wp-ecommerce with s2member

I have trialled the paypal buttons process but my client would prefer a shopping cart routine (because) the sales are not stored on the website but in paypal.

I can implement wp-ecommerce by (forcing) the users to create an account first – no problem – but is there an interaction from paypal at the end of the transaction to upgrade the member to a “paid account” – from level 0 to level 2, 3, 4, 5 etc

For example, the way YOUR site handles the purchase process – what is THAT system?

Hi Donn.

Well, you could try customizing the wp-ecommerce checkout so that you change the user’s role at the end to one of the s2Member ones, then you can use s2Member to manage his access to the content with it.

This article may come handy: Knowledge Base » Changing Roles/Capabilities via PHP

I hope that helps. :)

Thank you for your assistance. I think I am being ‘forced’ away from s2member because there’s no real record of what the customer purchased, and for how much.

It also relies heavily on paypal to send emails reciepts etc, which kills the site branding

the membership control is good, the protected files good, but the sales management process is really quite lacking, unless I have been missing something.

Donn

Yeah, that’s definitely something that needs improvement, and it’s one of the main things we’re improving right now in the coming major release Jason is developing. We had hoped to have it ready for early April, but it’s a big project and it’s taking a few more weeks, but it’s coming.

How will you be announcing this release? Any further updates?

how far away is this release?