Digital products with licenses are ideal for e-sim, software, and other products that distribute unique license codes to their customers.
Creating a Digital License Product
Go to Admin > Products > Create Product
Change the Type to "Digital"
Save your product
This unlocks additional License product settings button.
Managing Licenses
Once you've saved the product with Digital type, you'll see a Manage License in the product settings. Clicking on it will lead you to the License Manager.
Adding License
You can add license by clicking on Create Licenses on the upper right.
This will open up a pop-up where you can input all the license keys you want to sell.
Once you've keyed in al the licenses separated by newlines, press add.
Updating License
You can always click on the word "Assigned" or "Available" to change the status of your license
Assigned - Means license is being used by a customer.
Available - Means license is not being used by any customer.
Deleting License
To delete a license, simply tick all the boxes and press "Delete"
What happens if a customer creates a Digital Product order?
The digital product will appear on the invoice and order message as usual.
You have to confirm the purchase to transfer licenses.
How are licenses transferred to customers?
Once a customer buys the product, just confirm the order.
This will transfer the a random available license to the customer.
Customers will be able to see this license in their invoice.
As the store owner, you can also see which licenses are assigned to customers inside the License Manager table.
Summary
License Manager helps you distribute your licenses to only customers who have paid, and it records all the license codes you've used up.
Make sure to change order status to Confirmed in order to pass a license code to your customer.
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