Paypal has a number of options but I mainly use IPN, where paypal sends a data burst to my script (identified in the paypal site configs by the merchant.) Paypal sends various notifications of the transaction as appropriate and I configure my end to collect all that data and respond accordingly. An echeck, for example, is logged as a future payment, subsequently either completed or cancelled or bounced or whatever. My scripts send the buyer a notice that their payment is pending, reversed, or completed and instructions accordingly. OTOH, payment from paypal funds or a credit card process instantly and they get a download link, serial number, lottery ticket, whatever, on the spot. PP IPN also solves the old issues of the buyer needing to click the completed link at paypal to return (themself and the data) to the merchant site. If you want a quick-and-dirty, super simple solution paypal has a variety of them too I thing, the paypal shopping cart and subscription systems being a couple. I'm not sure how well integrated they may be, though, with international implementations. My merchants all live near me (in the USA) and while they do some selling overseas, they have their own bank accounts here. My Australian partner has her US partner do their banking. -m On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Andres Santos wrote: > How does paypal work in case you are selling a digital item, for > example, an > ebook? > > Do i have manually send the purchaser the pdf? or paypal redirects > the user > to a secure page where he can download the pdf himself? > PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
