Two methods:

• Method 1 - ListLander signup form (simply exchange an email for a digital product)
• Method 2 - Sell a free product on Shopify using Fileflare (will need customers to go through checkout flow and enter billing address)

Method 1 – Using ListLander signup forms

This method works by adding an email newsletter-style entry box on your site, and then the downloads are sent via this email app once someone signs up with their email address.

What do I need?

Use ListLander.com. They allow you to create a signup form, embed it onto your store, and then deliver an email with digital files to anyone who submits an email address.

Step 1 – Sign up for ListLander

They have a free plan, so you can use this for your tests to see if you like it. They only have one paid plan and it's locked at $19/month. No hidden fees or expensive prices.

Step 2 – Go to "Forms" > click "Create form"

Step 3 – Upload your digital files on the "Files" page

Step 4 – Create an email template

1. Go to "Email templates" and then create one
2. Here, you can customise the email template to have all the content you need
3. Click "Add block" > add the "File Download" block and choose the files that you uploaded

Step 5 – Copy the Form embed code and paste it on your store's page

Copying the embed code

On your form edit page, click the "Embed Code" button and copy the embed code.

Pasting it onto a page

1. Go to your Shopify store
2. Go to "Online store" > "Pages"

Once you have located the page, all you need to do is paste the HTML code in a location of your choice. If you are using a page builder app, you may need to use a HTML block to add the raw HTML.

Step 6 – Now integrate your email provider

1. Go to Settings
2. Go to "Integrations"
3. integrate your email provider using the API key. Postmark or Brevo are our highly suggested ones. They are brilliant.

Method 2 – Using a free Shopify product

This method works by creating a free Shopify product and allowing users to go through the checkout process and get a free digital download after checkout.

What do I need?

This works on all plans.

Step 1 – Create the free product in Shopify

1. Go to your Shopify dashboard
2. Click “Products”
3. Click “Add product”
4. Set the price to 0.00
5. Disable the “Track quantity” box
6. Uncheck the “This is a physical product” box
7. Click “Save”

Step 2 – Upload your file to the app

1. Go to the Upload page
2. Upload the file

Step 3 – Attach the file to your free Shopify product that you created earlier

Now, click on the uploaded file in the app. It will load a page with a drop-down search box. This is what you will use to attach the file to your free Shopify product.

Once this is attached, then you are good to go! A download email will be sent to anyone who has purchased the free product.

Altogether, you can deliver the downloads using three methods:

• Via email – available on the free plan and paid plans
• The Thank You page (checkout page) – available on all paid plans
• The customer accounts – available on the Premium plan

Top tip:

The great thing about using this method is that you can use a post-purchase app to upsell paid products with an offer on the checkout page. It’s a great way to upsell current products.

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Updated on: 01/07/2025