WordPress eStore Plugin

WordPress eStore Plugin – Complete Solution to Sell Digital Products from Your WordPress Blog Securely

1. Do you sell, or want to sell, digital content or services from your WordPress site on Autopilot while maintaining total SECURITY of your digital asset?

2. Are you frustrated with the e-commerce WordPress plugins you’ve looked at? Do you want a plugin with reliable customer service (where your questions get answered and issues get addressed)?

3. Do you hate the thought of paying ongoing fees and commissions to sell via a third party web site?

If you are still reading, then the WordPress eStore plugin may be just what you need!

Plugin Summary

In a Nutshell… this sleek WordPress shopping cart plugin allows you to sell any form of digital products and services from your own wordpress blog securely with complete automation. What I mean by complete automation is that once you set it up the whole process (The buying and the delivering of the product without revealing the real URL of the product) works on its own. An overview of the WP eStore plugin operations can be found here.

Yes, you can sell physical products with this plugin too as long as you don’t need complex shipping options.

Plugin Features

Below are just some of the notable features of the WP eStore Plugin (you can view a full list of features here):

Security of Your Digital Asset
Automatic instant digital product delivery upon payment through dynamically generated encrypted download link. This way the actual location of your digital product never gets revealed. The link expires after a configurable amount of time or specified number of downloads which ensures the security of your digital asset.
Sell Anything
Sell services, tangible and non-tangible products from your site. For example, you can sell digital downloads, videos, music, subscriptions, web hosting, collect membership fees, and much more.
Easy Checkout
Simplest one-click checkout through PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize.net or Manual Payment. Customers can pay using a credit card or PayPal account. Benefits of an Express Checkout System.
Light Weight Shopping Cart
WP eStore is a light weight shopping cart solution. This ensures that the plugin will not slow your site down.
Multi Site License
When you buy the WP eStore plugin you can use it on as many sites as you own (you gotta love that!). More details on the eStore license can be found here.
Ease of Design and Usage
WP eStore seamlessly blends into your existing WordPress theme. You have the freedom of placing a Buy or Subscribe button for a product or service anywhere on your blog. Read the design overview here.
Autoresponder Integration
It can be integrated with Autoresponders (AWeber, MailChimp, GetResponse). This way the customers automatically get signed up to your list/campaign for email marketing purpose.
Elegant Product Display
WP eStore comes with elegant product display templates which you can use to display your products. Checkout the available fancy product display templates here.
Extensive Shortcode Library
With the library of shortcodes WP eStore provides, you can customize your WordPress ecommerce store exactly the way you want it. Designing your online store has never been easier. Checkout the available eStore shortcodes here.
NextGen Gallery Integration
Can be integrated with the NextGen Gallery Plugin to create a Digital Photo Store from the NextGen Gallery. How to do it is explained here.
WP eMember Integration
Can be integrated with the WP eMember plugin. Creating a membership site with the WP eMember plugin is very easy.
Affiliate Software Integration
Can be integrated with the WordPress Affiliate Software Plugin. So if you decide to boost your sales by introducing an Affiliate Program later then you just have to activate the other plugin.
Detailed Documentation
Scared of getting worthless product documentation after you purchase the product? Checkout the shopping cart documentation before you make a purchase.
Great Support
Tired of listening to fake support promises? Checkout our customer only forum to see how we handle product related issues (usually within 24 hours).

You can read more on the WP eStore features here.

Please see the documentation site to get a feeling for what this plugin can do (this will help you determine if this plugin will meet your needs).

WP eStore Plugin Demo

Click on the above live demo button to see how the Add to Cart, Buy Now and Subscribe buttons work. You can also watch these set of video tutorials to see how easy it is to setup and use this plugin.

You can also try the WordPress PayPal Shopping Cart Plugin to get a feel for how the shopping cart works. PayPal Shopping Cart plugin is similar to this plugin except it doesn’t have a database and some of the other cool features.

Purchase Demo Video

WP eStore Shopping Cart Screenshot

There are a few different ways to display the shopping cart. The following screenshot is one example of how the shopping cart looks when customers add product(s) to the cart.

WP eStore Shopping Cart Screenshot

Squeeze Page Type Form

The WordPress eStore Plugin can be used to insert a squeeze page type form in a post, page or sidebar to offer a free product for list building for internet marketing purpose

Squeeze Page Screenshot

Selling Large Files

If you plan to sell large files then you must read the document on Selling Large Files with eStore.

