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Jun '10

I want to sell mp3s from my site,



Will E-Junkie "co-exist" with xml/flash carts like these?

http://activeden.net/browse/tags/features/mp3



I feel that using one of those, alongside e-junkie, would be the perfect combo.



I need security for files, and i dont trust myself with it all (hosting links etc..)

Somehow, I want the player/cart on my site only populated by "tagged" LQ preview mp3

and then upon sucessful payment, e-junkie delivers the HQ "un-tagged" file



This seems the only way i can figure it out,

Anyone have any advice for me?

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008
Jun '10

on that link, i did mean only the "paypal integrated" carts..

E-junkie_NinjaSupport Ninja
Jun '10

E-junkie is a shopping cart/download fulfillment solution. If you are looking to use E-junkie's download fulfillment feature you will also want to use our shopping cart system

008
Jun '10

Then, E-Junkie PERMITS but does not FACILITATE the sale of MP3's ?



See,

I want the e-junkie "back end" working behind the scenes,



but I NEED a paypal-integrated player/cart for the front end. (absolute must)



Ultimately, I am selling HQ instrumentals to artists here , not 99 cent mp3 songs.



Presentation is extremely important,

I wont get a single sale with 50 different players, each with a cart button,

its just impractical. AND messy!



I dont understand why i cant use whatever i want in the front,

and just link its buy buttons to the e-junkie button code.



This is still not making sense to me.

E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
Jun '10

E-junkie is a shopping-cart system with built-in features to sell and deliver downloads such as mp3s. Our download features are not really designed to work as a stand-alone service that can be combined with other shopping carts.



If you can find an mp3 player to embed in your site which allows you to specify the URLs of the purchase buttons in the player, then you could simply use the href= URLs of your E-junkie purchase buttons for the player's purchase buttons. This help page explains how to extract the bare URL from the button codes we provide in Seller Admin:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/tips.button-code.url.htm



If that will not work, then as long as you are using PayPal as your sole payment processor and do not need to configure PayPal IPN for any other purpose, then you may be able to adapt our eBay integration instructions to use with that third-party player/cart solution and PayPal:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.ebay.htm



Essentially, you would configure your PayPal IPN settings manually as described in those instructions, so PayPal would inform our system whenever they complete a payment for you. Our system would look at the PayPal Email which received the payment and look for an E-junkie account with a matching PayPal Email, then it would look at the Item Name for the payment and look for a matching Item Name in that E-junkie account's products. If a match is found for a product with a download, then the buyer's PayPal email would be sent a thank-you email with a link to reach a thank-you page for that product where the download link would be presented.



Bear in mind this use of our system would be considered an unsupported hack, so although we'd be happy to explain how to find and use any of our settings properly, we may not be much help in troubleshooting any problems you may encounter with this arrangement, as this would be "uncharted territory" for us.

008
Jun '10

Thank you very much Guru!

This makes perfect sense to me,



I understand the "uncharted territory" aspect...

but it may be worth the risk for what i need to do.



I appreciate the detailed response,

I like the idea of continuing to use e-junkie for my products and now new this site.



However, my product count will balloon from 8 to 100+ pretty quickly..

So, any advice for managing multiple sites w/numerous products etc..

can you link me to some e-junkie "organization" tips?



Thanks again for all your help

E-junkie_MonsterSupport Monster
Jun '10

How to manage your web sites beyond inserting our button code is beyond the scope of the support that we can provide, but you might want to get in contact with some people on our developer directory. They have direct experience in integrating our code in custom ways on their own websites and might have some useful advice for you:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/developer-directory.htm

E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
Jun '10

Also, note that you can upgrade your subscription plan level at any time as needed, and you can sell products from a single E-junkie account on as many different Web pages or sites as you wish.



Just bear in mind that items posted on different domains cannot be added to any given buyer's cart together, since the cart contents are tracked by setting a cookie on the domain of the site where the cart is being used, thus different domains = different carts.