S-OT: PayPal fP Integration (was Re: FW: The FP Room: Meeting withKen and Laura Brody)

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You'll never BELIEVE what Kenneth Brody said here...:
> 
> Several of the things on Laura's website can be downloaded after paying for
> them, but it's currently a "set up a username, and we'll manually add you to
> the .htaccess file after we get payment confirmation" type of thing.  We've
> set up things via ClickBank to allow immediate download of certain products,
> but a full PayPal integration could make things a lot easier.

That's -precisely- the use for which I first looked into this.  Then I
figured, "Why do it by half-measures?"  

I got sick of my page saying "within 72hrs" (which is really a
misnomer--that's if I'm like dying in the hospital or something...it's
usually on the order of 20min if I'm conscious, or 8hrs if I just went to
bed) for delivery of access information.  I got sick of doing the whole lot
manually as well, since I track my licenses and customers in a database as
well.  Bleah.  I don't mind working, but it should just be automated,
period.  It's a far better customer experience.

This -will- make that whole lot entirely feasible and quite simple.
You'll be able to let your software see the payment details immediately.
"Business rules" like account signups/generation can be handled ahead of
time, or after the fact--there are 30 ways to skin a cat with PayPal.
Modifying of files like .htaccess is also a "business rule" sort of thing,
but when the integrating software lets you kick off your business rules
processing, you can do whatever you like on-the-fly.  By the time they get
done reading the receipt page, it's already set, as it will have been
imported and processed immediately with no operator intervention.  Might be
a few seconds slower on a really bogged system, I suppose, but I've allowed
for things that will make it as optimal as possible.

That automation's the bit I'm looking forward to myself.  It'll be nice in
any environment.

mark->
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