Documentation & Technical Support

WordPress eStore Documentation Site – WP eStore tutorials, how to’s, tweaks and everything else that you need to know about this plugin.
WP eStore quick installation and Usage Video Tutorial
WP eStore Forum – The WordPress eStore plugin is simple and easy to use but if you are facing an issue with this plugin then post it on the customer only support forum and we will address it.

Please note that this product is for self hosted WordPress site (WordPress.org) where you own your own domain. This is not for WordPress.com sites. More clarification here.

Customer Feedback

We won’t waste your time with fake testimonials but you can go to the following link and see what some of our customers have to say about us:

» Find out what our customers have to say

You can also check the comment section below for more customer feedback.

Get the WordPress eStore Plugin Now

Sell digital and non-digital products from your WordPress blog Securely. (Includes Free Future Updates)

Sleep well at night knowing your digital asset is safe!

You will be automatically redirected to the checkout page once you add a product to your shopping cart. you can also find the shopping cart on the sidebar.

Frequently Bought Together

WordPress eStore + WordPress Affiliate Platform
Bundle and Save
Sale Price: $69.95
Original Price: $99.90

Please see the Products page for more packaged product deals.

I am not going to tell you that the WordPress eStore is the best WordPress shopping cart plugin ever but for what this plugin does makes it gold.

If you want a WordPress Shopping Cart plugin that is being actively developed and has someone behind it to offer support and troubleshoot issues then feel free to purchase this plugin.

When you buy this plugin you also indirectly support all my other free wordpress plugin development.

Become an Affiliate

Like the WP eStore plugin? Why not sign up for an affiliate account and promote it to make some money?

WP eStore Questions (F.A.Q)

View the WP eStore’s Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

If you have any queries or concerns please leave a comment below.

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#1 by admin on January 19, 2010 - 7:40 am

@SvendK, switching from simple shopping cart to estore is not problematic but their usage methods are slightly different. The video tutorials on the documentation site should give you a good idea on this.

#2 by Ivy on January 18, 2010 - 7:35 pm

Valerie, It sounds like you might be using a older version of the eStore plugin. Can you tell me what version of the eStore you are using?

Ivy

#3 by SvendK on January 18, 2010 - 6:31 pm

Hi – I’m doing a website for a client, and maybe I’m going for the eStore plugin, but until further, I’m fine with the Simple Paypal Shoppingcart plugin.
Would there be any crumbles in changing from Simple to eStore in the future?

I’m going to use the NextGen integration as well, is that going to be a problem when switching to eStore in the future?

Another thing, would I be able to store the user details on site, so that the user don’t have to write it again, and for me to add the user to a news letter and such stuff?

Thank you for a really great plugin! As the other people write, it’s impressively simple and impressively effective. It does not interfere with the homepage or take over the home page – it just plugs in…

/Svend K

#4 by Ryan Bayne on January 18, 2010 - 11:48 am

I could get you more sales if this cart worked with roman cart. Customers want my WordPress e-commerce sites and I want to use your cart but many use roman cart on their old html websites and want to keep using it.

Only way I can think is that when a product is added to shopping cart two seperate sets of data are stored. There would also be a product ID entry on the product form.

In theory to me it sounds possible but you know your cart. If it were you open up the ability for people to use roman cart and therfor use any other payment method. You can then state all the payment methods as something your plugin can help offer.

Thats got to catch some attention!

What do you think?
Ryan

#5 by Valerie on January 18, 2010 - 3:08 am

I can’t find my previous message about the coupons. Anyway it’s fixed. Thank you!

#6 by Valerie on January 18, 2010 - 2:51 am

Hello, thank you for your answer about the coupon. But how come I do not have the conditions in my coupon setting page? I cannot set conditions, that part is totally missing….

#7 by admin on January 18, 2010 - 2:33 am

Hi Valerie, You should be able to apply coupons to a specific product using the conditional coupon option explained in this doc:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/how-to-use-coupons-discounts-in-wp-estore-364

At this moment it is not possible to create multiple products from one template but I will add this capability.

#8 by Valerie on January 17, 2010 - 4:59 pm

Hello,
I love your plugin! Easy to use! Great price!

