Magento store comes with six different product types and Downloadable product is a one of these product types.
A downloadable product can be anything that you can deliver as a file, such as an eBook, music, video, software application, or an update.You can offer an album for sale, and sell each song individually. You can also use a downloadable product to deliver an electronic version of your product catalog.
The files for download can be either uploaded to your server, or linked to on a different server on the Internet.
Here we will see how to create downloadable product in Magento store with following steps.
Step 1 : Login to your Magento Admin panel.
Step 2 : Go to Catalog -> Manage Products
and click Add Product
button.
Step 3 : Choose the Attribute Set and Product Type
Here Attribute Set as a Default
and set Product Type as Downloadable Product
.
Click Continue
button.
Step 4 : Complete the Basic Product Information
Configure settings for product information with tabs General, Categories, Meta Information, Images etc.
In the Product Information panel, select Prices. Enter the Price
that you will charge for the product.
The price entered here becomes the base price of the download and is listed in the catalog before the customers selects items for download. Any additional price that is associated with an individual download is added to the base price.
Set Tax Class
to the appropriate tax classification for the product.
In Inventory tab, If you do not need to keep track of inventory for the product, set the Manage Stock
option to No
.
After completeing these steps, click the Save and Continue Edit
button.
Step 5 : Complete the Downlaod Information
In the Downloadable Information tab, there are two tabs as Samples and Links
Samples :
Use one of the following methods to deliver a sample of the downloadable product.
File
option. Then, click the Browse
button, and select the sample file to upload to the server.URL
option. Then, paste the full URL
of the sample file.Links :
In this section enter a Title
for the list of downloadable products.
Set Links can be purchased separately
to one of the following:
Yes
.No
.Click the Add New Row
button, then fill up information and upload files.
Step 6 : Save
Step 7 : Done.
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