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Self-Service Store (SSS) Installation & Setup

March 13th, 2011 | Self-Service Store (SSS)

SSS Intro

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SSS Installation

  1. Make sure you are using DAP v4.1 or above, because SSS won’t work otherwise.
  2. Download the Self-Service-Store_vXX.zip file from the member’s area.
  3. Unzip the 5 files inside to your desktop.
  4. Here’s where each file goes:
    selfService-submit.php: Upload to your “dap” folder

    creditHistory.inc.php and selfService.inc.php: Upload to dap/inc/content folder

    selfServiceAdmin.php and selfServiceAdmin_submit.php: Upload to dap/admin folder.

  5. Go to “Setup > Config > Advanced” screen in DAP Admin Control Panel. You will see two SSS config items:Self-Service: Allow members to use credits and choose products a-la-carte.
    Set this to “Y” and click ‘Update’
    How to order the products displayed in your Self-Service Store?
    Ignore this for now. For future use. Let it remain at whatever it currently is set to.

SSS Setup & Configuration

Watch the following videos for more details:

1) Admin Setup

2) User View

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28 comments ↓

#1 Kenny salter on 01.12.11 at 6:41 am

Here’s a way cool new feature you should add to this plugin:

Since all members can be setup as automatic affiliates go ahead and make their affiliate commission credits available for use in the Self Service Store.

This way you have the option of paying your members in cash or ONLY allowing them to use their commissions as CREDITS toward the purchase of your other products.

For example: allow your members to use thier affiliate credits toward your DVD products.

#2 Kirk Ward on 03.14.11 at 11:29 am

The plugin requires DAP 4.1 and my footer shows I am running DAP 4.0, but when I click on the link, the message returned is that I am running the latest version.

Am I?

#3 Peter on 03.14.11 at 3:36 pm

Can we drip the availability of the child products e.g. make child a1, a2, a3 available on day of purchase of Master A, and a4 on day 7, and a5 on day 14, etc.?

#4 Veena Prashanth on 03.15.11 at 9:44 am

>> Since all members can be setup as automatic affiliates go ahead and make their affiliate commission credits available for use in the Self Service Store. <<

Agreed. We will add support for it in the next SSS release.

#5 Veena Prashanth on 03.15.11 at 9:46 am

>> but when I click on the link, the message returned is that I am running the latest version. <<

Do you see the new IPN generator (Generate IPN Script) under Payments/Coupons menu ? If you are on 4.1, you will be able to access the new IPN generator. You will not see that option if you are on 4.0.

#6 Veena Prashanth on 03.15.11 at 9:53 am

Peter,

>> Can we drip the availability of the child products e.g. make child a1, a2, a3 available on day of purchase of Master A, and a4 on day 7, and a5 on day 14, etc.? <<

The goal of SSS is to allow users to pick the content in the order they want rather than a set dripping.

But we are working on a new feature which will allow ‘content-level’ credits rather than product level.
So your users can redeem credits toward individual pieces of content (page/post etc) within the child product rather than redeem it all towards a child product. You will be able to assign credits at content level and maybe we can take it a step further to say that if dripping (day/date) is set for individual content, then use that to decide participation in store. More to come…

#7 Kirk Ward on 03.15.11 at 10:07 am

>>> Do you see the new IPN generator (Generate IPN Script) under Payments/Coupons menu ? If you are on 4.1, you will be able to access the new IPN generator. You will not see that option if you are on 4.0.

Didn’t look. Just logged in to the members area, got the latest (beta) and installed it. So far, so good. Database tables updated and everything.

#8 Marc V on 04.20.11 at 4:27 pm

Veena,

I had in mind what Kenny stated above. Any update on that?

#9 Holly on 04.22.11 at 6:37 am

Is it possible to edit all members’ credits to 0 at the end of each month? I would like to not have credits roll over to the following month. Thank you

#10 Isabella on 04.22.11 at 10:09 am

OMG this plugin seems amazing!!!!!!!!!

#11 Veena Prashanth on 04.22.11 at 10:41 am

Marc,

Yes, the plan is to support affiliate payments in credits and then allow the affiliates to redeem earned commission credits towards products in the store. It’s not a simple change and work is in progress to accomplish this without breaking any of the existing affiliate commission features. It would take atleast another 8 weeks for release.

#12 Veena Prashanth on 04.22.11 at 10:45 am

Thanks Isabella!

#13 Veena Prashanth on 04.22.11 at 10:47 am

Holly,

>>Is it possible to edit all members’ credits to 0 at the end of each month? <<

You will have to manually edit it for each member. No automatic way to prevent credit rollover to next month.

#14 Daimon on 04.29.11 at 5:25 pm

Hi,

This looks awesome, as does the whole DAP package. I have 3 questions.

