Project Objective

This blueprint gives you complete control over distributing digital content. Whether it's free resources or paid digital products, you'll protect your work, customize access, and manage transactions on your terms. A beautiful front-end with powerful categorization tools means your audience finds what they need—fast.

Earn From Creative Work

Monetize templates, music, art, and more. Whether you're selling once or on repeat, you maintain control and earn on your terms.

Control the User Experience

Customize every step—from product presentation to checkout—to match your brand and guide visitors to action.

Organize With Ease

Built-in tools help prevent unauthorized downloads, giving you peace of mind as you distribute your work.

Organize With Ease

Use structured categories and tags to help users quickly find what they’re looking for, even with a large product library.

Connect With Your Audience

Pair downloads with discussion and support tools to build community and loyalty around your digital content.

What You’ll Build

Launch a Content Distribution Site
Create a Digital Product Catalog
Customize Display with Zoo and YOOtheme
Accept Secure Payments
Add Support for Digital Product Buyers
Back Up Files and Product Data Regularly

Project Kit

The Project Kit gives you a complete list of the open-source apps, essential plugins, and helpful services required to build your chosen project. No guesswork—just the tools you need, curated and ready to go.

Setup

Use SiteGround to host a fast, secure Joomla-based store that supports downloads of all sizes.

Website Platform

Joomla!

A flexible and powerful open-source CMS for building websites and online applications.

Core

YOOtheme ensures a sleek, responsive design. Zoo is a flexible content construction kit perfect for structuring and tagging your downloadable products.

YOOtheme Pro

A versatile theme and visual page builder for Joomla and WordPress.

Zoo

Flexible Joomla CCK and content builder for creating custom content types and layouts.

Utilities

ZooEssentials adds key features like filters, download tracking, and custom views. YOOtheme Essentials enhances layout control. Akeeba keeps your product and order data secure.