How to sell merchandise in your blog or podcast ?
Posted by faq on April 19th, 2007
Using Podbean and PayPal Services to Sell Digital Goods and General Merchandise in your Blog and Podcast is simple by following the directions listed below.
1.) Sign up for a ‘free’ Podbean account at: http://www.podbean.com
2.) Sign up for a ‘free’ PayPal account at: http://www.PayPal.com
3.) Activate your eStore by clicking on the ‘eStore’ tab located on your Podbean ‘Dashboard’ page.
4.) Add products into your eStore by clicking on the ‘Add Product’ sub-menu located in your ‘eStore’ tab, and the Podbean eStore system will automatically generate ‘Buy Now’ and ‘Add to Cart’ code for each product.
5.) To add the ‘Buy Now’ and ‘Shopping Cart’ buttons or text links code to your blog click on the ‘Manage Product’ tab located in your eStore sub-menu.
6.) Then click on the plus sign located to the right of either ‘Show HTML Code using a Button Image’ or ‘Show HTML Code using a Text Link’ and copy and paste this code to your blog.
We highly recommend to you to do a test buy for each product after you set up the eStore to ensure that it is working correctly.
Are there service fees that Podbean charges when the product is added?
Podbean charges no additional fees for this service until you get paid - there are No Set up Fees and No Monthly Fees. The fee structure upon purchase is as follows:
* 0% fees for general merchandise transactions
* 3% fees for protected digital downloadable goods transactions
For more information see Podbean Fee Schedule at http://www.podbean.com/podbean-fees
How to sell a digital downloadable item using your Podbean eStore?
Using Podbean to sell digital products is simple all you need to do is the following:
1. Upload your files, mp3, PDF or mov etc by clicking on the ‘Upload’ tab situated in your main ‘Dashboard’ menu.
2. Once in the Podbean ‘Upload’ page, click the ‘eStore’ button situated on the right side of the file that you wish to sell. This will move this item to the Podbean secure file server to ensure that it is protected.
3. Then click on the ‘eStore’ tab located in your main ‘Dashboard’ menu and the ‘Add Product’ tab located in the sub-menu and select the product file to sell from the drop down list as pictured below.
How the Podbean eStore works for a customer?
As a seller of products it is always reassuring to know exactly what experience your customer will have when entering your online store, therefore we have summarized how the Podbean eStore works for your customer:
1. A customer browses your blog or podcast posts and finds a product or products that they would like to purchase.
2. They then click on the ‘Buy Now’ links generated from the Podbean.com eStore
3. Once, they have clicked the ‘Buy Now’ button they will be redirect to a Paypal web site and the product brief information will be displayed.
4. If your customer has a Paypal account, they will then log into their account and pay right away. If they do not have account, they will be given the opportunity to create one or they may the alternative option of paying via credit card or their existing bank account.
5. After they have completed the payment process, they will then click the ‘Continue’ button to view a summary of their order. If this is a digital downloadable item, they can then instantly download their order using the summary page.
6. An email will then be sent which contains the URL link to their order summary page and your custom ‘Thank You’ text that you entered during the ‘Add Product’ process. A duplicated email will also be sent to you so you may verify orders.
7. Customers can then click the order summary link in this e-mail to review the order or download their ordered items.
8. The details of all purchase transactions will then be listed in your Podbean account eStore purchase log page so you may also check each product selling statistics.
