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devvoman
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Hi there,

I'm looking to in effect 'sell' web pages of my website. I was hoping you could help me work out what the most logical solution to this would be or if it is even possible.

Currently, I am creating products on my eStore then setting the Digital Content URL to be a page of my website. However, when a user purchases this product then clicks the hyperlink, the browser prompts them to 'download' the file. Is there any way I can 'sell' or reveal parts of my website as individual products?

Also, I am using the [wp_eStore_members_purchase_history_with_download] shortcode to display a users purchase history. Is there a way to bypass the 'Generate Download Link' so that the product title links directly to the product page URL as I described above?

Many thanks.

Tom

Posted 5 months ago #
devvoman
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Infact, another way of describing this would be to allow our customers to 'unlock' various areas of the websites by paying for them individually as products. They would then be able to see and access their purchased areas from their account page using the purchase history shortcode. Is a solution like this possible with eStore / eMember running alongside each other?

Posted 5 months ago #
wzp
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Wish Granted...
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/using-wordpress-permalinks-as-digital-products-apr-1217

Posted 5 months ago #
devvoman
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This is great! I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding how I can restrict the access to the content depending on whether the user has bought it or not. Am I right to assume I need to enclose the content within the APR shortcode? Will this remember a users purchase history infinitely so they will always be able to come back to the pages they have purchased? Or is it only for one browser session?

Posted 5 months ago #
devvoman
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For example, if they were to access their account on a different computer / browser, would they still be able to see their history of purchased pages?

Posted 5 months ago #
wzp
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Content you want to be protected is enclosed in the APR shortcodes.

What a buyer receives are the usual encrypted links. Except that, instead of getting a file when clicked, they get redirected to a page.

The links have the same attributes as regular file links, they are encrypted, they expire after so many uses, or after so much time.

eStore remembers who bought what, based on email addresses. After an encrypted link has expired, buyers can get "fresh" encrypted links by providing eStore with their email address. You create a page with a [wp_eStore_download_link_sender] form, and maybe call it a "product recovery or refresh" page. They provide an email address, and eStore resends all product links associated with that particular email address.

Note: You must have the "extra shortcodes" package installed.

Posted 5 months ago #
devvoman
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Thank you, that has helped massively.

Posted 5 months ago #
wzp
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8)

Posted 5 months ago #
devvoman
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Is there a way I can avoid having to renew the link? Would be ideal to provide our users infinite access to the pages / products they've purchased. Or even set the encrypting link to never expire?

Posted 5 months ago #
wzp
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You can set the links to never expire. BUT the settings are global. So ALL links will never expire.

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