GUIDES

Selling digital products only where you can

Practical answers for Shopify sellers of downloads, ebooks, courses and software who can't sell everywhere.

• How to stop selling digital products to certain countries on ShopifyShopify has no built-in setting that blocks a billing country for digital products. Here are the three ways to do it, and which one holds at checkout.
• IP country blocker vs. billing-country checkout ruleTwo ways to restrict sales by country on Shopify, side by side: what each one checks, what gets around it, and when to use which.
• EU VAT on digital products: register, or stop selling there?Digital products sold to EU consumers are taxed where the buyer is. When that applies, and what your options are if you're not ready to register.
• Restrict ebook, course and music sales by country on ShopifyPublishing rights, licensed content and sanctions often limit where digital products can be sold. How to sell only where your rights allow.