Digital products

This is a guide about the Digital products block. Read the full guide to learn everything about how to add and adjust the block, or go right to a specific section:

Also, you may want to read additional information like:

The Digital products block allows you to sell digital products instantly. You upload a product to your Taplink, then, users pay and immediately get access to it. The block is good for selling:

And many more.

Here is an example of a Digital product block with 3 added products (on the left), and a product page (on the right):

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You can add a Digital products block if you have:

Add a Digital product to your Taplink when you have upgraded your plan to the Business and set up payment acceptance:

Now you need to add at least one digital product.

Tap New product to add a digital product:

This takes you to the product settings.

You need to add at least one photo. Tap Add and select a photo on your device.

Add more product photos in the same way if necessary. We recommend using photos that have the same aspect ratio.

Fill in the Product name field:

Fill in the price fields:

Add the files that become accessible after payment. The files can be:

All files can be added in the same way. Here is an example with a PDF:

01. Tap + Add file.

02. Select Upload file to add a document or Add link to specify a web page.

03. Tap Drop files to attach, or choose files and select the file on the device.

04. Give a name to the file.

05. Tap Add.

Now, the file is added.

Add more documents or links in the same way if you need.

The product files can be divided into groups for convenience. For example, separate study materials and exercises. Or separate the study and additional materials like in the examples below.

Here's how to create a new group:

The group has been created, now you need to add files in the way described above.

Add a product description. Write or paste the text in the Product description field:

The product description may also include tables, lists, videos, and other elements. Add a new item:

Add other necessary elements in the same way.

Each element in the description has its own additional settings:

Text elements have more additional settings. Tap and hold a word in a text, title, list, quote, or notification until the menu appears. The menu allows you to:

Optionally, you can specify a unique part of the product page link. This link part can contain numbers, minus signs, and letters from "a" to "z". Note, it must contain at least one letter from "g" to "z".

Complete the URL in the Custom URL field:

You can change the text that is displayed on the buy button. By default the text is "Get access". Choose another ready option or set a custom text:

That's all you have to do to add a digital product to your Taplink.

Now you can go publish the product and start selling it or first also adjust:

You can customize the design of the product page. Note, this design applies to pages of all your products. That is, by changing the page design in the settings of one product, you change the page design of all your products. 

Tap Customize appearance on the Content tab, you will see a familiar editing menu.

Several blocks are already added to the page design by default. These blocks display the information you added in the Content tab, plus the Avatar block.

If necessary, you can add more blocks to the product page design. Tap Add block and select an item:

Tap the cross when the page design is set up:

The product purchase window is a pop-up window that a user sees after tapping the purchase button or a file. This window contains the fields that a user needs to fill in to proceed to payment. There are the name and email default fields.

You can customize the fields of the pop-up purchase window in the Checkout tab:

Add a field to fill in in the pop-up purchase window:

Add more fields in the same way if you need.

You can also add promo codes. Tap + Add promo code and fill in the fields: set the code word and the reduced price.

The automatic email is sent to users after they pay. This email includes a link to the product page, where documents and links are available to the users.

Optionally, you can customize the email design. Go to the Email receipt tab.

In the Email receipt tab, you can edit the text of the email, add and move blocks, and so on. Read more about editing and adding elements to automatic Taplink emails here.

You should know: all the products that a user purchases through the Digital products block are stored together in his or her account on my.taplink.cc. The account is created automatically at the very first purchase the user makes through the block, whether it is a purchase of your or someone else’s product. The user receives an email with the login and password from the account on my.taplink.cc.

You can change the availability of a product on your Taplink in the Settings tab:

Tap the Status list and select one of the options:

If the product status is Product available for purchase, then you can set the time when the product can be purchased. Specify the start and end dates and times in the Sell in a certain period section for this.

Specify when the product should become available for purchase in the Start date section:

Set the end date in the same way in the End date section.

If you ever need to delete a digital product, you can do this in the Delete product section. The product will disappear from all Digital product blocks on your Taplink. You won't be able to restore the deleted product.

When you need to delete a product:

After that, you need to tap Save changes.

If you need to remove the product from a Digital product block only, do it as described below. Then, the product will remain in other blocks, and it will be still stored in your Taplink account. And users will be able to go to the product page and find the files.

The product is set. Tap Save changes to save it:

You can add more products to the block in the same way.

Tap Save changes, when the Digital product block has all the necessary products, so that to save the block settings:

Everything is set and ready. Now users can buy your digital products. This is the page that you may have gotten by following the instructions:

Now you know everything you may need to start selling digital products on Taplink. Below is additional information about the Digital products block, which helps to get maximum from the block.

Customize the appearance of the Digital products block to present your products in the best possible way:

The layout options are:

The Design tab gives you settings to customize the colors of the following:

The page theme gives you more settings for the block appearance. Read more here.

The Digital product block also has the Settings tab with additional adjustments:

You may have questions when you sell digital products. Look for the answers in this section.

You can add one and the same product to several Digital product blocks. For example, you've added several products in a block, and you want to highlight one of the products because you are launching a promo campaign and selling this product at a discount.

Add one more Digital products block with a product that you've already created:

01. Tap Add block.

02. Select Digital products.

03. Tap Select an existing product.

04. Select an item from the list.

05. Tap Save changes.

Now there are Digital products blocks that include the same product.

You can remove a product from a Digital products block. Then, the product will remain in your Taplink account. This means that:

If you need to remove a product from a block:

01. Tap the block.

02. Tap the three dots.

03. Choose Delete.

04. Tap Save changes.

That's it, the product has been removed from the block.

Your Taplink account stores the information on your sales. Here is how to find it:

You will see a list of orders, customer data, payment data, and more. Read the guide on how to work with this information on Taplink.

You can choose the currency for your digital products' prices:

Now you know everything about using the Digital products block. Add products, launch promo campaigns, and design a section for the campaign on your Taplink using a countdown timer and the Section tool, so you will sell more.