How to automatically deliver digital files to buyers on Amazon and eBay
Marketplaces like Amazon and eBay block direct file attachments and emails, leaving sellers with no built-in way to send digital downloads after payment. This forces sellers to manually message buyers or find external workarounds, preventing a smooth automated delivery process.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1uploading small files directly to the platform listing or using an external online storage or drive space with a link
- 2Considering printing QR codes and applying them to products before shipping
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“how do you set up for customers to get the files once they’ve processed order or processed payment ?”source ↗
BCMomof4 · r/Etsy · 1 upvotes
“However those that purchase the products from Amazon and Ebay have no way of getting the templates and we are not able to email them those files.”source ↗
tb9295 · r/smallbusiness · 1 upvotes
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