downloadable link to another person?

[@SJProducing]

Hello - great explanation, 1 question though: How do you ensure, that only people that have PAID for the product, can go to the site where they can download their product? Any PHP script or what?

[@hackinghero3523]

Hi Soren, you can directly give the download link in finish payout box no need for a landing page then, the zip file which they download must contain the message( thanks for buying bla bla...) Don't forget to give a licence. Jpg so they don't distribute or resell. Thanks!

[@junyaophoon7671]

If i never create a thank you page where it redirect customers to a page where they can download the content, does it mean that people cant share the downloadable link to the public? They can only download after they paid the specify amount and the download start automatically, does this make sense?

[@silentrain2337]

I really like the Dropbox way. Can I put a link on a photo or ad and the file downloads automatically after purchase?

[@environmentalissuesforkids4231]

Thank you! The html wasn't working, and you gave me the solution.

[@amitrockz1158]

Is it works really

[@MetasdeMillonarios]

Great video! But I have a question: How can I protect URLs without config them in Paypal? Any idea?

[@certifiedconspiracyrealist7989]

In the interest of privacy, security and the confirmed sales and deliveries of downloads via PayPal, it would seem that they would be more than happy to mask the URL's for us. Do they or not? If not, the only sensible solution, and a difficult one at that, would be to get a password generator and change it every 24 hours or so. Some people buy or obtain digital productrs and then post the URL's in blogs and forums. NOT KOOL!!! But it happens, and then you lose hundreds or thousands of sales. I DO know there is software you can get to prevent this, but you'll have to Google it. It installs on your website, generates a different password for every user and changes the URL location by how ever many hours you select it to. All this could be avoided if PayPal simply masked the URL's for us.

[@sexyemay2526]

I have a product description page for my digital product, for my customers to view what there're getting before buying (not a website) do I copy and paste the pay pal button to it, are should I create a thank you page and copy and paste it on there. Please help.

[@julzybee3773]

I have to be honest and tell you something, it isn't just YOU, almost EVERY person that creates a "how-to" video does it. You started out showing and explaining evry single step. But (as I mentioned, EVERYONE does this) near the end of the video, you sped up, quickly did several steps that most newbies aren't going to be able to keep up with, they have no clue why you clicked "here or there"-re-watch this or even better, get a complete newbie bto watch, at the end, you are jumping all over your files and not explaining exactly what you're doing or why! I HATE THAT!! Listen, I am not a complete newbie when it comes to computers but when I was, I would be so annoyed at this bc I have done it too, just bc you know what it is you need to click and why, u tend to zoom thru a few steps and skip the verbal tutorial! This is an awesome video on how to do this, you just took off near the end.

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Thanks, I appreciate the honesty and feedback. I wonder about that sometimes and will review the second half of this video to see if I can make some improvements. And I TOTALLY relate to the frustration. I used to have the same problem all the time when trying to learn how to use GIMP by watching KZbin videos, they always ended up losing me somewhere along the way because they forgot to mention some tiny little detail and I didn't understand enough to fill in the blanks.

[@iben1195]

I will write "buy my product"🤗

[@prodbyricbeats]

useful

[@ggman69]

Should the customer has a paypal account to buy your product? Will the paypal convert the currency if your customer comes from different country?

[@AleksandarKovrlija]

Great video!Very useful.I am wondering if someone enters my website's name in the search engine and they type thank you page after my website's address name are they going to see my thank you page even if they did not purchase anything?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Aleksandar Kovrlija Not if you tell Google and other search engines not to index that page, which is easy to do in your robots.txt file or using a WordPress plugin if your site is powered by WP. Create a subdirectory like www.yourwebsite.com/products and tell Google to ignore the entire subdirectory, then make your thank you page something like www.yourwebsite.com/products/thank-you

[@AleksandarKovrlija]

Okay.Thank you for a response.Yes,my website is made on wordpress and I encourage search engines to index my site.Is that correct and can I still make mywebsite.com/thank-you-page in that case?My thank you page is not going to be shown in top menu bar of course.

[@AleksandarKovrlija]

Is there some plugin to not index that page?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Yes, there are many plugins that can specify which pages should not be indexed by Google. Try searching for robots.txt WP plugin.

[@AleksandarKovrlija]

I made nofollow links and I told search engines not to follow particular page with Yoast SEO plugin but I am still seeing that page in the search results.

[@DenisMorissetteJFK]

I don't see the Tools tab. I only Summary, Activity, Send & Request, Wallet and Help...

[@live2raid]

Is wordpress free or do you have to create your own website first to sell downloads?

[@trumpgangmusic5958]

thank u

[@fadimoasa164]

yo thanks

[@saztamim]

Could you please create a video how to upgrade individual account to Marchant easily?

[@ShadowAnimeation]

Just a note, Paypal now makes you get a business account in order to customize the buttons. The steps are still done the same way, you are just forced to get a business account before being able to use the features :/

[@collegebwoys1184]

THANK-YOU! The only video that makes sense.... everybidybis just pure crap! 👍

[@NurhoStudio]

hi, what if someone bought my product and copied the download link and shared it? is this possible? or is it secured? thanks

[@SJProducing]

I second this question

[@cosplay-welt]

so if you guess the url you can download files for free or what? it is like the paywall is 1 inch tall.

