Secure-eBook

Secure-eBook Documentation

Using PayPal Shopping Cart with Secure-eBook

When you have a PayPal account, PayPal also offers a shopping cart that can be used for free. With Secure-eBook, you can use PayPal Shopping Cart to allow your clients to purchase many of your eBooks in one single purchase transaction.

Following are the instructions explaining how to configure your Secure-eBook account to work with PayPal Shopping Cart.

Activate the PayPal Shopping Cart module in your Secure-eBook account

Activating the module is quite simple and requires only a few steps:

Activate PayPal Shopping Cart

  1. Select “Shopping Cart” under “My Account” in the menu.
  2. Select “PayPal Shopping Cart” from the available modules list.
  3. Click on the “Add Module” button.

This activates the PayPal Shopping Cart module in your Secure-eBook.

Configure the PayPal Shopping Cart module

You now need to configure the PayPal Shopping Cart module. To do so, click on the “Configure” link.Point 1

Configure PayPal Shopping Cart

You can also get additional information by clicking on the question mark image.Point 2

The configuration process starts with a some instructions you have to follow in order to configure your PayPal account properly. Follow these steps carefully.

Configure your PayPal account

Once your PayPal account is properly configured, click on the “Next >” button.Point 1

The two next windows allow you to link your Secure-eBook account with your PayPal account.

Link your Secure-eBook account with your PayPal account

On the first window, you need to enter your PayPal account ID which is the email address you use with your PayPal account.Point 1

On the second window, you have to enter an Identity Token which is found in your PayPal accountPoint 2and then click on the “Finished” button.Point 3

Thank You Page, Thank You eMail et Buy Now buttons

Once your are back to the shopping cart modules page, now that the configuration is complete, you will notice that the PayPal Shopping Cart module is automatically enabled. You will also notice that new options are available.

Complete your Secure-eBook account configuration

By default, a “Thank You Page” and a “Thank You eMail” are already configured for you. They both contain the text that will be sent to your clients after they purchase your eBooks. You have the option to customize these texts by clicking on the “Thank You eMail” or on the “Thank You Page” links.Point 1

To allow your clients to add your eBooks to their shopping cart when visiting your Web site, you have to add buttons on your Web site for them to click on whenever they want to purchase one of your eBooks. You do this by clicking on the “Button Generator” link.Point 2You will then have to select the product for which you want to create a button and customize it the way you want it to be displayed to your visitors. This will finally generate a small HTML code that you will put on your Web site.

NB:: To complete their purchase, your clients will have to click on a “Checkout” button. This button is generated from your PayPal account, as any other buttons that you would generate from your PayPal account.

Start selling your eBooks

You are now ready to sell your eBooks. Your clients will only have to choose the eBooks they want to purchase by clicking on corresponding buttons, and click on the “Checkout” button when they are ready to pay. Then, all the process is managed by Secure-Book, your money goes in your PayPal account, and your clients get instantly the eBooks they purchased.