Self-Service Store (SSS) Installation & Setup

Here’s a way cool new feature you should add to this plugin:

Since all members can be setup as automatic affiliates go ahead and make their affiliate commission credits available for use in the Self Service Store.

This way you have the option of paying your members in cash or ONLY allowing them to use their commissions as CREDITS toward the purchase of your other products.

For example: allow your members to use thier affiliate credits toward your DVD products.

The plugin requires DAP 4.1 and my footer shows I am running DAP 4.0, but when I click on the link, the message returned is that I am running the latest version.

Am I?

Can we drip the availability of the child products e.g. make child a1, a2, a3 available on day of purchase of Master A, and a4 on day 7, and a5 on day 14, etc.?

>> Since all members can be setup as automatic affiliates go ahead and make their affiliate commission credits available for use in the Self Service Store. << Agreed. We will add support for it in the next SSS release.

>> but when I click on the link, the message returned is that I am running the latest version. << Do you see the new IPN generator (Generate IPN Script) under Payments/Coupons menu ? If you are on 4.1, you will be able to access the new IPN generator. You will not see that option if you are on 4.0.

Peter,

>> Can we drip the availability of the child products e.g. make child a1, a2, a3 available on day of purchase of Master A, and a4 on day 7, and a5 on day 14, etc.? << The goal of SSS is to allow users to pick the content in the order they want rather than a set dripping. But we are working on a new feature which will allow 'content-level' credits rather than product level. So your users can redeem credits toward individual pieces of content (page/post etc) within the child product rather than redeem it all towards a child product. You will be able to assign credits at content level and maybe we can take it a step further to say that if dripping (day/date) is set for individual content, then use that to decide participation in store. More to come...

>>> Do you see the new IPN generator (Generate IPN Script) under Payments/Coupons menu ? If you are on 4.1, you will be able to access the new IPN generator. You will not see that option if you are on 4.0.

Didn’t look. Just logged in to the members area, got the latest (beta) and installed it. So far, so good. Database tables updated and everything.

Veena,

I had in mind what Kenny stated above. Any update on that?

Is it possible to edit all members’ credits to 0 at the end of each month? I would like to not have credits roll over to the following month. Thank you

OMG this plugin seems amazing!!!!!!!!!

Marc,

Yes, the plan is to support affiliate payments in credits and then allow the affiliates to redeem earned commission credits towards products in the store. It’s not a simple change and work is in progress to accomplish this without breaking any of the existing affiliate commission features. It would take atleast another 8 weeks for release.

Thanks Isabella!

Holly,

>>Is it possible to edit all members credits to 0 at the end of each month? << You will have to manually edit it for each member. No automatic way to prevent credit rollover to next month.

Hi,

This looks awesome, as does the whole DAP package. I have 3 questions.

1. As mentioned in the top video, are there plans to allow credits for actions like tweeting, making Facebook posts or posting videos? This could be a very viral feature.

2. Can credits be given simply for remaining a member? For instance, on payment each month the member gets x credits which can be redeemed for premium (upsell) products in addition to the normal benefits of membership. It seems this would help extend membership longevity by giving rewards for sticking around. Maybe each month’s membership is a purchase with credits attached, to fit your existing model? Does that work?

3. If that works, with memberships at various payment levels, the credits could be set for, say, 1 credit/$1/month, or it could be 1 credit/$10/month. That’s an incentive to pay at a higher level, to accumulate bonus points more quickly.

I really appreciate that you show up and answer questions.

I see in another comment thread that the answers to 2 & 3 are YES. Great. I also love that the affiliate payment can be credits.

So that leaves credit for social actions.

Another quick question: Is there a way to give members a bonus of 1 free download of their choice from a particular category, in addition to their x # of downloads per month {using their credits}?

Hi Daimon,

>> 1. As mentioned in the top video, are there plans to allow credits for actions like tweeting, making Facebook posts or posting videos? This could be a very viral feature.
< < Yes, absolutely. We will get to it as soon as we can.

Hi Holly,
>> Is there a way to give members a bonus of 1 free download of their choice from a particular category, in addition to their x # of downloads per month {using their credits}? << Any bonus can be managed via product chaining and if product chaining does not meet the needs, then it will have to handled manually.

Thanks for the prompt response Veena! I am hoping to start the purchase and installation of DAP and SSS on Monday. I’ve reviewed a lot of the info and videos on your site. What is the best way for me to learn what I need to have in place to start this process? I have my WordPress site and content nearly complete, so it’s just a matter of plugging in and integrating DAP and SSS. I plan to establish a PayPal Standard account. Is there anything else that I need to have in place or a good document/video explaining any prerequisites? Thanks!

Hi Holly,
We have added a lot of new videos to the site.

See – http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/documentation.

Look for DAP Tutorials: End-to-End in the top left sidebar.

Also, we have added new videos for paypal standard integration.

Checkout :

1) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/paypal-integration-summary/

2) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/setting-up-your-paypal-button-and-paypal-ipn/

3) http://www.digitalaccesspass.com/doc/integrate-dap-generated-buttons-with-paypal/

Thanks for the reply Veena. I’m just creating the content and it will be a few weeks but at this point I’m sold on DAP.

