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WP eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping AddOn

The eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping addon allows the shopping cart to automatically apply a shipping amount based on the number of items a user is purchasing.

You can pre-configure how much shipping to apply for which item quantity range.

How Does the Bulk Shipping Condition Work

Lets say, you configured one shipping condition and a user just came to your site to do a shopping cart checkout. If the user adds 7-9 items to the shopping cart, a $20 shipping will be automatically applied to the cart.

Installing the eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-bulk-qty-shipping.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using this Addon

When this addon is active, You can easily configure some conditions that will be used to automatically apply the shipping amount on the shopping cart.

To configure a new shipping condition click on the “eStore bulk shipping” sub-menu under the WP eStore plugin menu.

screenshot showing how to access the estore bulk quantity shipping addon menu

To add a new condition you need to enter the following information:

  • From (Quantity): The minimum number of items required to apply this shipping amount. For example: 7
  • To (Quantity): The maximum number of items required in the shopping cart to apply this shipping amount. For example: 9
  • Shipping Amount: The shipping amount that will be applied to the cart when the above condition is fulfilled. For example: 20

Click the “Save” button which will add the new shipping condition.

You can add as many conditions as you want.

screenshot showing how to configure a bulk quantity shipping condition

Marking a Product to be a Physical Item

The bulk quantity shipping addon can override and apply the bulk shipping amount to the cart, if the product in question is a physical item. The way to mark a product to be a physical item is to add a shipping amount of 0.01 to the shipping cost of the item. So edit the WP eStore product in question and enter a value of 0.01 to the Item Shipping Cost field.

AddOn Price

The eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

WP eStore Addon – Braintree Payment Gateway

This addon allows you to do shopping cart checkout using Braintree payment gateway.

AddOn Price

The eStore Braintree addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the gateway addon download area of our support forum.

Installation

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-braintree-gateway.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using Braintree Payment Gateway Addon

Once you install addon you will need to configure some Braintree specific settings. You can find the settings page under the eStore braintree menu of WP eStore plugin. The following screenshot shows how you can access the settings page of this addon:

screenshot showing how to access the braintree addon in the estore settings

In order to complete the settings simply follow the steps outlined below:

Step 1: Enable “Braintree” from the settings section of the addon.

Step 2: Enter your Braintree merchant account credentials (Merchant ID, Public Key, Private Key, CSE Key). You can retrieve them by logging into your Braintree account and clicking “Account->My User->API Keys”.

screenshot showing the settings menu for braintree addon

Step 3: Enter your preferred checkout text for Braintree gateway (example: Braintree). This text will be used in the eStore shopping cart gateway selection drop down menu if you are using multiple payment gateway options.

Step 4: Enter a title for the order information page. This page will be used to collect order information from your users.

Now hit the Update button and your site will be ready to accept payments using braintree gateway.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the gateway addon download area of our support forum.

eStore MadMimi Integration Addon

This addon plugin allow you to integrate WP eStore plugin with the MadMimi Email Marketing solution. You can use it to add customers to your MadMimi email list when someone purchase your product(s).

Installing the MadMimi Integration Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the Add New plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the upload tab
  • Browse for the plugin file (eStore-madmimi-integration-addon.zip)
  • Click Install Now and then activate the plugin

Using the MadMimi Integration AddOn

After you install this addon using the above instruction do the following:

Step 1) Go to the MadMimi integration settings interface from your main eStore menu.

mad-mimi-integration-menu

Step 2) Fill in the MadMimi Account Details

mad-mimi-integration-api-details

Step 3) Edit the eStore product (the one that you want to link to MadMimi list) and specify the list name in the List Name field.

mad-mimi-integration-list-name

Save the product and you are done!

Now every time  there is a new transaction or squeeze page form submission for this product, the customer will be automatically added to your MadMimi list.

AddOn Price

The MadMimi Integration Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon (v1.3)

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

Sell Birthday Greetings – eStore Addon

You can sell birthday greetings with this addon.

It lets your customers enter a message and a recipient’s email address then they purchase the gift item. The digital gift item (a birthday greeting video, audio, PDF etc) is delivered to the recipient with the message after the transaction.

sell-birthday-greetings-example

Usage

Lets say you want to sell a birthday gift item which you have configured in the eStore plugin. The ID of this eStore product is 1.

