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How To Sell Sheet Music From Your WordPress Site Securely

In this tutorial I will cover how you can sell sheet music from your WordPress site securely (protecting the sheet music file).

This will be a simple and quick tutorial.

Things you will need to sell sheet music from your WordPress site.

  • A WordPress site
  • WP eStore Plugin
  • PDF Stamper Plugin

Step 1: Install eStore and configure the plugin:

You will need to install the eStore plugin on your WordPress site. You can use the following links to get the plugin. Then check the install/usage videos to set it up (it is very easy to set it up).

Step 2: Install the PDF Stamper (optional):

Next you will need to install the PDF Stamper (this step is optional). The PDF Stamper is to help protect your sheet music files from being shared. You can read more about the PDF Stamper plugin here.

Step 3: Start selling your sheet music online:

Once you have both plugins installed and configured you are ready to create your products and start selling your sheet music securely.

Selling Audio/MP3/Music Files Using WP eStore Plugin

There are a few different ways you can configure the plugin and sell your music/mp3/audio files using the WP eStore plugin. Go through all these options and see which one works best for you.

Make sure to watch the basic setup video tutorial to familiarize yourself with WP eStore plugin before following any of the methods below.

1. Option One

Step i) Create a WordPress post or page (this will be your landing page for the audio/mp3 file you want to sell).

Step ii) Add the full details of the audio file along with any necessary images and videos for it to the page you just created. You have complete freedom in designing this page using the standard WordPress page editor.

Step iii) Use any WordPress audio player plugin to embed a preview for the audio file that you are selling on this page. Here are two potential audio players that you can use:

Step iv) Create a WP eStore product for this audio file (lets say the eStore product ID is 1)

Step v) Use a WP eStore shortcode to place a purchase button on this page (this button lets your customer purchase the audio file).

Here is an example screenshot of how your WordPress page will look like when you use the above option:

sell-mp3-file-with-estore-option-1

2. Option Two

In this option we will take advantage of WP eStore’s fancy product display templates.

Step i) Create a WP eStore product for your audio file as usual.

Step ii) Use any audio player plugin to add an audio file preview in the “Product Description” field of the product.

sell-mp3-file-with-estore-option-2-step-1

Step iii) Use an eStore fancy display shortcode to show the product so your customers can purchase the item. WP eStore has a few fancy display templates that you can use.

Here is an example screenshot of how your WordPress page will look like when you use the above option:

sell-mp3-file-with-estore-option-2-step-2

3. Option Three

In this option we will take advantage of WP eStore’s fancy product display templates that were designed specifically for selling audio/mp3 files.

Step i) Install the compact audio player plugin (if you don’t have it already)

Step ii) Create an eStore product for your audio file.

Step iii) Use eStore’s fancy display template 12 to place the product on a WordPress page.

Here is an example screenshot of how your audio product will look like when you use the above option:

fancy 12 product display template