Do you offer 2 or more payments for your products?

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Sameer

I think you'll find you can offer it in your existing cart.

You will most likely have to set up a recurring billing product in say Paypal or Stripe etc and then take the customer from your cart to process the recurring payment.

Add the button to the checkout page.

Set up your thank you page as the return URL after payment

Sometimes that works

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Ozi

I 2nd Infusionsoft

Infusionsoft is costly and doesn't make a lot of sense for people earning under a certain amount of money.

OP: what's wrong with creating a Paypal subscription button and linking it to a Buy button image on your site?

Jason - Yeah, my business isn't to that point yet where I can go with Infusionsoft and from all the reading I've done I'm not sure it's for me.

As to adding paypal buttons, that's great but I still need storage and delivery for my digital products. I can't host them on my site. That's why I'm looking for a hosted cart.

Oziboomer - What I want to do is offer a digital download once, but they make payments over two to four months. They get the download up front, but pay it off over time. So, an autoresponder won't work for this. It's a zip file.

I really just want to upload my products and have everything automated from there.

DPD's subscription plan (yes, I'm signed up for it) is actually a platform, like a membership platform. You add people to it and then it continually delivers content. That won't work for a one time download.

Thanks, again, Oziboomer.

I went and looked again at Cloudnet360. There's just so much there I don't need right now. I think you're right. It would be overkill at this point in my business.

I have three products right now, and am planning to add more as quickly as I can get them done.

Cart66 meets all my needs. It just doesn't integrate with Aweber. So, I followed the link that Aweber support gave me and posted a job on Upwork to create an app. I'm clueless as to how much this will cost and I don't even know if it will work. Aweber said they have an open API and so I guess the app would "plug" into that. I have no idea how it would plug into Cart66.

If the app idea doesn't work out, I'm out of ideas and options for making Cart66 work. I really want to be able to add customers to my lists at Aweber. I might be willing to give up Aweber if Cart66 had an email autoresponder or it integrated with something other than MailChimp.

Most of the carts available that allow you to sell downloads don't take high end downloadable products into consideration. It seems like they all think I'm selling songs for 99 cents, or ebooks for a couple bucks. It's frustrating.

I launched my latest product back in early February. I have a tiny list so I didn't expect it to make a lot of money, and honestly I think it did well all things considered. But, I know I could have sold probably twice as much if I had been able to offer a payment plan for people. I need a cart that will let me do that.

I went back into DPD. I just don't see how I could possibly make that work. Their subscriber program is literally a blog, and they only allow Paypal Express or Stripe for checkout. Stripe states they will put your phone number on customer receipts. I don't have a business phone number so that's a problem for me. And Paypal Express makes customers store their information at Paypal. I think that would cost me a lot of business.

Create superscription payment via paypal or clickbank. Cheap and it works.

Infusionsoft is great for this, also i like to use 1shoppintcart. I recommend them alot.

Yes, because not all people use paypal but do have credit cards. It's smart to have multiple payment methods because of variety and customer experience.

You can also offer PP credit which gives six months to pay.

If you won't or can't offer PayPal I have serious doubts about your success. I personally won't buy anything that doesn't accept PP.

I trust PP. I can't say that about much else online.

Oziboomer - I understand what you're saying and thank you again for another great response. But, my files would still need to be stored somewhere. I've looked into this and I'm not comfortable with storing them in dropbox because based on my research delivery isn't all that secure.

Also, I've taken another look at Cart66 and realized that I would need a gateway and merchant account to use their subscription service. I figure that would cost around $30 a month. Plus Cart66's fees of $20.00 a month and Aweber's $20.00 a month. That's $70 a month for all three.

So, then I went and looked at CloudNet360 again and their monthly price is only a few dollars more. They have everything I need. Yes, there's definitely some bloat there that I don't need - like a website, and I don't need an affiliate program yet. But, for the money this might just be my best option. I sent them some questions as it's well after business hours and their chat isn't online. I'll see how they answer and go from there.


Randall Magwood - Infusionsoft is out of my budget for now and I've read from so many people that they are really difficult to use.

And I really considered 1ShoppingCart. That was the first thing I looked at because they've been around for such a long time and I know other people who have recommended them in the past. But after doing my research I've decided not to use them because:

A) They charge for support. I feel this should be included. They should just up their price by the $10 they charge for it and then it would be a non-issue.

And B) In their fine print they state that when you enroll you are automatically placed in one of two programs which cost $124 and $134 per month, and you will be billed for them unless you cancel before your free trial is over. I would never have seen this if someone hadn't pointed it out in a blog post. I don't do business this way.

Also, I've read from several people online that 1ShoppingCart is having issues that the company doesn't plan to fix (not sure if that's true, but there do seem to be a lot of unhappy customers).

If any of this is incorrect or the company has changed it's practice or policies, please let me know and I will again consider them.


Brent Stangel - I completely agree with you. Up to now I have only used Paypal to take payments. I'm considering taking payment without Paypal as well, but will continue to offer Paypal as an option. When I shop online, unless I'm shopping with a store I know well, I pay with Paypal. So, I want to make sure to offer it to my customers so they can feel comfortable doing business with me.

Paypal credit is a good idea. I didn't think of that one. Not sure I'd want to offer it for my digital products as six months is a long time to stretch payments out for that, but maybe for some of my more expensive offerings.

Oziboomer - Quick C360 question. You said you use the autoresponder there. Do you use the shopping cart too? So if people buy from you, are they automatically added to your list there? :-)

Oziboomer - Thank you again for your thorough response.

