A "How To" question for selling downloads

[gerry]

I want to set up a web site where people will pay a small amount to download a 2-3 minute video. I know it can be done but I don't know where to start.

I want to use PayPal for the payment, I can do that. But how do I make sure they pay BEFORE they can download?

Is this something I can out-source to have done?

[felgall]

There are basically two ways to do it.

1. Set up a password protected area and when someone pays you set them up a temporary password that gives them access for a set amount of time.

2. Send them the file as an attachment on an email once the payment has been processed.

Paypal provide what they call IPN that allows you to hook into the back end of the payment process and detect whether a payment has been received and take appropriate action.

[gerry]

Thank you . . .
setting up the shopping cart . . . . I think I can do that
setting up PayPal . . . . maybe that, too

But how does paypal payment automatically take them to the download area? They need to be able to download the videos as soon as they pay for this to be effective.

[bobdog]

Use Zen Cart. It has an automatic download feature after payment.

Zen Cart is free, but there is a learning curve.

[charlesgan]

I want to set up a web site where people will pay a small amount to download a 2-3 minute video. I know it can be done but I don't know where to start.

I want to use PayPal for the payment, I can do that. But how do I make sure they pay BEFORE they can download?

Is this something I can out-source to have done?

as i seen, its not per download. but per subscription.
for this you can easily get people to subscribe monthly basis, through paypal payment. basically you will need some scripting work on this method

[dewsaw.com]

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[ambientLight]

You could use payloadz.com

Basically you create a product with them, link it to your paypal account. Upload your video to payloadz then when a customers pays, they recieve an email with a download link to access the video which has a pre determined expiry time for download. The customer will not get a link until they have paid.

Carl

[aceofspades]

bitmicro is a little bit more....reputable.

You can do this with PHP-NUKE and E107

[gerry]

Woah . . . some of the lingo is greek to me . . . . but, I'll research and learn it.

I would really rather not do a subscription. I would rather anyone simply pick which videos they want, pay and download. I know I would not want to join anything that charges me by the month. I want it when I want it and want to pay for it then.

That "payloadz" thing sounds good. I'll look into it.

I've got Zen Cart . . . the learning curve turns into a learning perimeter with me. I'm not as smart as I look (there are those who argue that point)