Alva Digital Downloads is a Shopify app that lets Unity, Unreal, Blender, Godot, and STL asset sellers ship game-ready packs up to 20 GB direct to buyers — bundling multi-engine versions of the same asset under one product. When an asset ships a v2.1 shader fix, every past buyer's re-download automatically pulls the patched file. Split every asset into Personal, Commercial, and Studio licence tiers with per-variant key pools. Keep 95% of the sale price instead of the 30% Unity Asset Store or Unreal Marketplace cut.
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Export a stylised character as a Unity .unitypackage, an Unreal .uasset bundle, the Blender .blend source, and a Godot-ready glTF. Drag all four into Alva's pack builder. Bind to a single Shopify product at $59. Buyers get every engine version on one signed download page.
Three Shopify variants — Personal $29, Commercial $99, Studio $299. Each variant pulls from its own licence pool. Studio permits multi-seat use inside a game studio; Commercial covers a single shipped game; Personal permits one indie project. The key lands in the delivery email alongside the download link.
Fix the URP shader that was broken on Unity 6.1. Re-export the .unitypackage. Replace the file in Alva. Every past buyer's re-download now pulls v2.1; studios locked to a shipped build can still grab v2.0 through Alva's ZipVersionHistory.
Same Shopify store, separate audience. Package 20 STL minis as a pack. Alva's per-product email settings ship STL delivery from prints@stl-brand.com with that brand's logo and tone. The Unity brand keeps shipping from hello@unity-brand.com. Two catalogues, one admin.
Game assets are large — Unity megapacks run 4–8 GB, Unreal environments 5–20 GB. Alva supports single files up to 20 GB on every paid plan and streams through a global CDN with unlimited bandwidth. A 12 GB Unreal pack downloads at the buyer's full line speed, no timeouts, no overage billing when a release goes viral on Reddit.
Most buyers want the engine version they already use. Alva packs bundle the Unity .unitypackage, the Unreal .uasset pack, the Blender .blend source, and a glTF export under a single Shopify product. One checkout. One download page. Add a Godot version later and every past buyer picks it up through their customer account.
Three Shopify variants, three licence pools. Personal permits one indie project. Commercial covers a single shipped game. Studio grants multi-seat team use inside a studio. Each purchase pulls the next unique key and emails it alongside the download link. If a studio outgrows the seat count, the order trail makes upgrade enforcement straightforward.
Assets age fast — Unity version changes, shader pipelines shift, Unreal ships a major. Replace the file inside Alva for a product, and every past buyer's re-download now pulls v2.1 on their next visit. Alva's ZipVersionHistory keeps older versions retrievable too, so studios locked to a shipped Unity build can still grab the exact file they bundled with.
A $299 studio licence is a card-tester target. Alva's fraud queue hits every order against Shopify's Risk API and auto-holds high-risk purchases until reviewed. Per-order signed URLs expire in 60 seconds, downloads are IP-locked, and a download-count cap limits how many times a single purchase can pull the file. Alva's DownloadLog records every hit for dispute evidence.
A studio buys a pack in March. They re-open the project in October. Nobody remembers the delivery email. Alva's customer account portal gives every buyer a permanent page listing every asset they own, every version available, and a fresh signed link per click. A single feature that absorbs most of the long-tail support load game-asset catalogues generate.
An STL mini pack is 50 MB–2 GB. A Unity .unitypackage is 2–8 GB. An Unreal megascan environment is 5–20 GB. A Blender source file is 500 MB–3 GB. A seller with 30 multi-engine packs often clears 200 GB of storage. The binding constraint is the file-size ceiling, unlimited bandwidth for launch spikes, and studio licence keys — not per-month cost.
Every paid plan includes unlimited bandwidth, unlimited orders, version updates, licence keys, packs, per-product branded emails, Shopify POS, and Shopify Flow actions. Trial starts only after the first live order.
From Gumroad: Customers → Export CSV. From itch.io: dashboard sales export. Unity Asset Store and Unreal Marketplace don't share buyer emails — announce the Shopify move to your existing community on Discord, Reddit, Twitter, and your asset page descriptions instead.
Drag every engine version of every asset into Alva's uploader. Group the Unity, Unreal, Blender, and Godot versions of a single asset into a pack bound to one Shopify product. Files up to 20 GB upload directly — no splitting, no external CDN.
Create three Shopify variants per asset — Personal, Commercial, Studio. Attach a licence pool to each variant via Alva's license-key tags. Replace the flat Unity Asset Store listing with a real Shopify product page that ranks in Google and keeps the full 95% of every sale.
Post the move to your Discord, Reddit threads, YouTube channel, and asset page descriptions on Unity Asset Store ("full versions and updates now at [shopify URL]"). Many sellers keep the old listings live as top-of-funnel discovery while direct sales move to Shopify.
"A 12 GB Unreal pack just delivers. No 'please contact us for a download link' emails. Buyers get it from the thank-you page at their full line speed."
"Personal $29, Commercial $99, Studio $299. Three licence pools, zero manual key emails. Studios email me asking for the next tier and I just point them at the upgrade product."
"Unity Asset Store took 30% and gated my pricing. Shopify + Alva takes nothing and I set my own tiers. Payback on the subscription was inside the first week."
Set up Personal, Commercial, and Studio licence-key pools for game assets on Shopify with Alva.
Prevent Unity and Unreal asset packs being re-uploaded or pirated after purchase on Shopify.
Install Alva. Upload a 12 GB Unreal pack, bind it to a Shopify product, place a test order — watch the signed download land. Bundle Unity + Unreal + Blender versions of one asset as a single pack. Split into Personal / Commercial / Studio licence tiers. Ship v2.1 of an asset and every past buyer pulls the patch. Keep 95% of the sale price instead of the Unity Asset Store's 30% cut. Trial starts only after the first live order.
Written by Tom Rushmore, Founder of Alva Apps. Last reviewed 24 April 2026.