Right now I have three products. One is an ebook. One is a digital download "program." And one is an online course. And I'm growing from there, planning to add a continuity product next, and then a few more programs and courses as well as consulting and live workshops/retreats/events. It just takes a little time for all of it to happen.

So, I'm looking at my future plans and how I want my company to grow, and Cloudnet360 seems like it would suit my needs today and allow me to grow in the future.

I'm not a techie, but I have done little things with code such as pulling the image out of a button so I could use my own image, or moving a button to the middle of a page from the side of the page. I'm no expert, but if I have some clear instructions I can accomplish whatever needs to be done - within reason. My abilities are very limited, so if it's coding without instruction and it's not something that can be easily seen or found in the code, then I'd need help with it. I do have a web developer/programmer who can help me with the tough stuff. I was hoping I would not need help with this though. It would just depend on how complex it is.

I tried to sign up with Amazon S3. It sounds like a wonderful storage program. But, I couldn't make heads or tails of it and I didn't understand their pricing. They're clearly not for the average merchant.

I wrote to Cloudnet360 and was told, "The digital download is extremely good and you can limit download and distribution." Guess I need to ask them a few more questions.

When you say that Cloudnet360 only calls the files from Amazon S3, does that mean it fetches the file and delivers it to the customer?

I took a look at S2 Member. While it does offer a lot of options, there's no support for the free version and it appears to be rather complicated. You mentioned a learning curve for CloudNet360. There's going to be a learning curve for anything new you try that is software related and that certainly seems to be the case for S2 Member as well.

I guess it was just wishful thinking to hope I could find a shopping cart that would allow me so upload my products and courses, check a few boxes or click a few buttons and voila! I'd have my shopping cart set up and integrated with my site (and aweber), and I could accept installment payments. Too much to ask I guess.

The more I look into this the more complicated it seems. Maybe there are some youtube videos I can look at to get a better idea of what would be involved with CloudNet360. Then I would know for sure whether it was for me.

If not, I'll try looking at A2 Member's competitors. Maybe one of them is less involved.

Thank you again for all the help and information you've given me, Oziboomer. I really appreciate it very much. There's so much to consider, and now I have new options to look at. New options are always good. But, I'm going to have to make a decision on this pretty quick so I can move forward.

Oziboomer - Clickfunnels sounds great, but their pricing is out of my budget. I'd have to go with the $297 a month plan to get the recurring billing as well as a few other things I could get over at CloudNet360 for less.

Also, it appears that Clickfunnels gives you a website. I already have one. In fact, I need to discuss this with C360 because they showed a certain feature on YouTube and it used a template. I have Instabuilder and it creates awesome lead and sales pages, and it's all done with a WYSIWYG editor, just like in WordPress. Just wondering if I can use my own site with Instabuilder instead of C360's templates.

I've watched a few YouTube videos for C360 and didn't see anything that looked too difficult. I'm thinking about giving them a call tomorrow to ask the rest of my questions. Email takes too long.

I realize that nothing is set in stone, that all I can do is make the best decision I can for now, and that I can always cancel a service and change when I need to. That's not a problem for me.

I've looked at so many options - from the all in one solutions to piecing things together. I really want a hosted solution and I like the idea of having everything in one place rather than pieced together. I realize there can be a disadvantage to this - such as the site going down and taking everything with it - but I think the pros outweigh the cons, at least for me.

I'm really leaning toward C360 again. Yes, it's a lot to take on, but I want to grow my business. I feel that this platform would help me do that better than a paypal button, dropbox and Aweber. I've looked at what the pros in my industry are using. Most of the big dogs are using infusionsoft. A couple I found are using leadpages. One person I know used 1ShoppingCart for quite a long time, and then switched to Infusionsoft.

I would start out with the autoresponder and shopping cart, and add in services as I need them and become more familiar with the system.

I just can't come up with a better alternative. I'm hoping that after I talk with them on the phone I'll be more comfortable signing up. I know I should just try the $4.95 trial. Honestly I think what's keeping me from signing up is a mental block. It's not the price. I was paying more for Jigsaw Box and Aweber together than I'd be paying for C360 to start.

My business is still quite small. Originally I was thinking of a simple shopping cart - like ejunkie - but one that offered an installment payments option. Now I've been shown something I hadn't considered, something that is much more.

If I sign on with C360, and I probably will give it a try, it will be like moving from a tiny apartment into a mansion. It takes a lot of furniture to fill the mansion. It's overwhelming.

That furniture is my products and services. It's going to take some serious work to get it all done. But, that's ok. I'm up to the task.

That mansion (my infrastructure - website, C360, etc) will require more upkeep than the apartment. I may need to hire someone to do the landscaping (set up the program), or I may just decide to get my hands dirty and do it myself. Again, it's a bit overwhelming. It's a lot to take in. But I don't have to do everything all at once. I can pull a few weeds today and plant a few shrubs tomorrow.

Thank you again for your timely responses, and all of your help. If you have an affiliate link for C360 I'm happy to use it if I decide to give it a try.

We tried Clickfunnels, as it seem to be an interesting product.
After testing it we realize there are still couple of bugs here and there (which is normal for young software).
What is less acceptable is the lenghty feedback time (if ever they reply)
What is definitely NOT acceptable is been billed after having cancelled the trial!

We tried to contact them but they never get back to us. Beyond the fact that this is definitely a scammy attitude, it is obviously a sign of immaturity and disrespect.

I would simply stay away from such type of guys and product.