The newly added “Using WordPress Permalink as Digital Product” feature can be used to configure better “Pay Per View” option:

• Using WordPress Permalink as Digital Product

2. Old “Pay Per View” Method

This method should not be used anymore as we will only support the new Pay Per View method (which is more robust) going forward.

The following video shows how to setup a Pay Per View model to sell streaming videos using WP eStore:

Yes.

2.) How do I get the buyer’s address for shipping purpose?

Paypal will send you (the seller) a ‘Payment Notification’ email after the buyer pays for the product which will contain the buyer’s address.

3.) Can the shopping cart be added to a separate checkout page?

Yes.

4.) Does this plugin have multiple currency (example: You can specify the currency you wish to accept) support?

Yes, as long as the currency is a supported PayPal currency. Please see the following list of PayPal supported currencies .

5.) Is the ‘Add to Cart’ button (image or text) customizable?

Yes.

6.) Does this plugin use a return URL to redirect customers to a specified page (example: Thank You Page) after Paypal has processed the payment?

Yes.

7.) Can I do variations with different prices using the Simple Shopping Cart?

You can only do variations that do not change the price of an item. The following article will explain more about using variations with the Simple Shopping Cart. If you want to use variations that have different prices you will need the eStore for this. The following article will explain more about this.

8.) How can I change the “Check Out With PayPal” image?

Simply replace the image located in the “image directory” of the plugin (via FTP).

9.) How do I change the language of the PayPal landing page?

The language is determined by a PayPal cookie in the subscriber’s browser. If there is no PayPal cookie, the default language is U.S. English. “The language you see in your computer/browser doesn’t determine what your customers will see.

The Problem

The reason behind this is that the WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin. It generates HTML files that are served directly by Apache without processing PHP scripts. So when a visitor on your blog adds a product to the shopping cart and is wondering why it’s not being displayed in the basket is probably because he/she is still loading the static HTML (cached) file of that page.

The Workaround

You basically need to tell the WP Super Cache plugin to not cache certain pages (pages where you are displaying the shopping cart eg. checkout page).

Super Cache allows you to specify a string that forces a page not to be cached. For example, if your URLs include year and you do not want to cache last year posts, it’s enough to specify the year, i.e. ‘/2008/’. WP-Cache will search if that string is part of the URI and if so, it will not cache that page.

So in your case you can use a unique string like ‘wp-shopping’ (eg. www.your-domain.com/your-page-title-wp-shopping) in the URL of the pages where you have the shopping cart displayed so those pages are not cached. Then enter that string (wp-shopping) in the Rejected URIs field of the WP Super Cache settings.

If you are displaying the Category in the URL then you can create a special category called ‘NoCaching’ and add the posts/pages (that you do not want Super Cache to cache) to that category. This way your URL will look similar to the following:

www.your-domain.com/NoCaching/checkout-page
www.your-domain.com/NoCaching/all-products-page

Feel free to leave a comment if you are having any issues with this workaround.

Visit the WP Shopping Cart plugin page.

1. Multi Currency Support

• Multiple currency support

2. Addon for the WordPress Simple Shopping Cart Plugin

WP Shopping Cart CSS

The following CSS classes have been included in the plugin. You will just have to update the CSS in the style sheet file (wp_shopping_cart_style.css) of the wordpress paypal shopping cart plugin if you want to customize the look and feel of the shopping cart.

• shopping_cart
• wp_cart_button.
• wp_cart_checkout_button

Where is the Settings Menu for the Shopping Cart?

The settings menu for the Shopping cart is located under the WordPress Settings menu…. please see the screenshot (click to enlarge).

How to Make the Shopping Cart Show the “Empty Cart” Message on a Post or Page

Search for the following line in the “wp_shopping_cart.php” file:

Delete that line once you find it and that should do it.

How to Show the Shopping Cart Widget Only When There are Items in the Cart

Search for the following function in the wp_shopping_cart.php file:

show_wp_paypal_shopping_cart_widget

Once you find it just add the following piece of code at the start of the function and that should do the job

How to Resize the Add to Cart Buttons

Add the following to the CSS file of this pluign (wp_shopping_cart_style.css)

You will have to adjust the size to your needs.

How to Collect Special Instructions from the Customer

If you need to collect special instructions from the customer for some customized work on the item you are selling then you can instruct your buyer to put it in the “Special instructions to merchant” box on PayPal during checkout. Please note that this option is shown on the “Review your payment” screen (after you log in to put the credit card details)

Collecting Special Instruction from the Buyer

Review Payment Screen

Return to the WP Shopping Cart plugin page.