DPD Updates

Several months ago we added the DPD Storefront system- our own twist on multi-item checkout. DPD Storefronts allow any DPD account to have an unlimited number of customized shopping carts, allowing you to use one DPD subscription to sell on many sites all with their own customizations. However, this new Storefront system was not compatible with the legacy Standalone "Buy Now!" single product purchase buttons. This lead to being two separate product creation flows, two seperate product lists (Storefront and Standalone), and a lot of duplication. We always kinda hated that- it's pretty confusing to new users. To correct it we've released a minor update to DPD that unifies the product lists and product creation process. When DPD vendors log in to the Dashboard they'll see a new set of options down the side- one "Create New Product" link and one "View Products" link: the new, simpler dashboard sidebar The...

We've just released a minor update to the DPD-Cart Wordpress plugin that corrects a JSON error when the site hosting the Wordpress blog was using an older PHP version. DPD users can upgrade to DPD-Cart v1.2 automatically in their wp-admin or downloading the updated plugin from the Wordpress.org DPD-Cart Plugin Page.

In order to provide expanded product storage space to DPD as well as provide for faster, more reliable downloads for vendors we're in the process of moving product storage to Amazon S3, a distributed content delivery network. Amazon "Simple Storage Service" (S3) is a highly scalable, reliable, fast data storage and content delivery network that uses the same infrastructure Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. What does this mean for DPD Vendors? More reliability. Using a unqiue caching strategy DPD will maintain and sync local and S3 copies of files to prevent any network or hardware related issues. This will also reduce load on the DPD server, providing better service to DPD users. More download speed. Instead of customers competing for bandwidth on the DPD servers when there is high demand, now every customer will download at the full speed of their internet connection from...

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

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!

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.