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Posted by edgy on 11/20/06 13:48
"rwap" <rich@rwapservices.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Nov 19, 4:41 am, TreatmentPlant <NoEmailTha...@DieSpammers.com>
> wrote:
>> Tina Peters wrote:
>> > "Roger" <r...@roger.net> wrote in message
>> >news:roger-A691CD.21322218112006@26-96-177-194.serverdedicati.seflow.net...
>> >> Hello all, I think I can grok how to implement Paypal's shopping cart
>> >> into my site, but can anyone tell me how to configure it to sell
>> >> downloadable files (such that the customer ends up at a page where
>> >> they
>> >> can download the files they purchased), without getting a commercial
>> >> service to provide that functionality? If not, can someone point me to
>> >> a service that's more affordable than most?
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>> > Make your "Thank you" page the download link. :-)
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>> > --Tina... but if someone distributes the URL of the 'thank you' page,
>> > then
>> people will be able to download the OP software without paying?
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>> Is there some way to deal with this? Maybe through HTTP-REFERRER?- Hide
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> The best way of doing this is to use the PayPal IPN (Instant Payment
> Notification) Tool - see
> http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/ipn-intro-outside.
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> This posts details of completed transactions to a specified URL, so
> that you can then use a bit of programming, such as Perl to process
> the data provided and create a code for the user to enter to download
> the program required.
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> There is a Perl module to handle the IPN -
> http://search.cpan.org/~sherzodr/Business-PayPal-IPN-1.94/IPN.pm
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> Rich
> www.internetbusinessangels.com
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you could also check out oscommerce - this free webstore software will do
pretty much anything you like, including using paypal and selling
downloadable stuff, and is quite easy to set up.
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