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Paypal and paying for see more fields

9/19/2008 9:35:36 PM
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tyguy author

Hi guys,
I am building an application where users can search certain tables, but they cannot see specific fields until they have paid via paypal... what would be the best approach to this? Also I would like to see a shopping cart function as making a one time payment would be cheaper for me as I will not endure as many paypal fees if my users can make one purchase.
Thanks for the help.
ty

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thesofa 9/21/2008

does the paypal template not help with this question?

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tyguy author 9/21/2008

does the paypal template not help with this question?


No I think the paypal template will work... I haven't done any experimenting with it yet. My question is more geared toward the fields that I want to hide until my customer has paid for the information. Is it possible to pass the field through paypal and redirect them to the right screen after the purchase? How do I this with multiple purchases... it there a way to update those customers records only?
Here is the path I was thinking:
Customer view FIELDS ABC >>>> Paypal pay for XYZ >>>> Redirect OR update tables for customer only information for XYZ???
I guess I see problems when a shopping cart is used and multiple records of XYZ are purchased.
Thanks for the help.

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tyguy author 9/22/2008

Ok, maybe I should try to explain this better:
Ok, I am building a database that has paypal functionallity. An important aspect to the database is that when a user searches a record it does not show three specific fields, if the user wants to see these fields they can either use paypal to purchase instanlty or use a shopping cart function to purchase multiple records.
What is the best way to set up such a system? I was thinking the best method would to have two views, one that is the free view and the other was an encrypted or scrambled view. I am not sure exactly how to do this.. but I am well versed with phprunner.
Thanks for the help.
ty

Sergey Kornilov admin 9/23/2008

I recommend to check Members template that is used to password-protect access to certain tables or views that can be unlocked after Paypal payment.
You can create two set of views. One set is for unpaid visitors with limited info. Another set of views is for paid customers. Should be pretty straightforward.
http://xlinesoft.com/templates/members/index.htm

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tyguy author 9/23/2008

I recommend to check Members template that is used to password-protect access to certain tables or views that can be unlocked after Paypal payment.

You can create two set of views. One set is for unpaid visitors with limited info. Another set of views is for paid customers. Should be pretty straightforward.
http://xlinesoft.com/templates/members/index.htm


Thank you.. the members template is attractive, however I still would like to use a Pay Per View service, where as they pay per each record they choose. It appears that the members template is more of an all access pass. Is additional functionality with the template I am missing?
If I am not missing anything, what is the best process for a pay per view method and a shopping cart?
ty

Sergey Kornilov admin 9/23/2008

Members template provides time-limited or lifetime access.
If you like to implement "pay per view" model you need to code it manually. Members template is a good start as it handles Paypal payment and notification part.
You just need to save a record id that user is paying for and unlock this record once payment is received.