Hi,
I’ve created a Product (an e-Download) via the admin ”To view, edit, or create Products -> Products”. And in the Approved URL field, I entered the website address of the webpage containing a download link to the Download file.
The code i pasted on the site is something like this
<form action=’https://www.2checkout.com/2co/buyer/purchase’ method=’post’>
<input type=’hidden’ name=’sid’ value=’XXXXXX’ >
<input type=’hidden’ name=’quantity’ value=’1’ >
<input type=’hidden’ name=’product_id’ value=’X’ >
<input name=”submit” type=’submit’ value=’Buy from 2CO’ >
</form>
My questions are:
1). Firstly, is the above approach workable?
2).after customer successfully paid via credit cards, will they be directed to the download link that i have entered as the Approved URL?
3). Will the website address of the download link be Visible to customer? Which means that they can also know straightaway the download pathname?
Appreciate if u can advice.
Many thanks.
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1) Yes, this approach is workable.
2) Yes, after the customer pays with a credit card they will be directed to your approved URL.
3) If you do not wish the URL to be shown in the address bar you will need to set the Direct Return setting to YES. This is located on the Look & Feel page of your account settings. When this value is set to NO customers must click a button to return to your URL. When set to YES they are automatically sent over. We will display your approved URL on our server so you will see 2checkout.com in the address bar. You will also want to make sure all links to styles, image and pages are full absolute URLs and not relative URLs.
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Just a quick question. For point 3, i definitely do not wish the URL to be shown to customers. So I need to set the Direct Return setting To YES.
I’m selling a hybrid of products and e-downloads. For the e-downloads, i’ve entered the APPROVED URL. BUT for products, i didn’t enter any APPROVE URL (its blank).
Will setting Direct Return to YES, affect the products (physical tangible products)? – i didnt do anything to the products settings yet. Do i need to do anything to the physical tangible products settings?
Appreciate your advice.
Thanks.
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The Direct Return setting will effect your account as a whole. This means that any product with a product specific URL will be automatically loaded after the purchase. If the product does not have an approved URL the account Approved URL which is set on the look & Feel page is loaded. I recommend that you set the download products with product specific URLs and then have a general Thank You page set as the Look & Feel approved URL. This way if some one buys a tangible product they will just be sent to the general Thank you page.
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Ok, Joel, many thanks for your advice.
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Sorry, Joel, Pending URL can be left Blank right?
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The pending URL is only loaded when a customer chooses to pay with the Online Check option. If you leave this blank then any customer paying with this method will remain on the 2Checkout Order Confirmation page.
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Hi joel, or anyone,
There seems to be an issue or flaw in this approach, especially if you are selling more than 1 downloads and that customer purchases 2 or more downloads at the same time.
Each download has a different download URL for obvious reasons. For some reasons, the customer cannot go to the right URL? How to tell the system after customer is done with URL1 to go to URL2 to download the 2nd download, assuming the customer buys 2 downloads?
I’m not sure would there be an issue if we are selling a hybrid of physical products and downloads?
Can someone kindly advise please?
many thanks
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@whamjam – You want to make sure you are entering an approved URL for each product at the product level. When you create or edit your 2Checkout product you will have an Approved URL field to fill in. This product level approved URL will allow customers to purchase 2 or more products from you and be presented a page with links to each Approved URL. The links open in a new window so they will be able to click the first link, access the first product, then close that window and repeat the process for as many products as they purchased.
If you are selling a mixture of physical products and downloads this will not be a problem. Links will be provided for all downloads if you have entered a Approved URL at the product level.
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Joel,
How does this scenario apply in the case when it takes, say, two days to render the ordered product and only then make it available for download in the client’s area of my site?
Obviously, the client would be notified by email that the product is ready for download.
Thanks
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rudibela, You may want to just use a single return URL, set in the Look and Feel section of your 2CO admin panel and then manage the product delivery manually or via a custom/third-party script. You could do something as simple as using a return URL that says something like ”Thank you for your order. Your custom product will be delivered via email within X days.”
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Thanks Cliff for clarification
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Hi Joel,
Thanks for your reply. Ok, yes you are right. Its working.
I just verified by making a real purchase, but there is this issue. Once you successfully entered your credit card, you will see this message, and all download links.
But, what if customers play punk? By then they would have already downloaded the products. I thought the links should be presented after order is checked for frauds?
Any advice?
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Your order was successfully submitted.
Your order is pending, your card has not yet been charged.
We will process your order within 24 hours, once it has
passed a series of fraud checks.
Thank you for shopping with us!
Download link
Download link
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Whamjam,
I’d like to quote myself from an earlier conversation with another supplier who had the same question:
source:
http://www.2checkout.com/community/?p=402
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@whamjam: As cliff said, it’s up to you to decide. What I do is tell customers their download will be held for up to 24 hours to allow 2CO fraud team to check the order.
I believe this has two positive effects:
1. it prevents the software being downloaded by fraudsters
2. it scares fraudsters away in the first place by mentioning anti-fraud screening
You will need to have a custom script written to handle such downloads though, I don’t think 2CO software can do that.
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You are correct, kstirn. This isn’t part of 2CO’s built in functionality, but you could achieve it through a custom/third-party script.