I have 2 questions.
1. Would there be a way to apply coupons to only one type of products that I sell? Could be one WP category or even one product category. So the cart would have to check if that type of product is in the cart for the coupon to work or something like that…

2. I have many products that are the same type. Is there a quick way to create many products at a time when they have all the same options? If I could copy and paste or create a product template… I did not find an answer to this question.

Thank you!

#9 by admin on January 16, 2010 - 8:21 pm

Hi Charles, Glad to hear that you like the plugin. This one is a paid plugin so it’s not on WordPress directory but I have the simple shopping cart on wordpress. Here is the link:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/

#10 by Charles on January 16, 2010 - 3:30 pm

Hi Amin:
purchased eStore and LOVE it! Would be a bargain at 5 times the price.
Tried to give a rating for eStore at WordPress.org plugin directory but could NOT find eStore anywhere in the plugin directory.

Can u post a link to it if eStore is indeed in the directory??
If it isn’t then please submit it!
Searching for ecommerce plugins in the WP directory only brings up garbage stuff that doesn’t have the features or ease of use of eStore.

Keep up the good work.

#11 by admin on January 15, 2010 - 9:40 pm

@Chodhry, You can turn manual checkout on from the “Payment Gateway Settings” tab under the settings menu.

Yes, most things will have to be done manually as you want to confirm that the customer actually made the payment before he gets anything.

Affiliate commission is given out immediately (this is so you don’t have to keep track of who referred who) but if a payment doesn’t go through then you will just have to reverse the commission from the “Sales Menu” of the affiliate plugin by adding a negative commission of the same amount.

#12 by William Estrella on January 15, 2010 - 9:22 pm

I just recently started using WordPress. I’ve been hooked, and now that I’ve found this plugin I feel like I just struck gold. The price is very reasonable. Thanks for all your work. We really appreciate it.
.-= William Estrella´s last blog ..Nikon D3 Digital SLR Camera =-.

#13 by chodhry on January 15, 2010 - 7:29 am

Well, that would be ok. How can I turn this feature on?

And as I also have emember and afiliate integrated. Does that have any impact on them?

For example, will I have to upgrade memberships manually as well?

And would my affiliates will earn the comission once the purchase has been approved or when the payment was made? so after payment through an affiliate link, I get to give a refund and do not send the link. Would this automatically deduct the comission amount from the affiliate account?
.-= chodhry´s last blog ..Some wishful thinking for new year 2010 =-.

#14 by Ivy on January 14, 2010 - 8:13 pm

Chodhry, You can have manual check out but this will apply to all the items that are in the shopping cart. You would have to send out links to each product.

#15 by admin on January 14, 2010 - 3:56 am

Hi Joe, Nope, multiple membership under one email address is not possible. Each member must have unique email address (this is due to WordPress’s requirement)

There is no straight forward way to do this but there a few ways you can achieve this.

i) Create various coupon codes and make it available to the appropriate membership levels

ii) Create two sets of product (one normal price and one discounted price) and put them on the corresponding membership pages.

#16 by Joe on January 13, 2010 - 12:43 pm

I have both eMember and eStore plugins. I have two questions:

1) Is there a way to give the option to signup for multiple memberships at the same time? Not as a package but rather selecting those multiple items out of a list of all items. I’m aware that this can be done with the eStore products option but I wanted them to actually buy/pay for multiple memberships not just products.

2) Can I set it up so that different membership levels get the option to order more products/memberships at a discounted rate. For example, once a silver member pays and signs in they now have the option to buy the gold and platinum at 25% off. But… a gold member has the option to buy the platinum at 50% off.

Thanks in advance. These plugins are awesome by the way.

#17 by Ivy on January 12, 2010 - 7:59 pm

James, One of my main concerns is, after a buyer adds to the cart and pays fot the item what happens next?

Paypal sends a IPN file to your site and the plugin verify that the product was paid for and that this information came from Paypal. Once this is done it will send out an email to the customer with the download links in it for all the digital products that where purchased and information on the non digital products such as name and price (this is like a receipt). This will also send you an email telling you what was purchased, Paypal will also send you a payment email.

The person is sent a download link? Where to? Where do they input their email address?
This uses the email address from their Paypal.

Secondly, is it possible for the buyer to pass the link to another person or to publsh it for others to use or does the download link expire?

