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Customer reviews: Digital Downloads

Develop by Shopify

Reviews (491)

Overall rating
2.6

What Merchants Think

The overall sentiment about the "Digital Downloads" app is mixed, with a significant portion of users expressing dissatisfaction due to functionality issues and poor support. Several merchants report that the app was initially effective but has become unreliable over time, especially following updates. While some users still find it useful, others recommend seeking alternative solutions due to the app not delivering downloads as expected and the lack of timely support responses.

Key Strengths

  • Easy installation and integration with Shopify.
  • Automatic email dispatch for downloads when functioning properly.
  • Use of Shopify domain for email reputation management.
  • Hosting on Shopify server with a generous file size limit (5GB).
  • Free app with a basic functionality suitable for some users.

Common Concerns

  • Frequent failure to deliver download links to customers.
  • Lack of support and maintenance from developers.
  • Absence of download links on checkout or confirmation pages.
  • Slow response time for email notifications and manual processing required.
  • Bugs and connectivity issues, especially after updates.
  • App is in "maintenance mode" and not actively updated by developers.

Final Thoughts

The "Digital Downloads" app struggles with reliability and customer service, leading to widespread frustration among users. While it offers a suitable solution for some, many merchants feel compelled to seek better alternatives due to the app's erratic performance and lack of developer support. Users advise careful consideration before relying on the app for business-critical digital deliveries.

Creative Rabbit

Jun 23, 2024  on Shopify

This plugin only supports a single file upload, which is quite limiting and not clearly mentioned in the file management area. Although it seems to allow multiple file uploads initially, attempting to save results in a vague error message without any clear indication of the issue. This can be frustrating and time-consuming, especially when you need to manage multiple files. I hope the developers address this limitation and improve the error messaging for a better user experience.

The Painted Heirloom

Jun 10, 2024  on Shopify

Zero issues with the app. Works great, but we offer free POS PDFs for digital download - not selling digital products, so your milage may vary. See for yourself. https://paintedheirloom.com/products/fusion-mineral-paint-digital-downloads

Magic Planner

May 30, 2024  on Shopify

Es ist ja eine offizielle Shopify-App. Wieso ist es nicht möglich, dieses Mail mit einem Shopify Mail-Template zu versenden?

RS Drums

Apr 20, 2024  on Shopify

App was working really well for about a year. However, for the past couple months, it's been extremely buggy, and Shopify seems to have no solution. It says 'Unsupported' under the settings page. Files don't upload for me anymore, or they upload but I'm not able to save changes. One of my products has 2 digital files attached, but the app only lists 1. I'm not sure if things are getting sent out properly either. I've tested different browsers, different computers... Nothing... So it's basically become useless, and I'm at a point where I need to migrate to a new app. Pretty frustrating...

Grisha Stewart Dog Store

Apr 16, 2024  on Shopify

I too have had no problem with this app. It does what it's supposed to do. I've not had any complaints? I'm not sure why the low rating. Now Shopify tells me to contact the developer and update it.? But the Developer is Shopify. I see an answer from them below saying that they are working on it and it gives a link to their progress but the link doesn't work. ??

Rewired Records

Apr 14, 2024  on Shopify

Generally the app works well, I've been using it around 5 years, however there are a few issues and things that could be improved. 1. There have been several occasions where downloads have not been sent for a few hours and this has cost me time and stress trying to fix it although it did sort itself out in the end... 2. The main thing that could be improved is adding the download links into the customer account page so customers can download again in future. I'm regularly getting asked if I can send download links again because a customer has changed computers and lost the emails etc. This is a huge pain if the customer has 10+ orders and i have to send one at a time! I have found a workaround for this though! If you open up the list of customers orders and select them all, you can mark them as unfulfilled and then mark as fulfilled again. This will send all of the emails again in one go! You may want to uncheck 'send notification to customer' otherwise they'll get a 'your order is on the way' email too which is not needed! 3. There's no way for a customer to download all files in one go. A zip file would be nice. For example if they buy 50 digital products in one order they will need to download all 50 from different links. It would be much better if it could generate a zip from all of the files and create a single link for that. Hope this helps!

