Connie in TX
06-06-2004, 04:38 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm in a bit of a fix and could use your help. Last winter, a friend of mine was in the hospital and realized he couldn't work anymore. We weren't sure he would make it, but we *were* positive that he needed something to look forward too-- long story short, me and my big mouth offered to help him set up an e-cmmerce website to sell some of the techniques he'd developed over his years of working in the hair styling industry. (Don't mis-understand... I am SO happy to help, but I'm such an absolute novice at this sort of thing, and I've been assuring him over and over that I'd find the answers if I didn't know them myself, etc...)
Okay here's the deal.
My web design skills consist of a basic knowledge of MS Frontpage and some cut and paste stuff (finding html code elsewhere and figuring out where to place it on his site. His skills consist of checking his email-- barely.
*The files he's selling are in .pdf format created in Adobe Acrobat 5.0
*He wants to use PayPal (no setup fee...) but would probably switch to something else if it wasn't too expensive (esp. setup fees...)
*Everything needs to be fully automatic, where the buyer pays and is either sent the .pdf file automatically or is sent to the page where the file is ready for download.
*He has about 6 different files to sell.
The site is up, I have one of the files ready (the others should be done by this weekend) and now I am totally lost on what to do next and unfortunately, I don't even know enough to know who to ask or where to go for help.
Do I need to set up a hidden/secret page, that isn't linked to anything else on his site for the files? Do I need a seperate page for each?
Do I have to password protect things? Generate a new password for every buyer, etc? How on earth is that done?
Could I somehow set up an auto-respond type email that would have the specific file attached?
Finally IS THERE A COMPANY (or some sort of software) that does this sort of thing automatically? I'd gladly pay setup fees for him if necessary if there was a company out there that would host his .pdf files, collect the money, and send the file. I checked into Clickbank, but if I'm reading their website material correctly, they just handle the paying end, and I'd still have to find a way to get the files mailed automatically to the buyer.
Any help would be most appreciated and your patience is appreciated in advance. Here's his site, if you promise not to laugh...
www.haircolormarc.com
Connie
I'm in a bit of a fix and could use your help. Last winter, a friend of mine was in the hospital and realized he couldn't work anymore. We weren't sure he would make it, but we *were* positive that he needed something to look forward too-- long story short, me and my big mouth offered to help him set up an e-cmmerce website to sell some of the techniques he'd developed over his years of working in the hair styling industry. (Don't mis-understand... I am SO happy to help, but I'm such an absolute novice at this sort of thing, and I've been assuring him over and over that I'd find the answers if I didn't know them myself, etc...)
Okay here's the deal.
My web design skills consist of a basic knowledge of MS Frontpage and some cut and paste stuff (finding html code elsewhere and figuring out where to place it on his site. His skills consist of checking his email-- barely.
*The files he's selling are in .pdf format created in Adobe Acrobat 5.0
*He wants to use PayPal (no setup fee...) but would probably switch to something else if it wasn't too expensive (esp. setup fees...)
*Everything needs to be fully automatic, where the buyer pays and is either sent the .pdf file automatically or is sent to the page where the file is ready for download.
*He has about 6 different files to sell.
The site is up, I have one of the files ready (the others should be done by this weekend) and now I am totally lost on what to do next and unfortunately, I don't even know enough to know who to ask or where to go for help.
Do I need to set up a hidden/secret page, that isn't linked to anything else on his site for the files? Do I need a seperate page for each?
Do I have to password protect things? Generate a new password for every buyer, etc? How on earth is that done?
Could I somehow set up an auto-respond type email that would have the specific file attached?
Finally IS THERE A COMPANY (or some sort of software) that does this sort of thing automatically? I'd gladly pay setup fees for him if necessary if there was a company out there that would host his .pdf files, collect the money, and send the file. I checked into Clickbank, but if I'm reading their website material correctly, they just handle the paying end, and I'd still have to find a way to get the files mailed automatically to the buyer.
Any help would be most appreciated and your patience is appreciated in advance. Here's his site, if you promise not to laugh...
www.haircolormarc.com
Connie