DPD Tutorials

We're proud to announce DPD University, our new site for step-by-step screencast tutorials. These tutorials show you how to do basic and advanced tasks in DPD with easy to understand, plain English explanations of all the steps and options. We're trying to cover the basics first like Creating a Digital Product and Configuring a New Store in DPD, but we're going to expand outward past core features to advanced techniques and customization options soon! All of the screencasts are available in greater than 720p resolution and have download versions available on the Vimeo page for each video for offline viewing. To get a download version, simply click on the Vimeo logo on any video and find the Download button below the video. We've launched the site with several tutorial videos and we'll be adding more regularly, which we'll announce here on the DPD blog.

In 2009, comScore reported that online spending increased 5 percent on Cyber Monday to $887 Million. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday being the two busiest online shopping days of the year, we thought it was a great time to share with DPD vendors how to make special, limited coupons to entice sales during these spending frenzies. DPD's coupon controls offer a couple unique features to build excitement and offer a compelling call to action for your buyers that are especially applicable to seasonal sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Use Limits - "50% Off Only To The First 100 Customers!" DPD coupons can be configured to only work for a specified number of uses. This is great for promotions where the first X number of people get a special deal, or to limit the total number of people that can take advantage of the offer. Activation / Deactivation...