Digital download file size limits by platform
Etsy, Shopify, Gumroad, Payhip and Teachers Pay Teachers each set their own limits. Pick where you sell and drop in your files: only their names and sizes are read, on your device.
- 5 platforms
- Official sources
- Checked 7 November 2026
On this page
PlannerHop is not affiliated with any of these platforms. Every rule below comes from the platform's own help page, checked on 7 November 2026. If a platform's page says something different today, the platform is right.
Etsy: Up to 5 files, 20 MB each.
Drop your product files here
PDFs, ZIPs, bonus files: anything you upload to the listing. Nothing is opened or uploaded.
Only file names and sizes are read, on this device.
The limits side by side
| Platform | File rule | Official page |
|---|---|---|
| Etsy | Up to 5 files, 20 MB each | Source |
| Shopify | Up to 50 files and 5 GB combined per variant | Source |
| Gumroad | Paid: 20 GB per file. Free ($0): 250 MB in total | Source |
| Payhip | 5 GB per file | Source |
| Teachers Pay Teachers | One product file (ZIP several), 4 GB | Source |
Each rule was checked on the platform's own help page on 7 November 2026. Platforms change their limits; if a page says something different, that page wins.
What the limits mean for a PDF
For a planner, ebook or workbook PDF, only Etsy's limit is tight: 20 MB per file, five files per listing. The other four allow files in the gigabytes, far more than any PDF needs. So the practical rule for sellers on several platforms is simple: make the file fit Etsy, and it fits everywhere else.
The differences that do matter are how many files you can attach and how buyers get them:
- Etsy: up to five files on a listing. Buyers download each one.
- Shopify (Digital Products app): up to 50 files per variant, 5 GB combined, so Letter and A4 versions can be separate variants.
- Gumroad: as many files as you like on a paid product, but free ($0) products are capped at 250 MB in total, and the "Download all" button only appears under 500 MB.
- Payhip: several files per product, 5 GB each.
- Teachers Pay Teachers: one product file. Several files go into one ZIP.
Units: is 20 MB 20,000,000 bytes?
None of these help pages say whether a megabyte is 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes. The checker uses 1,000,000 (and 1,000,000,000 for a gigabyte), the stricter reading, so a file it passes fits under either.
Size is not the only thing buyers notice
A file that uploads fine can still have dead tabs, months that open the wrong page or links too small to tap. Check those before you list it:
- Free planner link checker: every link, every target, tap sizes.
- Clickable table of contents for ebooks and workbooks.
- Buyer instructions PDF: a one-page "how to use the links" sheet for your listing.
Sources
- Etsy Help: How to Manage Your Digital Listings (up to five files, 20MB each)
- Shopify Help Center: Digital Products (file upload limits)
- Gumroad Help: File size limits
- Payhip Help: Adding a digital product (each file up to 5GB)
- Payhip Help: Cannot upload file or image
- TPT Help: What if my product file is larger than the maximum file size limit?
- TPT Help: What if my product contains more than one file?
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