Selling Digital Products with WooCommerce

Selling digital goods requires setting products as virtual to bypass shipping requirements and ensuring proper billing address collection for tax. medium confidence based on 4 community reports

Specific to: Australia

Selling digital goods requires setting products as virtual to bypass shipping requirements and ensuring proper billing address collection for tax.

Based on 4 community reports.

Linked sources: 4.

Known Issues

Shipping rules applying to virtual products
Missing billing addresses with PayPal Express
Complex tax reporting for international sales

Community Q&A

How do I stop shipping costs for digital products in WooCommerce?

Go to WooCommerce settings and ensure your products are marked as virtual, or use a plugin like WooCommerce Advanced Free Shipping to create rules.

Can I sell physical and digital products together?

Yes, ensure your shipping zones are configured correctly and that digital items are set to virtual so they do not trigger shipping calculations.

Why is my checkout missing billing addresses?

Payment gateways like PayPal Express may bypass standard checkout fields; ensure you require billing addresses in your WooCommerce settings for tax.

Reddit Sources

Selling both physical and digital products in woocommerce (r/woocommerce)
Problems with woocommerce payment methods (r/woocommerce)
How do I collect/report information for Australian GST with Woocommerce? (r/woocommerce)
Built an AI that does everything WooCommerce expects you to figure out yourself. Products, copy, ads, operations. All of it. YC backed, beta open this week. (r/woocommerce)