WHAT YOU CAN SELL: DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Sell quickly and earn more with digital downloads
Reach your audience with the content they want, faster than ever, on Teachable. Design templates, audio files, ebooks, how-to guides—sell more with fewer limits.
Simple to start. Simple to scale.
From creating lead magnets to monetizing content—get going in three easy steps.
Click Create New Download from your Teachable admin.
Fill out some information (product name, category, description, and thumbnail) and hit Save.
Add your content (via URL redirect or file upload) and click Publish.
If you can create it, you can sell it
Teachable supports more file types than any other digital learning platform.
Design files- Spreadsheets
- Music & audio
- Ebooks
- Stock photography
- Email templates
- Lesson plans
- Asset libraries
- And so much more
Supported file types include.pdf, .xlsx., .jpg., .webp, .m4a, vector images, and more. For a complete list, see the FAQ.
The flexible way to earn more...
...while providing real value to your students. Digital downloads make it simple.
Ramp up quickly
If you’ve already created content, you can start selling downloads immediately. In fact, you can even include direct links to external content (for example, a template in Canva or Google Sheets).
Grow your impact
Downloads are a great way to grow your audience, attract new students, and offer a wider variety of price points. Trying offering a “free sample” as a lead magnet.
Drive practical learning
Downloads can enhance the content of your other products. For example, imagine you have a personal finance course—you can create a customizable budget spreadsheet to help students apply what they learn.
Earn more with each sale
Increase the value of each student by using downloads in bundles or as order bumps or upsells. They’re another way to expand your offerings and revenue streams.
Support at every step
Read our practical guides for succeeding with digital downloads on Teachable.
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Digital downloads done right
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5 steps to pricing digital downloads
Determine the value of your offerings using this helpful worksheet.
FAQ
Simply put, they’re a fast and flexible way to earn more. Compared to other similar platforms, Teachable provides far more options on what you can offer as a digital download (see format types below).
Selling digital downloads alongside your other Teachable products can help you diversify your revenue streams while offering quality, relevant content to enhance your students’ learning.
And don’t need to sell them either, you can offer them as lead magnets which help you build your audience by providing value for free.
Almost anything! We’ve made sure you can reach your audience in new, meaningful ways with a wide variety of digital download formats to choose from. Supported file types are listed below.
Documents: .pdf, .txt, .doc, .docx, .epub
Spreadsheets: .xls, .xlsx, .csv
Images: .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif, .webp
Audio: .mp3, .m4a, .aac
Schools on Pro, Pro+, and Business plans can upload vector images, CAD files, videos, and more.
Additionally, you can offer digital download content through a direct link, rather than an uploaded file. This means you can sell any content you might have on Canva, Google Workspace, Notion, and other external sites.
You can create and sell one digital download when you join for free. But if you want to sell more, join a paid plan on Teachable.
Teachable lets you focus on your business, not on fees, with pricing that scales as you do. We only charge a 10% + $1 per transaction fee on free plans. As you sell more downloads on a paid plan, you’ll get to keep more of what you earn. Creators on a Pro, Pro+, or Business plan using teachable:pay have 0% transaction fees. Creators on a Basic plan pay a 5% transaction fee.