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Sale of downloadable files

By Andreas. 27 Nov 2025

You can sell downloadable files with Abicart. These can range from software and documents, to music and video files. If the buyer has a login account, they can log in to the store, where they can see all their previous orders and download files they have already purchased. As a shopkeeper, you can decide how long a particular file should be available to the customer.

By default, the maximum space is 20 MB per file.
For customers with a PLUS subscription, we now offer a maximum of 50MB.
PRO customers can get access to upload a maximum of 100MB files.

If you need more space than that, you can put the files on a dedicated server. We protect your files from public access using an encryption method. The maximum size per file here is 300 MB. Larger files must be split into several smaller ones.

Please contact customer service if you need to change the upload size, and if you have an active PLUS/PRO subscription.

The downloadable file is emailed to the customer when the order is marked as paid

If the "Downloadable files" tab is not visible in the admin, please contact customer service and we will activate the feature for you.

Create a downloadable item

First create a product as usual under Products -> New product. Note that you must create the product before you can add files.

Then click on the "Downloadable files" tab, and then on "New file".

There are two ways to use this feature:

Upload a file - Select a file from your own computer and click "OK". The file will then be uploaded to the product. The maximum file size is 10 MB/file.

Enter a URL (external link) - If you want to upload files from your own server, enter the full address (URL) of the file, e.g. http://min-domän.se/filer/nedladdningsbar_fil.pdf. The file must be available on the server for download without password protection. When the customer buys this file, we will encrypt the real URL.

Limit the time the file is downloadable - If you want to limit the time the file is available for download after purchase, enter it in this field. You enter an integer from one (1) upwards for the number of days the file will be available for download.