DPD Updates

This update contains a new feature, minor bug fixes, and several performance improvements designed to speed up the DPD admin, widget performance, and the DPD cart. Redirect Products DPD now has a new "Redirect to Web Site" purchase action you can apply to digital products. This purchase action will automatically redirect the buyer to an external page of your choosing upon completed purchase. The DPD delivery page loads for a fraction of a second to allow 3rd party tracking scripts to run (like Google Analytics) and then redirects. For an example of how this new purchase action works you can try the test item below: BUY REDIRECT PRODUCT Use test card number 4242 4242 4242 4242, any CVV, and any expiration date in the future to test. Because DPD checkouts can contain more than one product and each product can have more than one purchase action there are some conditions...

New Custom Button Sizes Today we released an update that gives vendors two new button sizes when creating custom buttons using the new button generator. This is based on feedback from vendors who wanted smaller buttons to integrate with their design. There are now small, medium, and large options. Small: PURCHASE NOW Medium: PURCHASE NOW Large: PURCHASE NOW Close Button on Cart Also based on feedback from multiple vendors, we added a close button to the DPD cart overlay. Evidently some buyers were confused how to close the cart (you can click anywhere outside of the cart to close). You can view it by clicking any of the buttons above. These changes were based on customer feedback. We appreciate any feedback you can give us on the new button generator and updated overlay cart- Just drop us a support ticket or a message in live chat to let us know!...

Based on overwhelming feedback over the years we're happy to announce the addition of a new custom button generator and product widgets to DPD. In addition, we've revamped the button creation process to better organize the new features and options. Creating Buttons and Widgets Buttons, widgets, link codes, QR codes, and product choosers are now created from the product list by selecting the Link Code option for a given product. Grid View: Move your mouse over any product and select link code. List View: Select Link Code from the product menu. Both links open the new Link Code page for that product that include all the new options as well as a "Classic Button" option to generate the old style DPD image based buttons for existing sites and PayPal branded buttons. Custom Button Generator The new custom button generator gives you the ability to create buttons with customized colors, text,...

This week DPD staff will be celebrating Thanksgiving with our families in the U.S. on Thursday and Friday. During the holiday live chat support will not be available on DPD on Thursday (Nov. 26) and Friday (Nov. 27). For urgent inquiries, we'll have on-call staff responding to urgent support requests. Pre-sale questions and non-critical issue responses will be delayed. For the remainder of the holiday weekend (Saturday and Sunday), support staff will be limited in availability. This means response times may be slower, and some non-critical items may be held until the following Monday. If you have questions please feel free to direct them to our Support Desk. We wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful to have you as DPD users.

DPD has partnered with Moolah to offer credit card processing with no setup fees, no termination fee, and simple 2.89% + $0.29 per trans. processing fees for US and Canadian vendors. Moolah uses the proven and reliable Authorize.net gateway for processing transactions- just without all the Authorize.net fees. Moolah Features: Integration with DPD to process credit card payments for your store Mobile Payments included with free iOS and Android Apps Virtual Terminal included to process payments over the phone Fraud Prevention Tools Automatic Daily Deposits Simple, flat rate pricing with no signup or termination fees. We have a partner page set up with Moolah that explains all the features benefits of using it with DPD as well as pricing information. If you decide Moolah is right for you can you sign up in a few minutes directly from the page. Adding Moolah to your DPD store is simple- go to...

We're happy to announce that DPD is now integrated with ConvertKit, a powerful email marketing platform for bloggers, eBook marketing, and eLearning / courseware. ConvertKit has unique automation features to send series of drip emails based on powerful automation rules, as well as support for sending one-off broadcasts to subscribers on demand. They also have a series of pre-made automation blueprints with sample automation flows to get you started quickly. DPD will automatically send your store's customers to ConvertKit upon completion of checkout and tag the subscriber with your ConvertKit tag of choice. This lets you follow up on your sales with a series of marketing, training, or support information. Add The ConvertKit integration to your store: 1. Log in to DPD and go to Integrations in the left menu 2. Add the ConvertKit integration to your store 3. Log in to ConvertKit and go to your Account page. Copy...

Product Upsells Today we released our new product upsell feature. This feature lets you configure an upsell product to be offered when one of your products is added to the DPD cart or during instant checkout. This encourages your customers to spend more and increase your cart totals! For each product in DPD you can configure the following: 1. The Upsell Product to be offered from your currently available products. 2. The Upsell Message to be displayed, such as "Upgrade to the Deluxe version for $3 more!" You can view a demo of the new Product Upsell Feature on our product demo page. Store Policy Support DPD now supports store policies to be displayed in the footer of every page of your DPD hosted cart and checkout. This is for compliance with some processors and merchant account providers and to better protect vendors. Once configured from the Policies menu item...

About a million years ago in internet time we released the first version of the DPD cart. It was pretty awesome for the early 2000's, but the internet (and DPD!) have moved on. We've since released the v2 cart in 2011 and the v3 cart this year, which adds a whole slew of new features, responsiveness, and better customization. When we released these new versions we never forced anyone to upgrade. This lead us to having vendors using 3 different versions of DPD, some of which (v1 and v2) are barely supported anymore. It's a bit of a support and development nightmare. Automatic Version Upgrade! Well, today marks the end of the v1 cart for everyone. We loved you baby, but we've moved on with our lives. All active v1 carts have automatically been upgraded to the v3 cart. Vendors don't need to do anything but enjoy the more reliable,...

In this update we've added the ability to add multiple quantities of individual products to bundles. This will be great for selling volume licenses and product keys with a quantity discount. We also squashed a couple bugs related to the new Proof of Delivery page and Subscriber Areas. Bundles Support Multiple Quantities When adding items to bundle products vendors can now specify a quantity for each line item in the bundle. If a component product contains product keys and there are multiple quantities added, DPD will deliver that number of product keys. A possible use for this is selling bulk licenses at a discounted price without having to use coupons or hidden price points. You could create a key product for $10 and then create a bundle that contains 5x that key product for $45, for example. To add quantities to new or existing bundle products you simply need to...

Last night PayPal notified of a policy update, effective July 1, 2015, that included a number of changes to their User Agreement, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy. Intangible Items Added To Buyer Purchase Protection The most important change to sellers of intangible items such as games, software, ebooks, music, or audio files is that they are now extending Purchase Protection to buyers of intangible goods. Section 13.3 We are increasing the scope of PayPal Purchase Protection to now include coverage for intangible items. More importantly, while they are extending Purchase Protection to buyers, they are not extending Seller Protection. Section 11.4 Although we are expanding PayPal Purchase Protection to buyers for intangible items, Seller Protection will not apply to intangible items. We are including a note in this section about this. In addition, we are adding a definition of Proof of Delivery for intangible or virtual items or services...