You can set the expire time for the downloads.

Would I upload it to my WordPress Library for example or should I use a third party? And if so how? What are the limits?

You can upload the file anywhere you want to.

Also would spiders be able to find the download link page?

The plugin send out an encrypted link so the person buying the product do not know the location of the download. So the answer to this is no spiders would not be able to find the download page.

#18 by james on January 12, 2010 - 10:06 am

Oh, one other thing, I am wondering if you could tell me where I should host my product for download?

#19 by james on January 12, 2010 - 9:56 am

Hi,

This looks to be exactly what I am looking for but I have a couple of questions before I go ahead and buy.

One of my main concerns is, after a buyer adds to the cart and pays fot the item what happens next?

The person is sent a download link? Where to? Where do they input their email address?
Secondly, is it possible for the buyer to pass the link to another person or to publsh it for others to use or does the download link expire?

Thanks, Look forward to your reply so I can get my store going!

#20 by chodhry on January 12, 2010 - 4:18 am

It may look stupid but can we sell some manual products through this plugin? Where the buyer will only get a confirmation email about the product and product itself will be sent after doing necessary customization to them.

So product is still digital but need some manual custom work depending upon the client choices and being sent to them manually.

Anyway we can make this possible?
.-= chodhry´s last blog ..Some wishful thinking for new year 2010 =-.

#21 by Michael Avery on January 10, 2010 - 5:30 am

Wow,

I am glad I asked about that, I actually put my newsletter email address in that field, I have it now thanks!

#22 by admin on January 8, 2010 - 11:13 pm

Hi Michael, this is the aweber list name (e.g. mylist@aweber.com). In AWeber you have setup a few list for different campaigns I presume so put the name of the list where you want the buyers to be opted in.

#23 by Michael Avery on January 8, 2010 - 7:59 pm

Not quite sure I get this? in WP eStore/Settings/Auto Responder Settings

Aweber list name setting, is it the email address if the list that goes in that field or is it the actual list name at aWeber that goes in that field?

Great Porduct!
.-= Michael Avery´s last blog ..Voice of Cuba =-.

#24 by admin on January 7, 2010 - 3:25 am

@Daniel, This plugin supports any currency that is supported by PayPal. I am pretty sure Canadian Dollar is supported by PayPal.

#25 by admin on January 7, 2010 - 3:24 am

@Ann, Yes, I plan to add Google Checkout gateway to this plugin. Free updates are also included in the price. Please refer to the license agreement of individual product for the last question (on the documentation site of every product there is a link to the License agreement for that product)

#26 by Daniel on January 6, 2010 - 10:29 pm

Hello,

Any support for Canadian currency?

Thx!

#27 by Ann on January 6, 2010 - 2:27 pm

I am just about to buy this plugin as well as the affiliate program plugin. It looks great, the price is right, and it looks very well supported (which is worth 2x the price!) I do have some questions first though.

Will there ever be a google checkout integration? And are free updates included in the price? How many sites can I install a single purchase on?

Thanks!

#28 by admin on January 5, 2010 - 3:10 am

There is no product rating ability… the way it is handled is that you have each blog post or page as a product and then you can use a wordpress plugin that allows the visitors to rate that post or page. They can also leave comments. All of these reflects to that product.

The digital products can be uploaded using the “Media Uploader” that is built into WordPress… any of your customers who is an user of your wordpress with appropriate permission can use it to upload products.

#29 by Learco on January 4, 2010 - 8:53 pm

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. I have two other questions.
Is it possible for customers to rate the products or write a comment?
Is it possible for customers to upload their own product?
Thanks,
Learco

#30 by Ryan Bayne on January 1, 2010 - 3:43 pm

I’m modifying the eStore plugin to have a WYSIWYG editor on the product page and category selection. It will create a new post when adding a new product. Post title will be the product title, when you upload an image to the WYSIWYG editor you can quickly get the url for the product thumbnail which might make life easier for some.

The post will automatically display the product and the products link from thumbnail setting will be the posts permalink.

I plan to create a plugin for this function also and make it suitable for all carts on wordpress. I thought however if it is popular it could be added to eStore as a standard ability.

Contact webmaster@webtechglobal.co.uk for more information.

Ryan
.-= Ryan Bayne´s last blog ..WordPress Niche Theme List =-.

