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Sell digital assets ​

Some marketplaces reached out to us with interesting use cases.

1. Create a file specification ​

You can request vendors to add a file of any type to their product by adding a specification Short text, then change the Style to file.

sample file

2. Create a product ​

Vendors can upload a file when creating a product in Add products > Specifications:

file uploaded

Once the product is published, you can access the URL of the file in Shopify > Products > (your product) > Metafields. Programmatically, you can use the metafield reference in your theme.

3. Asset download link on the order status page ​

Garnet provides a Digital Assets Download block that you can add to the Thank You page and the Order Status page. This block automatically displays download links for any product that has a file specification.

To add the block, go to Shopify > Settings > Checkout > Customize and add the Digital Assets Download block to the Thank You page and/or the Order Status page.

Add digital assets download block

Digital assets download block on order status page

Make sure to also add the block to the Thank You page so buyers can download their assets right after purchase.

Digital assets download block on thank you page

The block has the following settings:

  • Metafield key: The metafield key storing the digital asset URL (e.g. digital_product-file). Must match the specification key from step 1.
  • Section name: The heading displayed above the download links.
  • Download button name: The text displayed on each download link.

4. Asset download link on the confirmation email ​

Following Shopify > Settings > Notifications > Customer notifications > Order confirmation > Edit code, the marketplace can customise the order confirmation code and add the links of the assets

See the code

Locate the code next to the product title cell and use:

liquid
{% assign metafield_key = 'download_link' %} <!-- ⚠️ Change the name of the metafield key -->
{% assign asset_url = line.product.metafields.custom[metafield_key] %} 
{% if asset_url %}
  <a href="{{ asset_url }}" target="_blank">Download</a>
{% endif %}
Result

email result

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