How to Sell Digital Goods with PayPal, Gmail and Google Drive
Channel: Digital Inspiration
Date: 2019-03-13

Easily sell PDF ebooks, MP3 audio, software licenses, graphic files, and other digitally downloadable products with PayPal and Google Sheets. 

Customers can pay inline without leaving your website. The files are hosted on Google Drive, the PDF invoices are generated with Google Sheets and the order with the files are delivered via Gmail.

* Live Demo: https://digitalgoods.dev/demo
* Google Spreadsheet: https://digitalgoods.dev/copy
* Step by Step Tutorial: https://digitalgoods.dev/tutorial

The checkout screen uses the new PayPal smart buttons where buyers can pay inline (similar to Stripe, Paddle or FastSpring) using 1-step checkout without leaving the website.

The PayPal Webhook is written in Google Apps Script. All your data is securely stored in the Google Spreadsheet and no customer details are shared or upload anywhere. 

There's no fee per transaction except the usual PayPal fees that PayPal charges you directly.