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  • automating download info, using Adobe Muse and Paypal

    Posted by Michael Goldberg on May 25, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    Hello,
    I’m currently building a website that sells digital products.
    All of the shopping cart solutions seem to be fairly pricey, and I don’t think I need that. Right now I’m set up with just a paypal button to accept payments through paypal. Starting small!

    My question is – How can I set up an automated process so that when someone buys a product, I can send them to a download page automatically?
    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    Jesse Watson replied 9 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Steve Crook jr

    May 26, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    Muse is not built (at this time, anyway) to be a shopping cart system. A quick Google search of “muse shopping cart plugin” returned the well-known Ecwid plugin, but Ecwid doesn’t offer digital downloads on its free plan…

    So, what to do?

    Maybe use something other than Muse? For a simple site, OpenCart is the first that comes to mind. There is also Magento, but it has heftier requirements than OpenCart.

    Hope this helps.

    Steve Crook, Jr.
    http://www.stevecrookjr.me

    I am a simple creative professional that can get my Adobe suite and a few other creative tools to do what I want. Barely. 🙂

  • Jesse Watson

    June 17, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    I’ve used WooCommerce to build a shopping cart system. It’s free to start if you keep it bare bones, but as you grow and want to add features, you will have to add plug-ins that add up.

    It’s not a bad way to start for a simple shopping cart system, but the WordPress platform can be pretty slow at times. Have you checked out Shopify?

    -Jesse

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