Help to set up paid download system

[polodesign]

Hi,

I'm looking to PAY for someone with experience working with CGEcommerce and either the Uploads module or Download Manager to set up a secure system for purchasing and downloading FlippingBooks (http://flippingbook.com) using PayPal for processing payments. I have already set up FrontEndUsers, SelfRegistration and the CGEcommerce system but I have problems with getting a 'Success' message to the payment system (completed transactions are showing up as 'Pending' although funds are being transferred).

I have set up file downloading from a My Account page but just need a way to move the purchaser into an FEU group with access to the book(s) they have purchased (a UDT that adds them to the correct group(s) based on their purchase).

If you need more details or want to provide a quote, please PM me. My timeline is short - I really hope I won't have to resort to the dreaded WordPress where I can do this in a heartbeat. I have other clients looking for the same functionality so I really want to find a way to do this in CMSMS.

Regards,
Penny

[mcDavid]

I think your missing link is the Uploads module: http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/uploads

It also handles (time limited) FEU access to uploaded files.

[psy]

Have you configured PayPay for IPN (instant payment notification)? This should set the order to paid rather than pending.

What you want to do is entirely possible. I did a similar thing with ClickBank. See http://tipsnclicks.com/ which uses FEU, Uploads, etc to register users who pay to access a download file.

[polodesign]

Thanks for the replies.

mcDavid, I have looked at the Uploads and it would work. My trick is in figuring out how to move the purchaser into a group that can access the file and having the system deliver the download link automatically by email. Triggering those events is one of the things I'm trying to figure out.

psy, I do have PayPal IPN set up and I'm getting messages back from PayPal stating that the transaction is completed. However, the system only sets the status to 'Pending' rather than 'Success'.

Here is what I see in the admin log:

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IPN Transaction 07000688LR625421S successful. Status: Completed

Order status set to Pending

Payment pending for order #

The customer receives the following message: "Your order is processing, and awaiting final approval from the financial institution. When this completes, you will receive an email containing the complete order information."

I can't figure out what's causing the order to be set to Pending instead of Success. I have noticed that the email that goes to the site owner indicates 'Unconfirmed shipping address', and I know that PayPal will set the payment status to pending in this situation: "The payment is pending because your customer did not include a confirmed shipping address and you, the merchant, have your Payment Receiving Preferences set such that you want to manually accept or deny each of these payments. To change your preference, go to the Preferences section of your Profile" (from PayPal's IPN Integration Guide). I can't find anywhere within PayPal's preferences to change that setting, and I don't know if that's even what causing the problem. I've been testing with the PP Sandbox but I have the same problem in Production Mode using my own account with a confirmed address.

If you've been able set up downloads, did you have to do anything special ?

Thanks,
Penny

[micahgodbolt]

I'd love to know the answer to this as well. I'm trying to do a paid registration (feu/self reg) setup with paypal. Sometime's it works flawlessly, and other times it comes back pending....in which case the user disappears from self/reg but never shows up in FEU.