Forum Moderators: buckworks
Well how can I start...well let's start it with this:
We have a monthly e-zine (PDF based magazine) which people will be able to get each month. Right now I am using Paypal and Payloadz since it is a digital good that people download. So far so good but what if we want to give our readers the option to subscribe for let's say a half year or something. Will I have to get a programer for this kind of thing? Should I go with a different solution than Paypal and Payloadz? There is also the security issue that I have in mind. Right now people will get an encrypted e-mail where they can download the magazine and the link will always be different to prevent them from linking our magazine. I am looking for a solution that gives our readers those options: Pay and download (once) or Pay and get the magazine for 6 months (link to download will be provided each month via e-mail). Anybody here who could give me some pointers or has some experience with these kind of questions? Thanks in advance.
Tank
As for security, the best option seems to be scripts that will copy your newsletter file to a particular directory assigned a random name and then delete the file again after a set time period, usually two or three days. Some will monitor the downloads and delete after it has once been downloaded, but you need a method to deal with incomplete downloads (power goes out during download, etc.) which can be a hassle if you are dealing with large numbers. Probably freeware scripts available, though I haven't checked as I wrote my own.
Austin
The way I would have done this were to use
1. Paypal as the payment procesor
2. A custom script for managing subscritions / deliveries.
There is no difference to the user, only the fact that you got your own script that generates custom links for downloading the magazine. At the day of the publication of a new magazine you could run a routine to e-mail a new link to all customers with a valid subscription.
