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I recently finished my first squeeze page. And of course I offer a giveaway. How do I set it up so my subscribers can download the file ? The file is a PDF and an mp3 (I could zip them up). But how to set up the download from a link in my followup message from GetResponse ?

Do I do it through my hosting ? (Hostgator).

Thanks , Eric
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  • what I do is, you, upload the files to your host and then use the url address of the product in your download page.
    make since?
    Michelle
  • Eric,

    This might be a bit more clear. If your .zip file is download.zip and you upload it to your "public_html" folder (for hostgator), then your download link will be:

    http://www.yoursite.com/download.zip (and you would put that into your email)

    If you create a folder to put it in like "downloads", then your link would be

    http://www.yoursite.com/downloads/download.zip

    Does that help?
  • Yes Scott, Thanks that is just what I needed.
    Eric
  • You can always click the "thanks" button if you feel so inclined :rolleyes:
  • Eric what you've been told is probably a good solution if you continue to give away downloads for free. But when you decide to start charging, you may need to restrict access to the download. Either using .htaccess or PHP scripts on your web server, or by outsourcing the job to e-junkie.com or payloadz.com. That way you can let them handle payment processing and secure downloading without worrying too much about curious visitors trying to find your download files through a search engine.
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    Really Basic Question

    I recently finished my first squeeze page. And of course I offer a giveaway. How do I set it up so my subscribers can download the file ? The file is a PDF and an mp3 (I could zip them up). But how to set up the download from a link in my followup message from GetResponse ? Do I do it through my hosting ? (Hostgator).