You can add the following shortcode to a WordPress page that will let your customers buy this item and specify a recipient’s email address and a special message:

[eStore_birthday_greeting id=”1″]

Get the Gift Voucher Addon

The price of this addon is $30.00

Please contact us to purchase this addon.

WP eStore Addon – Bitcoin via Bitpay Payment Gateway

This addon allows you to do shopping cart checkout using bitpay payment gateway.

AddOn Price

The eStore Bitcoin via Bitpay addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the gateway addon download area of our support forum.

Installation

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-bitpay-gateway-addon.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using Bitpay Payment Gateway Addon

Once you install addon you will need to configure some Bitpay specific settings. You can find the settings page under the eStore bitpay menu of WP eStore plugin. The following screenshot shows how you can access the settings page of this addon:

screenshot showing how to access the bitpay addon in the estore settings

In order to complete the settings simply follow the steps outlined below:

Step 1: Enable “bitpay” from the settings section of the addon.

Step 2: Enter the API key for your bitpay merchant account.

screenshot showing the settings menu for bitpay addon

Step 3: Select the speed at which your bitcoin transaction will register as confirmed.

  • Low: An invoice is considered to be “confirmed” after 6 block confirmations (~1 hour)
  • Medium: An invoice is considered to be “confirmed” after 1 block confirmation (~10 minutes)
  • High: An invoice is considered to be “confirmed” immediately upon receipt of payment

Step 4: Enter your preferred checkout text for bitpay (example: bitpay). This text will be used in the eStore shopping cart gateway selection drop down menu if you are using multiple payment gateway options.

Step 5: Enter a title for the order information page. This page will be used to collect order information from your users.

Now hit the Update button and your site will be ready to accept payments using bitpay gateway.

WP eStore Addon – Google Wallet For Digital Goods Payment Gateway

This addon allows you to do a one-item checkout using Google Wallet For Digital Goods payment gateway.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the gateway addon download area of our support forum.

Installation

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-google-wallet-digital-goods.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using Google Wallet For Digital Goods Payment Gateway Addon

Once you install addon you will need to configure some Google Wallet For Digital Goods specific settings. You can find the settings page under the eStore Google Wallet for Digital Goods menu of WP eStore plugin. The following screenshot shows how you can access the settings page of this addon:

screenshot showing how to access the google wallet for digital goods addon in the estore settings

In order to complete the settings simply follow the steps outlined below:

Step 1: Enable “Google Wallet for Digital Goods” from the settings section of the addon.

Step 2: Fill in the API details. There are two pieces of API information that you need to enter in the settings:

  • Your Google Wallet for Digital Goods Seller Identifier
  • Your Google Wallet for Digital Goods Seller Secret

screenshot showing the settings menu for google wallet for digital goods addon

Step 3: Copy the Postback URL for your site. Now go to the settings menu of your Google Wallet for digital goods merchant account and specify it in the Postback URL field.

screenshot showing how to retrieve google wallet for digital goods api credentials

This is where you will also find your Seller ID and Secret Key. Once you are done click the Save button.

Step 4: Enter a title for the order information page. This page will be used to collect order information from your users.

Now hit the Update button and your site will be ready to accept payments using Google Wallet for Digital Goods.

One-item checkout button shortcode

Embed the following shortcode on a WordPress post/page so your users can purchase with Google Wallet for digital goods gateway:

[wp_eStore_buy_now_for_specific_gateway id="1" gateway="google_wallet_dg"]

Replace 1 with your eStore product ID.

WP eStore Bulk Discount AddOn

The eStore Bulk Discount addon allows your customers to automatically get a discount based on the number of items they are purchasing.

Installing the eStore Bulk Discount Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-bulk-discount.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using this Addon

When this addon is active, You can easily configure some conditions that will be used to automatically apply a discount on the shopping cart.

To configure a new discount condition click on the “eStore bulk discount” sub-menu under the WP eStore plugin menu.

screenshot showing how to access the estore bulk discount addon menu

To add a new discount condition you need to enter the following information:

  • From (Quantity): The minimum number of items required to apply this coupon. For example – 7.
  • To (Quantity): The maximum number of items required in the shopping cart to apply this coupon. For example- 9.
  • Discount Rate (%): The rate of discount in percentage that will be applied on the shopping cart. For example – 20.

