E-book delivery after payment confirmed

TheXproducts · 10-17-2008, 07:14 AM

Can anybody tell me how to send an ebook that has been purchased from my website? I have a pay pal button on my website. I want the customer that buys the the e book to receive it after payment has been confirmed. How do I do this automatically?
Any Advise ???
Thanks,
TheXproducts

jonhel · 10-17-2008, 03:56 PM

You do this by including the URL of your success page (i.e. the page to send the purchaser to after the payment is completed) in your Paypal configuration and there are two ways that you can do this:-

1) Login to your Paypal account and access your profile and go to the Website Payment Preferences section.
2) Add a line to the Paypal form code (sorry the forum won't let me include an example).

You'll find all of this covered in Paypal's Website Payments
Standard Integration Guide

Hope this helps,

Jonathan

Rob Ferrall · 10-17-2008, 04:40 PM

You could try a service like e-junkie:

E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods

This is great for the non-coders and those who don't want do deal with hiring somebody to write/tweak/install a script.

PayPal has several code samples here:

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...es-pop-outside

These codes deal with PayPal's IPN which will allow you to validate the payment and do pretty much whatever you want in terms of records keeping, product delivery, etc.

If you're wanting product delivery only after confirmed payment, you'll need to avoid relying on PayPal's returl_url variable as that'll forward your buyers to that URL regardless of the payment's status (I am pretty sure, anyway).

TheXproducts · 10-17-2008, 05:15 PM

Thank you for your response to my questions. The answers were very helpful !!
Thank you,
TheXproducts

jonhel · 10-17-2008, 08:04 PM

I don't think that's quite right, it won't forward to the success page if the payment does not go through.

However, people can obviously share the URL of that page with their friends etc. so it's not secure in any way.

You can also include a fail page, which they are directed to if their payment fails or they do not complete the transaction.

Rob Ferrall · 10-17-2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonhel

I don't think that's quite right, it won't forward to the success page if the payment does not go through.

However, people can obviously share the URL of that page with their friends etc. so it's not secure in any way.

You can also include a fail page, which they are directed to if their payment fails or they do not complete the transaction.

Well, if the payment is an echeck, it forwards to the return_url as well as when it is 'instant' and 'completed'. If you do not make the payment, PayPal will send you to the cancel page (if it's specified).

As far as problematic payments, all I know is that PayPal passes along different statuses - like 'denied', 'expired', 'failed', etc. to your return URL - though I have never personally received those types of payments. It is possible that they just post this info to your return URL and send you someplace else - but I am just guessing that you are sent to the location where they post the data. It makes sense, but PayPal can post data to one page and send somebody someplace else - that's entirely possible.

I should have reworded my response a bit differently as I know that echecks still forward to your return_url, but I'm not sure where the user is redirected when the payment is bad for some reason.

jonhel · 10-17-2008, 09:41 PM

Good point - you can configure the Paypal settings also to block echecks which I have always done.

You're right IPN is safer because it has a backend component to it but it might be more advanced than was being asked.

Jonathan

kidino · 10-21-2008, 08:52 AM

Here's a quick Paypal IPN tutorial from my blog.

The Easy Way To Protect Your Digital Download With Paypal IPN -- MiniSiteGallery.com

Hope this helps...

10-17-2008, 07:14 AM	#1
TheXproducts Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	E-book delivery after payment confirmed Can anybody tell me how to send an ebook that has been purchased from my website? I have a pay pal button on my website. I want the customer that buys the the e book to receive it after payment has been confirmed. How do I do this automatically? Any Advise ??? Thanks, TheXproducts

10-17-2008, 03:56 PM	#2
jonhel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 206 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed You do this by including the URL of your success page (i.e. the page to send the purchaser to after the payment is completed) in your Paypal configuration and there are two ways that you can do this:- 1) Login to your Paypal account and access your profile and go to the Website Payment Preferences section. 2) Add a line to the Paypal form code (sorry the forum won't let me include an example). You'll find all of this covered in Paypal's Website Payments Standard Integration Guide Hope this helps, Jonathan
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10-17-2008, 04:40 PM	#3
Rob Ferrall HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 447 Thanks: 13 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Social Networking	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed You could try a service like e-junkie: E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods This is great for the non-coders and those who don't want do deal with hiring somebody to write/tweak/install a script. PayPal has several code samples here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...es-pop-outside These codes deal with PayPal's IPN which will allow you to validate the payment and do pretty much whatever you want in terms of records keeping, product delivery, etc. If you're wanting product delivery only after confirmed payment, you'll need to avoid relying on PayPal's returl_url variable as that'll forward your buyers to that URL regardless of the payment's status (I am pretty sure, anyway).
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TheXproducts Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed *Thank you for your response to my questions. The answers were very helpful !!* *Thank you,* *TheXproducts*

10-17-2008, 08:04 PM	#5
jonhel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 206 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed I don't think that's quite right, it won't forward to the success page if the payment does not go through. However, people can obviously share the URL of that page with their friends etc. so it's not secure in any way. You can also include a fail page, which they are directed to if their payment fails or they do not complete the transaction.
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10-17-2008, 09:41 PM	#7
jonhel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 206 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed Good point - you can configure the Paypal settings also to block echecks which I have always done. You're right IPN is safer because it has a backend component to it but it might be more advanced than was being asked. Jonathan
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10-21-2008, 08:52 AM	#8
kidino Web Marketing Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: , , . Posts: 274 Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking	Re: E-book delivery after payment confirmed Here's a quick Paypal IPN tutorial from my blog. The Easy Way To Protect Your Digital Download With Paypal IPN -- MiniSiteGallery.com Hope this helps...
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