Can I sell physical products with Stan?

Great question! Stan is best used for selling and hosting digital products, as we don't currently offer the ability to sell physical products seamlessly. That said, many Creators do use Stan to sell physical products by manually collecting customers' addresses at checkout! Find out how 👇

How to sell physical products on Stan

If you want to sell physical products on Stan, we recommend creating a Custom Product. This will allow you to use the fulfill option, where you can share the shipment's tracking or issue a receipt once the product has shipped. Here's how:

1. Head over to your My Store tab and select +Add Product.
2. Next, select the Custom Product type.

3. Customize your product image, text, and call-to-action button.

4. Click on the Next: Edit Checkout Page button. You'll be able to customize your checkout page with a product description. We recommend including important details about the process in your product description, such as:
   1. Estimated shipping times
   2. Return policy

   3. Refunds process

      
      
5. Next, you'll need to collect your customer's shipping address using the Form Fields section. To do so, select +Add Field, choose Text from the dropdown list, and then add the information you'll need to fulfill shipments. We recommend including fields for the:
   1. Shipping street address
   2. Shipping city
   3. Shipping state
   4. Shipping zip code

6. Click Publish to get your product live!
7. Once someone purchases directly from you, you'll receive an email prompting you to "Fulfill the order" which will allow you to upload a file once the order is ready. We recommend you upload the product's tracking number or shipment information here once you've shipped it!

8. Select the Fulfill Order button. You should be redirected to the Income tab, where you can upload the file. Once you fulfill the order, Stan will automatically email your customer the file on your behalf.

Congrats! You're all set 🎉