Sell the files you make.
Presets, patterns, fonts, zines. Upload once, share the link, and every buyer gets their download by email the moment they pay.
Thanks! Here’s your download.
If you can save it, you can sell it.
Make it once and sell it as many times as you like. There’s no stock to count and nothing to post.
Patterns
Knitting, crochet, sewing and embroidery.
Recipes and how-tos
Glaze recipes, soap recipes and step-by-step guides.
- PDF, PNG, JPG
Printables
Wall art, planners and colouring pages to print at home.
- SVG, DXF
Cut files
For Cricut, laser cutters and vinyl.
- OTF, TTF, ZIP
Fonts and brushes
Lettering, Procreate brushes and stamp sets.
- XMP, DNG, CUBE
Presets
Lightroom presets and LUTs made from your own edits.
- MP3, WAV, FLAC
Audio
Sample packs, stems, meditations and albums.
- MP4, MOV
Video lessons
Workshops, demos and recorded classes.
Anything else up to 2 GB sells too, and a set of files goes out as one ZIP. Make things as well? There’s a page for potters, illustrators and soap makers.
Sell the pattern next to the thing.
Most download shops only do downloads. On Tinbird the earring pattern sits beside the earrings, and the glaze notes beside the mug, in one shop with one checkout.
- Physical and digital in the same basket
- Downloads never pay for shipping
- One customer list for everyone who buys
You do three things. Tinbird does the rest.
No shipping, no sending files by hand, and nothing to chase when someone loses their email.
- ↑glaze-notes-vol-2.pdfPDF, image, font, audio, video or ZIP01
Upload the file.
Anything up to 2 GB. A set goes up as one ZIP.
- Price$12You keep all of it, minus card fees.02
Set a price.
Sell it next to the physical things in the same shop.
- Your bioA video descriptionA DM🔗 tinbird.shop/maya.makes/glaze-notes03
Share the link.
Wherever your people already are.
Every time someone buys, Tinbird…
- ✓ Takes the payment on your own checkout
- ✓ Emails the download the moment they pay
- ✓ Keeps the file private, with links that expire
- ✓ Lets buyers get fresh links without emailing you
- ✓ Stops downloads if you refund
- ✓ Keeps earlier buyers on the version they paid for
Keep every sale.
Most places that sell downloads take a cut of each one, and the cut grows with you. Tinbird is $20 a month, whatever you sell.
Fix a typo. Nobody gets the wrong file.
Upload a new version whenever you like. New buyers get the newest file, and earlier buyers keep the one they paid for.
- Version 3 · glaze-notes-vol-2.pdfUploaded todayNew buyers
- Version 2March · 86 buyersKept for them
- Version 1January · 41 buyersKept for them
Links that look after themselves.
- 10 minHow long each download link works, so links posted online soon go dead
- 7 daysHow long the receipt’s link works. After that, buyers ask for fresh ones themselves
- 2 GBThe largest file you can sell. Big enough for a video lesson
Every buyer joins your list.
Each sale brings the buyer’s name and email into your customer list, with everything they’ve ever bought from you. When the next pattern is ready, you know exactly who’ll want it.
They’re your customers, not ours, and the list goes with you whenever you like.
- CustomersSpent
- Jess K.Glaze notes, vol. 2 · Speckled mug$50
- Priya S.Earring pattern$8
- Tom B.Earring pattern · Arch earrings$32
What to look for when you sell downloads.
Most platforms will take a file and take a payment. What matters shows up after the first sale.
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Who keeps the customer
Some platforms keep the buyer’s details to themselves. You want their name and email, and to take the list with you.
On TinbirdEvery buyer lands in your customer list.
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What you pay as you grow
A cut of every sale is cheap at first and costly later. Add the platform fee and the card fee together.
On Tinbird$20 a month and no cut, at any size.
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What happens when you fix a file
Typos happen. Check that new buyers get the fixed file and earlier buyers aren’t left with a broken one.
On TinbirdEvery upload is a version, and buyers keep theirs.
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Whether your links leak
A download link that works forever ends up in a forum. Look for links that expire and can be renewed.
On TinbirdTen-minute links, fresh ones on request.
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Whether it sells the rest of your work
If you make physical things too, a downloads-only store means two shops, two checkouts and two lists.
On TinbirdPhysical and digital in one shop.
Download questions, answered.
- Can I sell downloads without a website?
- Yes. Your shop is your website, at tinbird.shop/your-name, with its own checkout. Put the link in your bio and you’re selling.
- What kinds of files can I sell?
- Any file up to 2 GB: PDFs, images, fonts, presets, brushes, audio, video or a ZIP of several files. Each product has one file, so a set goes out as a ZIP.
- What can I charge?
- Whatever you like, in your shop’s currency. Stripe’s smallest card payment is about 50¢, so that’s the floor.
- Do my buyers need an account?
- No. They pay with their email address, and that email is how they get their download, now or months later.
- What if a buyer loses their download?
- Your shop’s downloads page sends fresh links to the email they bought with. It never says whether an email bought anything, so nobody can use it to look up your buyers.
- Can people share the download link?
- Each download link stops working after ten minutes and the receipt’s link after a week, so a link posted online soon goes dead. A file someone has already downloaded can be passed on, and Tinbird doesn’t add copy protection.
- Who handles refunds?
- You do, from the order in Tinbird: the whole order or just one item. Your buyer gets a refund email, and a refunded download stops working.
- Do I need to charge VAT or sales tax?
- It depends on where you and your buyers are. Some countries tax digital sales to their residents from the first sale. Tinbird doesn’t collect tax yet, so check what applies to you.
Make it once. Sell it forever.
Add a digital product, upload the file, and put the link wherever your people are.
$20 a month, 0% of your sales. First 14 days free.