About selling one-time products with Paddle
Introduction
One-time products are digital products that customers purchase and pay for once - for example, software with a lifetime license.
When creating one-time products in Paddle, you can choose from a range of fulfillment methods, depending on how you wish to deliver the product to your customers. You can:
- Upload your digital product to Paddle, then provide a download link and instructions to customers when payment succeeds.
- Host your digital product outside of Paddle, then provide a download link and instructions to customers when payment succeeds.
If your products require a license code, you can:
- Upload a static list of license codes to Paddle, which are sent to customers with download instructions.
- Wait for Paddle to confirm successful payment for an order (via a fulfillment webhook), then generate a license code dynamically - returning it to Paddle for onward communication to the customer.
In Paddle, one-time products are created and managed in your Paddle catalog.
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Task | Section |
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Create a one-time product | Selling one-time products |
Learning
Resource | Summary |
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Taxable categories | Learn more about taxable categories are and which options are available. |
One-off purchase alerts | Find out about purchase alerts for one-time products. |
Order fulfillment webhooks | Find out more about defining fulfillment webhooks for one-time products defined with a Fulfillment Method of Server Notification. |
Product API endpoints | Take a deep dive into the Paddle API to find out how you can integrate Paddle functionality for one-time products with your own platform. |