One install, the whole storefront

LicenseDock is a single Joomla component for selling digital files and software. It runs on your own site, with your gateway accounts. Checkout, license keys, subscriptions, automated emails, downloads, and a customer portal – all in one install. No platform takes a cut. Your customer list stays yours.

What you can sell

Files and downloads:

• Ebooks, PDF guides, and digital workbooks
• Design templates (Figma, Notion, Webflow, Canva)
• Stock photos, video clips, music samples, fonts, presets, LUTs
• 3D models and game assets
• Subscription libraries with monthly file releases

Software:

• Joomla extensions and WordPress plugins
• Desktop and mobile apps
• Indie SaaS tools
• Anything that needs license keys to control where it can be used

What makes it different

• Own everything. Runs inside your Joomla site. Your gateway accounts, your customer data, your files. No percentage skimmed from any sale.
• Software licensing built in. License keys generated on every purchase, with activation limits per domain, device, seat, or instance. Your software calls your store to verify.
• Updates through Joomla. Customers receive updates inside their own Joomla backend, the same way they update any other extension.
• Stripe, PayPal, and Mollie built in. All three support subscriptions, plan changes, refunds, and failed-payment retries – no separate add-ons or third-party plugins needed.
• Switch without losing what you've built. Import customers, orders, licenses, and subscriptions from Gumroad, Paddle, Stripe, or WooCommerce via CSV.

How a purchase works

1. Buyer clicks Buy Now on your product page
2. Goes straight to checkout – no cart, no extra steps
3. Pays with Stripe, PayPal, or Mollie
4. Files and license key delivered – email, customer account, or both (your choice)
5. Returns anytime to manage downloads, subscriptions, and invoices in their customer portal

Integration paths – pick what fits your product

• WordPress plugins – drop-in LicenseDockWordPress SDK; updates appear in the WP dashboard automatically
• Joomla extensions – use Joomla's native update XML with LicenseDock's download endpoint; license key appended on download
• Any PHP app (Laravel, Symfony, Drupal, custom) – LicenseDockClient SDK with three calls: activate, deactivate, validate
• Desktop, mobile, Node, Python, Go, .NET, Ruby, Rust, anything else – call the REST API directly with a license key in JSON; that's the whole integration

Everything included

Checkout & payments:

• Buy Now flow, no cart
• Stripe, PayPal, and Mollie at full parity
• Test and live modes per gateway
• Guest checkout for maximum conversion – account created silently, so buyers don't drop off at a sign-up screen
• Sequential PDF invoices
• Store-level currency

License management:

• Auto-generated license keys
• Activation limits (domain / device / seat / instance)
• Built-in update server
• License expiry tracking with renewal reminders
• Activation manager – revoke any domain, device, or seat
• License transfer between users

Subscriptions:

• Billing cycles: monthly / quarterly / semi-annual / annual / one-time
• Configurable trial days and trial price
• Plan upgrades and downgrades with proration (immediate or scheduled)
• Dunning with 14-day grace on failed payments
• Renewal and lapsed-customer discounts per product

Coupons & bundles:

• Percent or fixed discounts
• Validity windows, total and per-customer usage caps
• New-customers-only flag
• Single-use codes
• Product bundles – group multiple products into one purchase
• Coupons apply to initial order only

Files & products:

• Product → Plan → Price hierarchy
• Tag-based categorisation with filterable menu items
• Versioned uploads – paying customers get updates automatically
• All common file types: archives, documents, images, audio, video, design files, fonts, 3D models

Customer portal:

• Downloads, license keys, activation manager
• Order history and PDF invoices
• Billing address management
• Subscription cancel and resume
• One-click GDPR data export

Admin dashboard:

• Revenue analytics (Today / 7D / 30D / 90D / 12M / All Time)
• Revenue-by-product and top-products tables
• Subscription health (new vs cancelled vs expired)
• Attention alerts for failed orders, webhooks, emails
• One-click Store Health Checker

Emails & automation:

• 22 customisable email templates
• Email queue with retries
• Email log – filterable admin list
• Custom SMTP or Joomla default mail
• Scheduled background jobs: queue drain, renewal reminders, abandoned-checkout recovery

Reliability:

• Webhook log filterable across Stripe, PayPal, and Mollie
• Partial refunds across all three gateways
• Dispute auto-suspend on opened, auto-resolve on closed
• Audit log – every admin action logged
• Encrypted API keys (AES-256-CBC)
• Standard Joomla ACL
• Full translatability (en-GB shipped)

Why LicenseDock

vs Gumroad / Paddle / Lemon Squeezy:
They take 5-10% of every sale, forever. On $10,000 a year of revenue, that's $500-$1,000 paid to a SaaS. LicenseDock is a flat annual fee – your customer list stays yours.

vs Easy Digital Downloads (WordPress):
WordPress only. Licensing and recurring billing are separate paid add-ons there – LicenseDock bundles both.

vs Keygen / Cryptlex:
Licensing-only SaaS. No checkout, no customer account area. LicenseDock does both.

Try it before you commit

• Live demo site – walk through the full buyer flow before spending a dollar
• 30-day money-back guarantee – install on your site, test properly, refund if it isn't right

Support

Quick email support and a documentation site.

Tags

ecommerce · digital-downloads · license-management · software-licensing · subscription-billing · stripe · paypal · mollie · recurring-payments · invoicing · coupons · bundles · update-server · php-sdk · rest-api · desktop-licensing · electron-licensing · wordpress-licensing · gumroad-alternative · paddle-alternative