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About Alva Digital Downloads

Alva Digital Downloads is a Shopify app for automated digital product delivery. The company was founded in 2022 by Tom Rushmore. Alva builds delivery, license key, and fraud-protection infrastructure for over 2,340 Shopify merchants selling digital files. The team is small and ships incrementally every week. Tom Rushmore is the founder and is responsible for product, engineering, and merchant support. Domains of expertise: Shopify app development, digital product delivery, license key systems, digital product fraud prevention, presigned URL and CDN architecture, and transactional email deliverability. Contact: digitaldownloads@alvaapps.com.

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Built by a small team shipping every week.

Alva Digital Downloads is a fulfilment engine for Shopify merchants selling files. Founded 2022. Used by 2,340+ stores. 5.0 on the Shopify App Store.
Founded · 2022 · 2,340+ merchants · ★★★★★ 5.0 on Shopify App Store · Based · Berlin / Porto
Founder
Tom Rushmore, founder of Alva Digital Downloads

Tom Rushmore Founder.

Product, engineering, and every support email you'll receive.

I started building Alva in 2022 after watching merchants lose money to two problems over and over: files failing to deliver after checkout, and fraud orders draining away digital inventory the moment a campaign took off.

The first version was a fulfilment engine — presigned URLs, time-limited downloads, CDN-backed delivery, no per-transaction cuts. Today Alva also handles license keys, branded email domains, Shopify Flow automations, made-to-order personalised products, and an AI fraud-protection layer wired into Shopify's Risk API.

Every blog post on this site is written or reviewed by me. Every feature ships because a merchant asked for it first. If you email support, I answer.

What we're good at

Narrow scope. Deep work.

01 · Delivery infrastructure

Presigned-URL architecture, CDN-backed file serving, IP-locked access, time-limited tokens, unlimited-bandwidth plans.

02 · License key systems

Auto-generated or imported key pools, per-order assignment, post-fraud-check gating, low-stock alerts, revocation on refund.

03 · Fraud protection

Shopify Risk API integration, automated approve/reject queues, 40+ signals, 0.4% false-positive rate across our merchant base.

04 · Branded delivery

Custom sender domain via Postmark, per-product email templates, 14 dynamic variables, branded download pages.

05 · Shopify-native integrations

Flow triggers and actions, checkout extensions, customer account, order status, and POS in-store delivery.

06 · Made-to-order

Per-order personalised files — wedding invites, custom portraits, logo design — with a built-in production workflow.

How we build

Every feature shipped because a merchant asked.

We keep a public changelog and ship small improvements every week. Most of what's in Alva today started as a single support email — custom email domains, POS support, license key pools, link selling, Flow integrations — all followed a merchant saying I wish you could do this.

Flat pricing, no per-transaction cut.

We never take a percentage of your sales. Every plan is flat monthly — sell one order or ten thousand, your bill doesn't move. Unlimited orders, unlimited downloads, and unlimited bandwidth are included on every tier, including the free one.

Company: Alva Apps · Founded: 2022 · Based: Berlin / Porto · Support: < 4h reply, Mon–Fri · Contact: digitaldownloads@alvaapps.com

Install Alva on your Shopify store.

Free to start. 14-day trial on paid plans — the clock only starts once you take your first live order. No credit card required.