[@valentinovanyi4722]

Hey I tried it but my costumers just don't get directed to the link I puttes in after the purchase

[@kimquade5738]

Love the video, trying to absorb it all, have a website, have paypal, want to have a button to download a pdf after purchase but I don't have a "copy public link" on my computer...how can I make this work?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Thanks for watching and commenting! This is what I would recommend: Since you have a website, I would go into your file directory (you can do this via cpanel with your webhost usually) and create a new folder anywhere inside your public-html folder (this is where your website files are located) and once you've uploaded the pdf, you will have a URL where you can access it. It will look something like www.yourwebsite.com/folder/nameofpdf.pdf Depending on where you upload it to. You can then use that URL the same way I used my dropbox link when you setup your Paypal button. Let me know if that makes sense or if you need more help.

[@kimquade5738]

I am not as tech savvy as you....but I will give it my best shot, will probably ask for more help tomorrow as I have a daughters softball game to run to!! Thank you for the help!

[@kimquade5738]

Another question....I have quilt patterns that I want to sell as PDF files, my site has a cart and I want customers to be able to download after purchase, is this how I would do that? My ecommerce site can't do it but was hoping paypal could.

[@kimquade5738]

I'm using Sitebuilder.com (good or bad, I haven't decided yet) but I am able to upload my pdf files directly into the website (right or wrong I don't know yet). The paypal buttons available don't do what I want, so do I just need to make a new button and load it into my website?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Kim Quade hey Kim I don't have any experience using site Builder but do you happen to know who your web host is? depending on your answer I may be able to make a video to help you along with this

[@PrincettaSaray]

Is there a variable to only allow 1 download per customer to prevent link sharing?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Not using this method. It isn't secure. However, the advantage to using the direct file URL for the trigger upon payment is that the URL is not displayed to them, unless they really go looking for it and are fairly tech-savvy

[@tasost2161]

i canot fine a klik tools it show only these Summary Summary Activity Send & Request Payments Wallet Shop Help

[@rickhorvath]

I don't think this redirect to a file or URL will work when using an Add To Cart button. I have a site selling digital subscriptions, physical items and digital items.

[@Beatlettetheone]

Does this work only with paid domain?? Can i do it with the free domain??

[@stringteambasketball7]

So do you need a word press to actually compete the buy button?

[@thegirlnextfloor]

No, you don't. You just need a place where you can paste the HTML code.

[@CletoClips]

I know this video is old but it's still viable. The only problem I am having is after the customer pays for the download they are not receiving the URL link in their confirmation email.

[@thomasbobby7578]

I totally agree with you. Somethings, I don't just sell digital products and receive payments with my paypal acct. thechinahacks ,com sometimes make hacked transfers to me and thats where I make most of my money.

[@larrya7611]

can anybody tell what to do so that the Buy Now button will appear when i publish?

[@jasonsmusicalideas]

Hello Ashly! Thank you for an awesome and informative video. I have two questions. #1. Is the public folder still available via dropbox or have they done away with it? #2. Is the public folder secure since it's "public"? In other words, could anyone else access my downloadable content without going though paypal? Thank you once again!

[@siddharthpradhan6484]

Although it works, we can easily bypass the payment page and directly open the link to download the digital goods. Just to let you know, a novice developer can easily cheat it.

[@Cloud9MediaTv]

No way are you serious🤔 so this is not a secure payment method of selling a digital product🤔

[@siddharthpradhan6484]

@@Cloud9MediaTv not at all. I can show you how you can do it. :)

[@Cloud9MediaTv]

@@siddharthpradhan6484 please please please do I would greatly appreciate it..I am just set up my situation using this method for my business..I would greatly appreciate it. This is life saving ..thanks in advance..

[@cosplay-welt]

exactly my thoughts. it is actually a very bad way to sell products online. all you have to do is guess urls. even if you had /csdzfbsid8=fhHbnM"3Edfjfglisdnfoshgksögödbfög it is hackable, isn't it?

[@Cloud9MediaTv]

@@cosplay-welt I'm a concern novice..🤔

[@yanhtiep43]

why I don't see name paypal button in my account?

[@lotusflower5767]

Hi, I don't have a web site but I like to sell in Facebook market place how can get around, thank you

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

In 2022 tools is not in the toolbar

[@thegirlnextfloor]

Yes, they have updated their layout and site design. Try checking out this newer Paypal tutorial I published if you want to see where to find things in the new layout: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa2fYF7Ypx1odU

[@MichaelFrimlPhotography]

The interface is totally different on my end.... then I noticed this vid is 2016.

[@vrone9624]

Can you update please

[@vendle4743]

If you're looking for an easier way to do this, head on over to vendle.co

[@sonicmax7]

people can just share the link with other friends and you would loose millions and millions of dollars

[@metamech7383]

You sound like your office is in a train depot.

[@violatrice1001]

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[@wetdroidedition2549]

sexy voice

[@fnafedits9203]

STOP LIP SMACKING THIS IS NOT ASMR XD

[@d.w.washington6746]

GET TO THE POINT!

[@thegirlnextfloor]

STFU