Easy Digital Downloads
ACCEPT BITCOIN & LIGHTNING PAYMENTS WITH EASY DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Accept on-chain & Lightning payments for digital products, memberships, licenses, and services — instantly and globally.
Running an Easy Digital Downloads store and want to offer Bitcoin payments (On-chain + Lightning)?
With the Bitcoin payment plugin for Easy Digital Downloads, you can accept Bitcoin payments (on-chain + Lightning) for digital products, memberships, subscriptions, licenses, and services in just a few minutes.
With Coinsnap payment modules and plugins, you always retain full control: connect the plugin either to your own BTCPay Server or to your Coinsnap account, and all Bitcoin payments are sent directly from your customers’ wallets to your own Lightning or on-chain wallet. If you prefer not to deal with Bitcoin, you can configure your Coinsnap account so that all proceeds are automatically settled in euros and deposited into your bank account.
Of course, you can customize your Bitcoin checkout within the Easy Digital Downloads payment flow — define the payment method name, upload your own icon or logo, set individual checkout texts, and choose the redirect destination after a successful payment.
You can also activate a Bitcoin discount to promote Bitcoin payments: when customers select Bitcoin at checkout, the purchase price is reduced by a predefined percentage or fixed amount.
Offer your customers a modern, borderless checkout experience for digital goods, while you receive funds instantly and securely — reduce fees, eliminate chargebacks, and open your Easy Digital Downloads store to a global Bitcoin audience.
ACCEPT BITCOIN IN EASY DIGITAL DOWNLOADS – THE SOLUTION FOR MANY USE CASES
WHO IS THIS PLUGIN FOR?
Easy Digital Downloads is purpose-built for selling digital products and is widely used for downloads, software licenses, memberships, subscriptions, vouchers, and other digital goods. It provides a complete checkout flow for digital commerce, including customer management, order handling, and extensible payment integrations.
Easy Digital Downloads supports payments through native gateways such as Stripe and PayPal, as well as additional payment gateways via extensions. However, Easy Digital Downloads does not include native support for Bitcoin or Lightning payments. Merchants who want to accept decentralized, low-fee, and irreversible payments therefore need an additional payment solution to extend EDD beyond traditional payment rails.
With Coinsnap’s Bitcoin Payment for Easy Digital Downloads plugin, Bitcoin payments (on-chain and Lightning) can be added directly to the EDD checkout — fully integrated into the existing payment flow and without requiring any coding.
Coinsnap can be used alongside existing payment providers such as Stripe or as a standalone payment option, enabling new use cases and providing an independent, low-cost Bitcoin payment alternative for digital products, subscriptions, licenses, memberships, and other EDD-based sales models.
Bitcoin payments for EED — monetize digital business models
By combining Easy Digital Downloads with Coinsnap’s Bitcoin Payment plugin, you extend a purpose-built digital commerce platform with Bitcoin payments (On-chain + Lightning) — enabling business models that go beyond traditional card-based payments or PayPal.
With Coinsnap’s Bitcoin Payment for Easy Digital Downloads, merchants can unlock revenue streams that are difficult or impractical to realize with standard payment providers such as Stripe or PayPal, especially where fees, minimum charges, or chargeback risks limit flexibility.
By enabling Bitcoin payments (On-chain + Lightning) directly in the Easy Digital Downloads checkout, businesses can efficiently accept small payments and micropayments, sell low-priced digital products, offer pay-per-download or pay-per-access content, collect donations or tips, and monetize niche digital services — all with instant settlement and low transaction costs.
This turns Easy Digital Downloads into a flexible, cost-efficient payment platform for crypto-based business models, while maintaining full control over checkout, payouts, and payment flows.
Add Bitcoin payment to your EED to:
- Sell digital products with Bitcoin
Accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments for ebooks, software, media files, templates, and other digital downloads directly through the EDD checkout. - Monetize memberships, subscriptions, and recurring access
Use Easy Digital Downloads to sell paid access, recurring subscriptions, or time-based content with Bitcoin payments (On-chain + Lightning). - Sell software licenses and updates
Accept Bitcoin payments for licensed software products, upgrades, and renewals — ideal for developer-focused and SaaS-adjacent business models - Offer low-priced downloads and micropayment-based products
Enable small-value digital sales that are often impractical with card payments due to fees or minimum charges, using Lightning for fast, low-cost transactions. - Accept Bitcoin donations or tips for digital projects
Use Easy Digital Downloads to collect Bitcoin or Lightning donations, whether as fixed amounts or small contributions in sats. - Bundle and package digital offers
Sell bundles of digital products or access rights and accept Bitcoin payments in a single, streamlined checkout flow.