OBD TECH TOOLS

Apr 13, 2024  on Shopify

If Digital Downloads no longer working... Just reinstalled it looks like after updating my store version might of cause the API to stop working.

CnC photos

Apr 11, 2024  on Shopify

This app has now crashed on me and i have no way to put digital files to download for my customers. On top of that when it DID work itd send a downlaod link for my videos but itd only let my customers VIEW the video, wouldnt let them actually dopwnload it on mobile

Mooniq

Apr 09, 2024  on Shopify

Folgender Hinweis steht in der App: "Diese App funktioniert eventuell nicht wie erwartet Digital Downloads muss vom App-Entwickler aktualisiert werden. Kontaktiere sie, um Unterstützung zu erhalten, oder deinstalliere die App." Ansich funktioniert die App ok, fände es toll, wenn Shopify die eigenen Apps für solch eine wichtige Funktion (z.B. Ebooks, Rezepte...) inhouse pflegt und nicht Drittanbieter Lösungen notwendig sind.

STATIOP

Apr 02, 2024  on Shopify

I love this app, but I just saw it's unsupported now. I contacted the Shopify Support Team and they told me they won't update it and I should maybe consider other apps... This is sad!

digitizingembroidery.shop

Mar 28, 2024  on Shopify

The app has been working for two years with no problems. but lately it's been crashing all the time. And now a message appears: "This application may not work as expected". It's impossible to contact the developer. I don't know what to do.

STL Studio Collections

Mar 25, 2024  on Shopify

Tienes que actualizar y no lo haces, mi tienda no deja de decirme que desinstale tu app por que no va bien

Shortly Studio

Mar 18, 2024  on Shopify

This is the perfect one for me, easily downloadable. I did trial multiple time to cross check it's download process. This app is the best one to sell digital products online.

Mohairkollektion

Mar 17, 2024  on Shopify

This app has worked perfectly since I integrated it. The app has not yet produced any errors during downloads. There have been no customer complaints about downloads not working.

RingDivas.com

Feb 22, 2024  on Shopify

The app is now showing up as "Unsupported" with a warning message in the settings page that says the following. "This app may not work as expected. Digital Downloads needs to be updated by the app developer. Contact them for support or uninstall the app." I contacted Shopify Support and their response was to uninstall and reinstall which I'm not comfortable in doing with 300+ products with downloads. Then they said I should contact the developer... Incase you missed that. Digital Downloads IS a Shopify App and I contacted Shopify to have them tell me to contact Shopify...

BradFlix

Jan 31, 2024  on Shopify

The app fundamentally has been working great for me, but I really, desperately need an API or some way to bulk upload files to my products. I have 1000 products that each have files to download, and it's incredibly tedious manually uploading all of them.

SVGix

Jan 19, 2024  on Shopify

In general satisfied. I just wish there were more settings and a better overview panel on what's uploaded to each product. My customers do not do well with Zip files... I would like to have the option for them to download the images individually.

Innovation Sounds

Dec 26, 2023  on Shopify

In the past few months, this app has become very bad and untrustable. Always fail to deliver digital products. 10/5 times I received complaints from the customers that they didn't receive their download link. In this way, I have to send them manually the files which takes a lot of time... I contacted Shopify support but they told me that I have a problem with my stripe but it's not true. This app was good in the past years, but in the last few months, it's very poor...

That Little Robot

Dec 07, 2023  on Shopify

This app is just barely useable. It takes about 3 minutes to 'prepare' a 20mb PDF, which is completely unacceptable in 2023. In addition, it takes hours to auto-send emails to customers letting them know the file is ready for download. I'm losing customers because of this, and it seems I'm not alone. Shopify, please address these issues! Everything else with the app is beautiful and seamless.

The MW Company

Nov 15, 2023  on Shopify

I don't know why this app has such a low review score, because it works perfectly! I have sold over $15,000 of digital products using this app in the last 6 months and have had no problems with it. I would highly recommend it to anyone selling digital products!

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