{"id":2468,"date":"2013-08-26T03:55:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T03:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T00:20:47","slug":"wp-simple-cart-sell-digital-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-simple-cart-sell-digital-downloads-2468","title":{"rendered":"WP Simple Shopping Cart &#8211; How to Sell Digital Downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Simple Shopping Cart<\/a> allows you to easily sell digital downloads from your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"simpletoc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#video-summary\">Video Summary<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#example-shortcode\">Example Shortcode<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#flagging-an-item-as-digital-only\">Flagging an Item as Digital Only<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#digital-file-delivery-to-your-customer\">Digital File Delivery to Your Customer<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#paypal-ipn-feature-settings\">PayPal IPN Feature Settings<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video-summary\">Video Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sell Digital Media Files Using the WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPvXac_j_lI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"example-shortcode\">Example Shortcode<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Here is an example shortcode that shows how you can specify a download link for a digital product with the standard add to cart button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[wp_cart_button name=\"My Download\" price=\"5.00\" file_url=\"http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/my-ebook1.pdf\"]<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an example shortcode that shows how you can specify a download link for digital item with the product box display shortcode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[wp_cart_display_product name=\"My Download Product\" price=\"5.00\" file_url=\"http:\/\/example.com\/uploads\/ebook1.pdf\"&nbsp;thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.example.com\/product-image.jpg\" description=\"This is a short description of the product\"]<\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"flagging-an-item-as-digital-only\">Flagging an Item as Digital Only<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>To mark an item as digital-only, add the <code>digital=\"1\"<\/code> parameter to the shortcode. Digital-only items do not require a shipping address during checkout. Here\u2019s an example of how to use the <code>digital<\/code> parameter in the shortcode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[wp_cart_button name=\"My Download\" price=\"5.00\" digital=\"1\" file_url=\"http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/my-ebook1.pdf\"]<\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"digital-file-delivery-to-your-customer\">Digital File Delivery to Your Customer<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Once the payment is complete, your customer will receive a notification email containing the download link(s) for the items they purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a screenshot of the email your customer will receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/download-email.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot showing how download link is sent via email by wp shopping cart plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/download-email.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/download-email-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"paypal-ipn-feature-settings\">PayPal IPN Feature Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>You will need to make sure that you have enabled PayPal IPN feature in your paypal account. Log into your PayPal account and enable the IPN feature if you don&#8217;t have it enabled already. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/how-to-setup-paypal-ipn-notification-2796\">how to setup PayPal IPN video tuorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WP Simple Shopping Cart allows you to easily sell digital downloads from your WordPress site. Video Summary Example Shortcode Here is an example shortcode that shows how you can specify a download link for a digital product with the standard add to cart button: [wp_cart_button name=&#8221;My Download&#8221; price=&#8221;5.00&#8243; file_url=&#8221;http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/my-ebook1.pdf&#8221;] Below is an example shortcode that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[161,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-2468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wordpress-shopping-cart","7":"tag-digital-downloads","8":"tag-wp-shopping-cart","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/ecommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}