Link merch item to digital release

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Link merch item to digital release #861

Open LouisLouiseKay opened 1 week ago

LouisLouiseKay commented 1 week ago

I'd say this one is pretty critical :

When someone purchases a merch item, the creator should be able to link said item to a digital release, in which case the purchase of said item will include the download of said release and add it to their collection.

Simon adding a todo:

[x] Let an artist link an album to a merch item.
[x] Display merch on the album page as an option to buy
[x] Display the related album on the merch page
[x] When purchasing the merch, automatically add the album to the user's collection

simonv3 commented 1 week ago

Yeah agreed. There's a column for it in the merch table, but there's a lot of logic and UI that needs to be built for it to happen. Feels do-able in the near future though.

LouisLouiseKay commented 1 week ago

I think ideally in the end UI/UX, it's just a dropdown "link this item to one of your digital releases". Bandcamp has a "what album is it?" dropdown for that, and it sits at the top of the merch form next to title. We could put it underneath it.

simonv3 commented 1 week ago

oh yeah, that part is easy. It's the "what happens when you buy the merch" that's more complicated

simonv3 commented 1 week ago

@LouisLouiseKay actually does it make sense to just redirect to the album page for a merch item publicly? So on the Merch page, if an artist clicks on a vinyl, should it take them to the album page or to the page for the merch itself?