How to set up your shop

If you wish to sell your downloads then our shop feature is what you are looking for. In order for the shop to work you need the follow these steps:

First of all, you need to go to your dashboard > Downloads> Settings > General > check the “Enable shop” box.

Create a “No Access” page

• Go to your dashboard > Pages > add a new page as your no access page

• Enter there the no access page shortcode: [dlm_no_access] > save the page.

• Then go to Downloads > Settings > Pages > No Access – select the page you created above > save.

Create a Cart page

• Create a new page and add the [dlm_cart] shortcode to the page.

• After you’ve published this new page, go to your Download Monitor settings. In the Pages tab, select your newly created page as your cart page. Click Save Changes and you’re done.

Create a Checkout Page

• Create a new page and add the [dlm_checkout] shortcode to the page.

• After you’ve published this new page, go to your Download Monitor settings. In the Pages tab, select your newly created page as your checkout page. Click Save Changes and you’re done.

Add your products

Products in Download Monitor are what your customers can buy in your shop. You link your product to one or more downloads, allowing your customers access to these downloads after they purchased the product.

• You need to go to your dashboard > Shop > Add New Product

• Set the title of the product > add content so it will be displayed on the detail page of the product > set your price of the product > choose the downloads which the customer will get access to after purchasing this product > set the excerpt which will be used in the buttons and on the overview page.

In order to accept PayPal payments on your website, you will need to configure the PayPal Gateway with the help of Download Monitor.

Use the Purchase Shortcode

With the dlm_buy shortcode you can display a buy/purchase button on your website. By adding attributes to your shortcode, you can control what product is used on how the button is displayed.

This shortcode takes the following arguments:

• Go to your dashboard > Pages > Add New > add the shortcode.