device based activation

In our previous update we introduced Device Based Activation as an upgrade to our old attempt based system, which created customer service issues for some vendors having to reactivate download links for customers. We've had varying feedback from the thousands of vendors using our platform- everything from "thank you I'm so tired of reactivating customers" to "ugh this won't work because I relied on the old system's behavior in my sales strategy." There was even some "this is new and I don't like anything new I hate you now!" sprinkled in, much like we get with most updates. First I want to explain our reasoning for the change, and what we're doing to accommodate those vendors who do special things with delivery. Why Device Based Activation anyway? The #1 complaint we get in support and on twitter is that vendors are tired of reactivating old download links. We get it-...

Today we've started rolling out a change to how DPD authorizes downloads for buyers. It's a significant change and one that will lead to massive decreases in customer support requests from your customers asking for download reactivation. That said, new can be scary so here is a breakdown of whats changing: Old Download System: Attempt Based Previously, DPD counted download attempts and kept downloads active for a fixed amount of time. This meant that a customer might get 2 attempts to download over 1 week after purchase, and after that their download page was dead. While this is pretty much the standard way things are done with most systems out there, it's a pretty awful experience for the customer AND vendor. After a week (or 2 tries) the customer can't get their product and gets mad. The vendor then has to deal with an angry customer and spend time finding...