#31 by admin on December 29, 2009 - 7:29 pm

Yeah, the eStore can be integrated with the JROX Jam affiliate software. This forum post should tell you how to (It’s kind long cause there were a few trial and error but at the end you will get exactly what you need):

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/integration-with-jrox-jam-affiliate-manager

#32 by Askman on December 29, 2009 - 2:45 pm

Is it possible to integrate the Affiliate Software Jam into the store. I use the store and memberplugin together.

#33 by admin on December 23, 2009 - 5:50 am

Hi Jude, yes, you will be able to use this plug in to offer a free ‘product’ (image) separately through the squeeze page option to build up your list.

Using the squeeze page type form is pretty simple.. the following doc should help:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/how-to-make-a-squeeze-page-using-the-wordpress-estore-plugin-126

#34 by Jude on December 22, 2009 - 7:38 pm

I already have products (artwork) set up/available on my wordpress site via the ‘e-commerce’ plug in, and dont have time right now to do all the work of changing them to a new plug-in/shopping cart (ie perhaps WP Estore). But I need a way to create an opt-in box to offer a free downloadable image as a means of creating a list, and I’m having a surprisingly tough time finding info online about how to create this. Your plug-in seems like an option, but I wonder would I be able to use this plug in to offer a free ‘product’ (image) seperately from my already existing e-commerce products? (If I got Estore I would at some point reformat my products using it rather than e-commerce, especially since it integrates with NextGen.. but right now face time constraints). Also, how easy is it to use the sqeeze page to offer a free image? Is it an obvious part of the creation process for the opt-in box or are there explanations, tutorials or tech support available? I’m new to all this but have to be able to figure it out myself..

thanks, Jude aka Tatakwan
.-= Jude´s last blog .. =-.

#35 by Pete on December 21, 2009 - 6:02 pm

I came from an advertising banner and will have a closer look at this plugin the next time. It seems to be useful for me so I’ll save this site. Keep up the good work,

Cheers
.-= Pete´s last blog ..Download Music Producer Pro Now =-.

#36 by viettel on December 19, 2009 - 11:40 am

Congratulations on a great plug-in it’s worth every penny, well done!
.-= viettel´s last blog ..Viettel và MB ra mắt sản phẩm Bankplus =-.

#37 by admin on December 18, 2009 - 3:29 am

Hi Nix, I don’t think blogspot is going to like the fact that you are moving to WordPress because of this plguin

Yes, the plugin works on any theme. The following URL should explain it in details:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wordpress-ecommerce-knowledgebase-523#wp_estore_overview

#38 by Nix on December 18, 2009 - 12:44 am

hi I have been reading your website for quite some time and I think this is the best shopping cart I have been looking for and i transfer my blog from blogspot to wordpress due to this shopping cart. I got one question, is it this can be apply to any wordpress theme?

reply asap as i cant wait to purchase now. LOL

thanks!
.-= Nix´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at =-.

#39 by admin on December 8, 2009 - 6:16 am

This post should explain the available shipping options for physical items:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/how-the-shipping-cost-calculation-works-in-wordpress-estore-50

#40 by revtrev on December 7, 2009 - 5:59 pm

I’m a little confused… does the eStore handle shipping for real items? Do I need to use another plugin for that?
.-= revtrev´s last blog ..Misunderstanding Our Experience with Sin =-.

#41 by admin on December 5, 2009 - 7:59 pm

@Yasmeensong, I tried to have a look at your page but it game me a 404. Anyway, I am pretty sure the following has the fix you need:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wordpress-estore-troubleshooting-218

#42 by yasmeensong on December 5, 2009 - 12:51 pm

hello i am having difficulty making my estore button work. You can see that the variations i selected and the actual price as well as the actual button format is not working. I was using the basic add to cart plugin, but switched, I deactivated this plugin in the hopes of my estore plugin working.
see page: http://yasmeensong.com/2009/12/yasmeensong-posters/
this page is just being formed, the cart is way down on the bottom right sidebar.

it seems that when I use my own addtocart button it is stretched and weird looking… (using thesis)
If you could help that would be great!
.-= yasmeensong´s last blog ..yasmeensong posters =-.

#43 by admin on November 28, 2009 - 8:07 pm

@Nan, something must be missing… we gotta find out what it is… I will send you an email to see if I can take a look at your system.