Virtual Products

[tiffanyaliano]

Hello,

On my site I would like to sell virtual products where as soon as the buyer pays through paypal they can download their products. How can I do that?

Tiffany Aliano

[PayPal_Frank]

Hi tiffanyaliano,

Welcome to the forum!  The answer to your question has multiple answers and can be pretty complex but I can tell you that it is definitely possible using PayPal. 

Our newest product for selling digital goods creates a very easy to use and seamless checkout experience.  www.paypal.com/digitalgoods

Another option would be to use our standard PayPal buttons.  www.paypal.com/standard 

Basically, you would need to use something like PayPal's Instant Payment Notifications (IPN), Payment Data Transfer (PDT) or both to notify your website of the sale.  At that point, your site would need to display or email a link/password to download the product.

You can learn about how these systems work by viewing our documentation here:

How to create a PayPal button: https://www.x.com/docs/DOC-1448

IPN: https://www.x.com/docs/DOC-1084

PDT: https://www.x.com/docs/DOC-1449

If you need assistance from a developer, PayPal has a list of Certified developers here:

https://www.paypal-portal.com/developer/directory/

I hope this helps! 😄

- Frank