Click the “Save” button which will add the new discount condition.

screenshot showing how to configure a bulk discount condition

How Does the Discount Condition Work

Suppose, you configured one coupon condition and a user just came to your site to do a shopping cart checkout. If the  user has 7-9 items in the shopping cart a 20% discount will be automatically applied to the total cart amount. You can add as many conditions as you want.

AddOn Price

The eStore Bulk Discount Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon (v1.3)

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

WP eStore Addon – File Download Stats

The eStore File Download Stats addon allows you to see which encrypted download links have been used by your users.

Installing the File Download Stats Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the plugin file (eStore-file-download-stats.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using the File Download Stats Addon

You can go to the download link stats menu in eStore admin dashboard to see the download stats of the encrypted links.

file download stats addon menu

You can selectively (between any date range) view the stats of all the purchased file downloads.

estore-download-stats-addon-interface

AddOn Price

The eStore File Download Stats Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon (v1.1)

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

WP eStore MailPoet Newsletter (formerly Wysija) Integration Addon

The eStore Mailpoet Newsletters integration addon allows you to add your eStore plugin customers to the Mailpoet/Wysija list after a purchase.

Installing the Mailpoet Newsletter Integration Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the plugin file (estore-wysija-newsletter-addon.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using the eStore Mailpoet Newsletters Addon

After you install this addon using the above instruction do the following:

Step 1) Create a new list in the MailPoet Newsletters plugin (if you haven’t done so already). Now edit the list you just created and find the unique ID assigned to it.

To edit a list you need to go to MailPoet -> Lists and select the “Edit” option under the list.

mailpoet-lists-menu-screenshot-1

Once you click the “Edit” option you will be able to find the list ID from your browser’s address bar.

mailpoet-list-id-from-the-list-edit-interface

Step 2) Edit the eStore product which you would like to link to your MailPoet list and specify the list ID in the List Name field.

specify list id in product configuration

Save the product and you are done! Now every time  there is a new transaction/squeeze page form submission for this product, the customer will be automatically added to your MailPoet list (ID 3 in the above example).

AddOn Price

The MailPoet newsletter Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

WP eStore Addon – eWAY Rapid 3.0 Payment Gateway

This addon allows you to do a shopping cart checkout using eWAY 3.0 Rapid payment gateway.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the gateway addon download area of our support forum.

Installation

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the addon file (eStore-eway-rapid.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using eWAY Rapid 3.0 Payment Gateway Addon

Once you install addon you will need to configure some eWAY Rapid 3.0 specific settings. You can find the eWAY Rapid 3.0 specific settings under the eStore eway rapid menu of WP eStore plugin. The following screenshot shows how you can access the settings page of this addon:

screenshot showing how to access eway rapid addon settings from the eStore menu

In order to complete the eWAY Rapid 3.0 settings simply follow the steps outlined below:

Step 1: Check the “Enable eway rapid gateway” checkbox from the “Eway Gateway Settings” section of the addon.

Step 2: Fill in the API details. There are two pieces of API information that you need to enter in the settings:

  • Your eWAY Rapid 3.0 user API Key
  • Your eWAY Rapid 3.0 user password

screenshot showing eway rapid 3.0 addon settings

Step 3: Enter your preferred checkout text for eway rapid. This text will be used in the eStore shopping cart gateway selection drop down menu if you are using multiple payment gateway options.

Step 4: Enter a title for the order information page. This page will be used to collect order information from your users.

Now hit the Update button and your site will be ready to accept payments using eWAY Rapid 3.0.

How to create an API Key for eWAY Rapid 3.0

If you are not sure how you can create a new api key (also called Username) and password for your eWAY Rapid account you can follow the steps outlined below:

1) Log in to your partner portal account using the link below for your country

  • https://www.eway.com.au/PartnerPortal
  • https://www.eway.co.uk/PartnerPortal
  • https://www.eway.co.nz/PartnerPortal

2) Go to My Account > User Security > Create User and complete the form.

3) Click on Actions next to the new user and View API Key. This is your new API key and password for accessing Rapid API.