[Bradford] paid Download solution

[David Carpenter]

Thanks everyone.

This is definitely good advice:
"Definitely don't start doing any actual development work until you've
at least sold a few downloads."

Looks like this isn't going to happen soon after all!

Cheers
David

On 12 December 2012 17:01, Alice Kaerast <alice at kaerast.info> wrote:
> I'll just leave this link here:
> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_accept_Bitcoin,_for_small_businesses
>
> But I'd also second Bandcamp; it's nice and simple, and you can let
> people pay what they can afford if you wish.  You can always migrate
> to something more sophisticated later if you find that it doesn't do
> enough for you, but start lean.  Definitely don't start doing any
> actual development work until you've at least sold a few downloads.
>
> Regards
> Alice
>
>
> On 12 December 2012 15:18, David Carpenter <david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk> wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestions.
>>
>> Yes it is music. It may actually be a zip file with 2 or 3 songs in it.
>>
>> Bandcamp could be one possible solution, there are other similar
>> options like that as well.
>>
>> I'm wondering if a 3rd party solution is the way to go, or to code up
>> something with a paypal button. What I'm unsure about in that scenario
>> is restricting access to the download url only to people that have
>> paid.
>>
>> Also found this:
>> http://uploadnsell.com/
>>
>> but also found that is has an exploit that lets people easily grab the
>> download url (now that's probably not such a problem, but if it has
>> that exploit, then what else does it have wrong with it!)
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 12 December 2012 14:04, shi <notshi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ello,
>>>
>>> http://bandcamp.com/ may or may not be something you might find useful?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> shi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 December 2012 13:50, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You don't say what the mp3 is. I'm sure that the nature of the mp3 will
>>>> govern the choice of site - is it music?
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: David Carpenter <david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk>
>>>> To: "bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk" <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 13:44
>>>> Subject: [Bradford] paid Download solution
>>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> I have a friend who wants to put up a mp3 for sale online. Just one.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know a good way of doing this - probably with a pay pal system
>>>> for payment.
>>>>
>>>> I've done stuff with paypal buttons before, but not for downloads.
>>>>
>>>> I've also played around with e-commerce sites, but for this I'm hoping
>>>> there is a way to pop the mp3 somewhere and then let paypal do it's
>>>> stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> David
>>>>
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