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With Memberful, you can sell downloads (such as PDFs or MP3s) as standalone products or include them with your plans. Members need to be signed in with an active subscription to access them. In this article, we’ll show you how to offer digital downloads through your membership site, including how to bundle downloads with subscription plans, sell them as standalone products, and explain how your members can access their purchased downloads.

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Include a download with a plan

To begin, navigate to Content → Downloads and then click New Download.
New download
Name the download, choose the file from your computer, and add a description.
Name and choose file
Select which plans should include the download. You can also do this from each individual plan’s setting page. Then, click Create Download.
Select a plan

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Sell a download

Navigate to Content → Downloads, then click New Download.
New download
Name the download, choose the file from your computer, and add a description.
Name and choose file
Toggle on Available as a standalone purchase and set the price.
Standalone purchase
If you have taxes enabled, you can toggle off tax collection for the download. You also have the option to require a mailing address during checkout.
Collect taxes
Copy the purchase link and add it your website or newsletter.
Purchase link

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How members access downloads

Members can access all their downloads when they log in to their account. For ease of use, they can sort them alphabetically or by the date they were added. 
https://ACCOUNT-URL.memberful.com/account/downloads
Access Downloads
You can use our WordPress shortcodes to directly link to downloads on your site. Alternatively, you can use the URL below, but make sure to replace the last four digits with the ones for your download found in the Downloads tab. 
https://ACCOUNT-URL.memberful.com/account/downloads/get/1234
When a member clicks a download, we create a temporary link that expires after 10 minutes. This prevents link sharing. Once the link expires, the member will have to click the download link again (from your site or their account) if they want to download the file. Related help docs:
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