Why Bitcoin payment for EED makes sense
Bitcoin payments for Easy Digital Downloads — via on-chain and Lightning — enable digital commerce models that are often impractical with traditional payment providers.
Lightning’s low transaction fees make small-value digital sales and micropayments economically viable, allowing you to sell low-priced downloads, pay-per-access content, software licenses, subscriptions, and donations without the minimum fees, chargeback risk, or settlement delays common with card-based payments.
With Coinsnap, you can add Bitcoin payments alongside — or independently from — existing gateways such as Stripe or PayPal, maintain full control over settlement, and expand your Easy Digital Downloads store with a modern, global payment option.
Can I accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments in Easy Digital Downloads?
Yes. With Coinsnap’s Bitcoin Payment plugin, you can accept on-chain and Lightning payments directly in Easy Digital Downloads, selling digital products, subscriptions, and licenses with instant settlement, low fees, and no chargebacks—paid to your wallet or settled to your bank account.
WHY CHOOSE COINSNAP FOR
KEY BENEFITSWhether you’re a small eCommerce shop or a scaling online store, this plugin gives you a fast, reliable and fully-integrated Bitcoin payment solution that fits right into your online shop’s workflow.
Easy Integration
Coinsnap offers a wide range of modules, plugins and integrations that can be installed in any system with just a few clicks.
No Tech – No Code
No infrastructure, no nodes, no servers, and no technical know-how required. Coinsnap handles the entire Bitcoin payment process.
Integration Service
If the integration seems complex, the Coinsnap team can help set everything up and connect your shop directly to your Coinsnap account.
Highest Security
Coinsnap operates fully on the self-custody principle. Every Bitcoin payment is deposited directly to your own, self-managed wallet. Your Bitcoin always remain 100% under your control.
Detailed Analytics
The Coinsnap dashboard provides detailed information for every payment, including timestamp, Bitcoin exchange rate at the time of payment, order and shop data, tax-relevant information.
Pay-out to Bank Account
If you prefer not to hold Bitcoin, you can automatically convert payments into euros. Coinsnap integrates with several licensed Bitcoin brokers who settle directly to your bank account.
designed for WP merchants
featured on WordPress
This WordPress plugin is available free of charge in the official WordPress Plugin Directory, with no costly “pro” version.
Simply go to “Add New Plugin”, search for Coinsnap, select the plugin, install it and activate it.
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Open source for Developers
Get it on GitHub
This module is open source and completely free to use.
You can download it directly from GitHub and integrate it into your shop system or eCommerce platform without any licensing costs or restrictions.
Download now3 Steps to Accept Bitcoin — From Setup to Payment
Create your account with nothing but an email, install the module that fits your business, and receive funds directly to your own Bitcoin wallet or bank account. Simple onboarding, quick integration, and full control over your payments.
Get Started Fast
Create your account in seconds — all you need is an email.
Integrate Easily
Use ready-made Bitcoin modules for smooth and effortless integration.
Receive Instantly
Get instant deposits into your Bitcoin wallet (On-chain + Lightning) or your bank account.
Why Bitcoin?
safe, inexpensive, globalThere are many good reasons to accept Bitcoin in your online store.
Guaranteed Payment
Bitcoin payments are final and cannot be reversed. Both on-chain and Lightning transactions are irreversible — eliminating the risk of chargebacks.
Low Fees
Bitcoin payments, especially via Lightning, are significantly cheaper than credit cards, PayPal, or other traditional payment methods.
Globally Available
Bitcoin works worldwide — without banks, without restrictions, and independent of a customer’s country of origin or payment infrastructure.
Why Coinsnap?
all you need to accept bitcoin todayNo one offers more Bitcoin payment modules across more shop systems, WordPress plugins, and use cases than Coinsnap.
Self-Custody
Coinsnap is a Self-Custody Bitcoin Provider and does not hold customer funds. All payments are deposited directly into your own wallet or your own bank account.
Lightning ready
Customers can pay via Lightning or on-chain — and their payments are instantly deposited into your Bitcoin wallet or, if desired, in euros directly to your bank account.
Easy Integration
Coinsnap offers a wide range of modules, plugins and integrations that can be installed in any system with just a few clicks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What EDD Merchants Ask About Coinsnap
How do I add Bitcoin payments to Easy Digital Downloads?
Can I use BTCPay Server with EDD?
Does EDD support Lightning payments?
Can Bitcoin payments replace Stripe or PayPal in EDD?
Where do Bitcoin payments from EDD go?
Are Bitcoin payments in EDD chargeback-free?
What can I sell with Bitcoin in EDD?
Are Lightning micropayments possible in EDD?
Is coding required to add Bitcoin to EDD?
Can I customize the Bitcoin checkout in EDD?
