Who handles sales tax on a digital product?

Either you or the platform, depending on whether it acts as merchant of record. Digital goods are taxed by the buyer's location in many places with no minimum threshold, which makes this the single most valuable thing to check before launching.

How should files be delivered?

Through expiring links tied to the purchase rather than a permanent public address, and with a way to re-issue access when somebody loses the email. Updates matter too: a buyer of a template expects the fixed version, so delivery has to be repeatable.

What licence should I attach?

One stating plainly whether the buyer may use it commercially, in client work, and how many times. Most disputes over digital products are not piracy. They are a buyer and a seller who each assumed a different answer to one of those three.

Best Digital Product and Storefront Tools for Creators 2026

Sell presets, templates, ebooks and downloads from a page you control.

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Selling a file is the simplest thing to sell and the easiest to get wrong administratively. Delivery, licence terms and sales tax are the parts that cause trouble later. What separates these storefronts is the fee, whether they take on the tax obligation, and how much of the page you control.

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Best Digital Product and Storefront Tools for Creators 2026

Gumroad

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Beacons

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Zaap

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BookFunnel

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Drip

Ecwid

Gelato

Komi

Linktree

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Omnisend

Order Desk

Pillar

Printify

PublishDrive

SendOwl

Shopify

StreetLib

Teachery

Teemill

UpPromote

WooCommerce

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