download script

[Admin]

anyone know of a good PHP script to build a download shop site?
(online products for immediate download after payment received)

Thanks

 

[BFTUK]

Try Cubecart.com, Its a great shopping cart and is free to use if you keep their powered by text at the bottom of each page.

Very easy to setup digital downloads, when the buyer has paid they are emailed a download link for their chosen products.

 

[murph]

Joomla cms and phpshop...there should be an all-in-one package if you do a search. That is a free option. Not sure about drupal..has an ecom module but never played with it. One paid for option i can highly recommend is clickcart pro (perl not php), does absolutely everything you could ever need and comes as standard with loads of payment gateways...pretty sure that does downloads. Zencart is another free option (php), based on oscommerce...which is the definition of a free online shop software, but has no cms functionality...which is why i suggested joomla 1st

BTW has anyone got much experience with xml feeds of products for carts? I know oscommerce does it and presumabely zencart, but if anyone else has any suggestions that are specifically great for taking xml feeds and creating a shop from them...?

 

[Admin]

Thanks, I'm trying Cube Cart and working well so far.

 

[BFTUK]

If you get stuck and need a hand let me know, i know a fair bit about cube cart.

 

[Admin]

Thanks.

Is there a way to test the payment/download system is working (using paypal)

Should I out anything in "Directories & Folders"

How do I stop people being able to download files without paying?

 

[BFTUK]

I believe that you can setup a test account with paypal, but i'm not sure. Alternatively if you can get a friend to buy a low value test product you can then refund the payment and neither of you will incur any costs.

There is an excellent tutorial you can get to setup the downloads http://www.cc3.biz/extras/DigitalProducts.pdf

It explains it in the tutorial above, basically the best way is to make sure the downloads are not stored in the public html folder.

Hope this helps.

 

[BFTUK]

Also their is a good SEO friendly mod available, you can download it from cubecart.org. Although i've not used it myself, i plan to in the near future.

One of my shops using cubecart is: www.mywebsiteonline.co.uk

 

[Admin]

Also their is a good SEO friendly mod available, you can download it from cubecart.org. Although i've not used it myself, i plan to in the near future.

One of my shops using cubecart is: www.mywebsiteonline.co.uk

Thanks I already installed it. works well.

 

[eetc]

I don't want to hijack the thread but can anyone recommend the same for asp ?

eetc