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Some vendors prefer have a single product website with a simple "Buy Now!" instant checkout button. DPD allows for the creation of Standalone Products to suit this need. Standalone products are commonly found on "Pinch Pages" and for products that use affiliate systems such as ClickBank. DPD Standalone Products: Function exactly like PayPal "Buy Now!" buttons for the customer- instant checkout without a cart Automatically deliver the customers product after purchase Allow for integration with PayPal and 2CheckOut processors Allow for integration with ClickBank and PayDotCom affiliate systems Do not have coupon codes or multi-item checkout For multi-item websites we strongly recommend you create Storefront Products for use with the DPD Storefront multi-item cart checkout system. Important Note: DPD Standalone Product buttons completely replace all other checkout buttons on the page. You must not have standard PayPal or ClickBank generated buy buttons on the page. If a customer begins checkout...

We've updated the DPD-Cart plugin with a couple fixes and tweaks: Full IE6 compatibility Corrected a double-slash "//" in some generated URLs. Corrected an API SSL issue some users were having when their host's server was missing some root certificates. This is a recommended update for all DPD-Cart plugin users. To update simply overwrite the dpd-wpcart plugin folder with the new version in the ZIP file. No configuration or template changes are needed. Get the updated DPD-Cart v1.1 from the DPD-Cart Plugin Page

Smashing Magazine has a great post on common mistakes made in ecommerce design. Some key mistakes that people who sell downloads in particular might suffer from: Hiding contact information Long and confusing checkout process Requiring an account to order A poor shopping cart design Confusing navigation Not including store and shipping policies Luckily DPD addresses many of these points- checkout using the DPD storefront system is quick and easy with only 3 pages- cart, payment, and delivery. No account is required to order using the DPD system, and the DPD shopping cart follows Smashing's recommendation to load an item in the cart right on the product page without taking the customer to another site or page. In the course of supporting vendors we look at a lot of sales sites. The most common problems we see amongst DPD vendors are lack of contact information and store / shipping policies. Lack...

We've just released the DPD-Cart plugin for Wordpress. The DPD-Cart plugin allows you to easily integrate a DPD Storefront with your Wordpress blog. It features a View Cart / Checkout sidebar Widget and easy product insertion in to posts and pages with no copying and pasting of button code. Get the plugin and more details from the download page: DPD-Cart Plugin Our friends at Inspired Mag have also created a tutorial with step-by-step instructions and screenshots showing how to get up and running with the DPD-Cart plugin. Check out: Start Selling Downloads from your Wordpress Blog in 5 Minutes

DPD has a new blog located at http://www.digitalproductdelivery.com/blog Come check it out and leave a comment- we'll be posting system updates, how-to articles, and more!

DPD offers a PDF buyer tracking feature that automatically marks PDF products with the buyer Name, Email, and Transaction ID. This helps to prevent sharing sharing of your file because people have an aversion to mass distribution of their personally identifiable information. Well, everyone except for that LifeLock Guy and it didn't turn out too well for him. The best part about PDF Buyer Tracking? It's turned on with a single checkbox during product setup! There are only a few conditions to using the PDF Buyer Tracking feature: You must have a DPD Paid account plan- this is a premium feature not available to free accounts! Your product file must be a single PDF upload and not contained in a ZIP, RAR, ISO, or any other archive file. Your PDF must be a Acrobat 5 compatible file. Your PDF must not have an edit password set in the PDF file....

Now entire storefronts can be affiliate enabled! Unlike standalone product affiliate programs that can be used for individual "buy now" products, the new DPD Storefront Affiliate System allows for all products sold through an affiliate enabled storefront to be tracked through the DPD affiliate system. No more individual signup links, and no changes to your current DPD "add to cart" or "checkout" button code! The new DPD Storefront Affiliate system can be enabled for any storefront by setting a few simple options for the storefront- affiliate enable your entire website in just minutes! The storefront affiliate system is a full featured affiliate program manager for your store- Once affiliates sign up to promote your products they are given a special tracking hoplink that credits them with any sales generated by the traffic they refer. And, because the DPD system allows for multiple storefronts on a single DPD account vendors can...

Today we have released an update to DPD that provides for several new features: Customer Center with searchable customer list of all product purchases Transaction Center with searchable list of all transactions made through the DPD system Site Navigation Tweaks - All DPD options are available through menus from the top blue bar! Bugfix: Some vendors were having their store logos disapper- this has been fixed For more information, please read the full release notes.

Today we have released an update to DPD that provides for several new features: PDF Buyer Tracking / Watermarking Delivery Page Custom Text Site Navigation Tweaks Archived / Deactivated Products For more information, please read the full release notes.

We've released a slick new javascript powered cart that integrates right in to your web pages and displays the cart right over your own site. For more information including an integration guide and a demo of the new cart please read the full release notes.