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| ==== Downloadables and Delayed Payment Methods (Purchase Orders, eChecks) ==== | ==== Downloadables and Delayed Payment Methods (Purchase Orders, eChecks) ==== |
| Since there is no real-time validation of [[:gateways:purchase_orders|Purchase Orders]] or e-check payments through PayPal Express Checkout, downloadable products are //not included// in the initial receipt (both [[..:receipt|the web receipt]] and [[..:emails|the email receipt]]. FoxyCart sends a special response details entry in the [[..:transaction_xml_datafeed|datafeed]].). Once the order is approved, you can login to the FoxyCart admin and manually initiate another email receipt to be sent (from the "transactions" page in [[https://admin.foxycart.com/|the admin]]), which will include the downloadable product links. | Since there is no real-time validation of [[:gateways:purchase_orders|Purchase Orders]] or e-check payments through PayPal Express Checkout, downloadable products are //not included// in the initial receipt (both [[..:receipt|the web receipt]] and [[..:emails|the email receipt]]). FoxyCart sends a special response details entry in the [[..:transaction_xml_datafeed|datafeed]] indicating the delayed payment method. |
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| | For payments made with a payment method //other than// a Purchase Order: Once the order is approved, you can login to the FoxyCart admin and manually initiate another email receipt to be sent (from the "transactions" page in [[https://admin.foxycart.com/|the admin]]), which will include the downloadable product links. |
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| ==== Manually Re-Delivering Downloadables ==== | ==== Manually Re-Delivering Downloadables ==== |
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| ===== Limitations and Considerations ===== | ===== Limitations and Considerations ===== |
| * The current filesize limit per downloadale product is 200MB. | * The current file size limit per downloadable product is 200MB. |
| * Multiple downloadable products can be ordered simultaneously, but one product can only have one file. So, if you wanted to have one product with multiple separate files you'd have to zip those files together first. | * Multiple downloadable products can be ordered simultaneously, but one product can only have one file. So, if you wanted to have one product with multiple separate files you'd have to zip those files together first. |
| * Similarly, if you wanted to do 10 separate and individual album tracks at $0.99 but the entire 10 track album at $6.99, you'd have to make them all separate products. You could get creative on the add-to-cart link or form to emulate that behavior, but there isn't any native FoxyCart functionality to do rule-based product adding and removing. | * Similarly, if you wanted to do 10 separate and individual album tracks at $0.99 but the entire 10 track album at $6.99, you'd have to make them all separate products. You could get creative on the add-to-cart link or form to emulate that behavior, but there isn't any native FoxyCart functionality to do rule-based product adding and removing. |
| * [[.:subscriptions|Subscriptions]] with downloadables are not a recommended approach. For example, if you want to have a monthly billing arrangement where users can download a new file each month, we recommend using FoxyCart's subscription functionality to manage user permissions or access on your own system, then use that access to allow downloads (from your site) as appropriate. | * [[.:subscriptions|Subscriptions]] with downloadables are not a recommended approach. For example, if you want to have a monthly billing arrangement where users can download a new file each month, we recommend using FoxyCart's subscription functionality to manage user permissions or access on your own system, then use that access to allow downloads (from your site) as appropriate. |
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