1. As mentioned in the top video, are there plans to allow credits for actions like tweeting, making Facebook posts or posting videos? This could be a very viral feature.

2. Can credits be given simply for remaining a member? For instance, on payment each month the member gets x credits which can be redeemed for premium (upsell) products in addition to the normal benefits of membership. It seems this would help extend membership longevity by giving rewards for sticking around. Maybe each month’s membership is a purchase with credits attached, to fit your existing model? Does that work?

3. If that works, with memberships at various payment levels, the credits could be set for, say, 1 credit/$1/month, or it could be 1 credit/$10/month. That’s an incentive to pay at a higher level, to accumulate bonus points more quickly.

I really appreciate that you show up and answer questions.

#15 Daimon on 04.29.11 at 5:49 pm

I see in another comment thread that the answers to 2 & 3 are YES. Great. I also love that the affiliate payment can be credits.

So that leaves credit for social actions.

#16 Holly on 04.30.11 at 1:49 pm

Another quick question: Is there a way to give members a bonus of 1 free download of their choice from a particular category, in addition to their x # of downloads per month {using their credits}?

#17 Veena Prashanth on 04.30.11 at 1:53 pm

Hi Daimon,

>> 1. As mentioned in the top video, are there plans to allow credits for actions like tweeting, making Facebook posts or posting videos? This could be a very viral feature.
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Yes, absolutely. We will get to it as soon as we can.

#18 Veena Prashanth on 04.30.11 at 1:57 pm

Hi Holly,
>> Is there a way to give members a bonus of 1 free download of their choice from a particular category, in addition to their x # of downloads per month {using their credits}? <<

Any bonus can be managed via product chaining and if product chaining does not meet the needs, then it will have to handled manually.

#19 Holly on 04.30.11 at 2:00 pm

Thanks for the prompt response Veena! I am hoping to start the purchase and installation of DAP and SSS on Monday. I’ve reviewed a lot of the info and videos on your site. What is the best way for me to learn what I need to have in place to start this process? I have my WordPress site and content nearly complete, so it’s just a matter of plugging in and integrating DAP and SSS. I plan to establish a PayPal Standard account. Is there anything else that I need to have in place or a good document/video explaining any prerequisites? Thanks!

#20 Veena Prashanth on 04.30.11 at 4:30 pm

Hi Holly,
We have added a lot of new videos to the site.

See – http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/documentation.

Look for DAP Tutorials: End-to-End in the top left sidebar.

Also, we have added new videos for paypal standard integration.

Checkout :

1) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/paypal-integration-summary/

2) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/setting-up-your-paypal-button-and-paypal-ipn/

3) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/integrate-dap-generated-buttons-with-paypal/

#21 Daimon on 04.30.11 at 6:41 pm

Thanks for the reply Veena. I’m just creating the content and it will be a few weeks but at this point I’m sold on DAP.

#22 Holly on 05.02.11 at 11:08 am

Hi Veena,

I would like to install DAP & SSS to create a model similar to audible.com. I am planning to use PayPal {Standard, I believe}, but I would like to allow my members to use their credit cards for the monthly fees. PayPal Standard does have a recurring payment feature that allows payment by credit card {you still need a PayPal account to use it}. For what I’m trying to do, would it be better to use PayPal Standard or Pro? Thank you for your help!

Holly

#23 Holly on 05.02.11 at 1:47 pm

Adding on to my comment above, I just found that with the Enhanced Recurring Payments add-on to PayPal Standard, you can charge recurring payments and members can pay even if they don’t have a PayPal account. I am assuming that this feature still integrates with DAP just fine?

#24 Veena Prashanth on 05.02.11 at 7:11 pm

Hi Holly,
Whether the user pays via CC or via their paypal account, as long you have integrated the button with DAP (per our documentation), it should work.

We have not tested with Enhanced Recurring Payments with Paypal Standard, but as long as paypal supports IPN (instant payment notification) just the way they do for users with paypal account, then it will work.

#25 Kenny Salter on 09.27.11 at 8:05 pm

Yes, the plan is to support affiliate payments in credits and then allow the affiliates to redeem earned commission credits towards products in the store. It’s not a simple change and work is in progress to accomplish this without breaking any of the existing affiliate commission features. It would take atleast another 8 weeks for release.

Has this been implemented into the current version of the ssl plugin?

#26 Veena Prashanth on 09.27.11 at 9:00 pm

Kenny,

Not yet.
The current version supports better UI as well as content-level credit.

The next release of SSS will include support for aff credits.

#27 Steven on 01.19.12 at 11:02 am

Is the social sharing feature active? Credit for facebook / twitter?

#28 Veena Prashanth on 01.20.12 at 10:23 am

Steven,

>>Credit for facebook / twitter? <<

Not yet but coming soon.

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