Hi Veena,

I would like to install DAP & SSS to create a model similar to audible.com. I am planning to use PayPal {Standard, I believe}, but I would like to allow my members to use their credit cards for the monthly fees. PayPal Standard does have a recurring payment feature that allows payment by credit card {you still need a PayPal account to use it}. For what I’m trying to do, would it be better to use PayPal Standard or Pro? Thank you for your help!

Holly

Adding on to my comment above, I just found that with the Enhanced Recurring Payments add-on to PayPal Standard, you can charge recurring payments and members can pay even if they don’t have a PayPal account. I am assuming that this feature still integrates with DAP just fine?

Hi Holly,
Whether the user pays via CC or via their paypal account, as long you have integrated the button with DAP (per our documentation), it should work.

We have not tested with Enhanced Recurring Payments with Paypal Standard, but as long as paypal supports IPN (instant payment notification) just the way they do for users with paypal account, then it will work.

Yes, the plan is to support affiliate payments in credits and then allow the affiliates to redeem earned commission credits towards products in the store. Its not a simple change and work is in progress to accomplish this without breaking any of the existing affiliate commission features. It would take atleast another 8 weeks for release.

Has this been implemented into the current version of the ssl plugin?

Kenny,

Not yet.
The current version supports better UI as well as content-level credit.

The next release of SSS will include support for aff credits.

Is the social sharing feature active? Credit for facebook / twitter?

Steven,

>>Credit for facebook / twitter? << Not yet but coming soon.

Looking forward for this:

Steven,

>>Credit for facebook / twitter? <<

Not yet but coming soon.

Looking forward to the credits for tweets feature.

>>Credit for facebook / twitter? << We will try to support it in the next SSS release.

Hi Veena

Do you know when you’ll be releasing the update with points for facebook/twitter submits etc?

I see that one of the plugins you’ve recently released is a content unlocker based on rewarding people for these types of actions so presumably the code is ready (as it’s in the plugin) – it just needs adding to the SSS code.

Thanks
Martin

Hi Martin,

Yes, the plugins we released recently will be integrated with SSS in the near future… so you can reward the users that tweet or FB like with these social media plugins with credits.

Can you manually give/assign credits to users?

>>Can you manually give/assign credits to users? << Yes, you can.

Any ETA on when the new version is likely to be released?

Thanks
Martin

>>Any ETA on when the new version is likely to be released? << In 3 months.

Hi Veena

You mentioned the update to SSS should be ready in 3 months, that was 3 months ago so…

Any news on when the updated version will be released?

Thanks
Martin

Hi Martin,
Yes, taking much longer than expected as we got busy with other core dap features based on user requests. The changes we are making to SSS are complex and requires a lot of testing. We do not want to rush it. We will send out an email when it’s ready for beta. I expect it to be beta ready in another 6-8 weeks along with DAP 4.4.

Also, the users that are already using SSS will have to work with us one-on-one if they want to migrate the existing data to new structure. It will be much easier to install if you are starting over.

Thanks,
Veena

Thanks Veena

If you need a hand beta-testing the new version when it’s ready let me know

Martin

Hi Martin,

Yes, that will be great. We will contact you when it’s ready for beta. Are you looking to migrate existing SSS users to new version or is it a new install ?

Hi Veena

For me it will be a new install but I can always create test users for a migration test too if needed, so however it needs to play for beta testing I can make it work

Thanks
Martin

Hi Veena

Can you let me know whether the new release of SSS is still on track + what the expected beta testing/release date is etc?

Thanks
Martin

Hi Martin,

Could take a little bit longer because the changes are complex and we are trying to make everything configurable. Could be another 4-6 weeks for beta. We will post a comment here (and send email) when it’s ready for beta.

Any news on this? I appreciate DAP is the main product but as a purchaser of SSS too it would be nice to feel that it also gets attention in terms of adding requested features

Thanks
Martin

Hi Martin,

>>I appreciate DAP is the main product but as a purchaser of SSS too it would be nice to feel that it also gets attention in terms of adding requested features << I agree :). We have given it a lot of attention and this upcoming dap release is going to be all about SSS. We are going to call it creditstore instead of SSS. Anyway, we are almost ready for the release. Before we release the dap 4.4 beta along with creditstore plugin, i will do a GoToMeeting call with limited audience (say 5-6 users who want to help us out with beta testing) and go over what we have added, new features, all the capabilities etc. This will help you understand the new features better and then you can install the beta version and let us know what the issues are and also your feedback. I will try to do the GoToMeeting call on November 7th at 10:00 AM PDT. More to come soon. If you would like to help out with beta, please add your comment here and we will invite you to the call. Thanks, Veena

I would like to be on the creditstore call. Have been looking forward to this. I purchased SSS recently will I get the new version also?

Thanks for the quick reply and yes, can you put me down for the call/meeting please

Cheers
Martin

would love to be on the call / webinar for the updated SSS

>>>I will try to do the GoToMeeting call on November 7th at 10:00 AM PDT. << Sorry, I will have to move the meeting to next week (11/15) as we are still finishing up testing. It will most likely be at 11:00 AM PDT on Thursday (11/15). After the call, we can give you access to the 4.4 (pre-beta) version and you can install it on your test site to check out the creditstore features. We will send out an email with webinar details next week. Thanks, Veena