Is this possible with OsCommerce?

[kyzu]

I was watching an interview with a guy who started a Mac-software related website. Basically people would purchase software at his website, and they would immediately get a unique license code, he said it worked like this:

 

We took orders via PayPal. We used the instant payment notification API to ping back our servers, and then sent out the licenses. It was all done in PHP. We worked in three ways. We worked in one way where the software developers would give us a list of license codes, and then we’d just assign them to people when a sale was made. And then, at the end of the promotion we’d give the list back.

 

We worked on another one where we’d have a URL. We’d ping that URL and that would send the license back, and then we’d send it out ourselves.

 

And then, we had another one where we’d ping the URL, and they’d send it from their servers along to the customer. It was completely automated. So, even if you’re pinging the URL or you’re drawing from a list, it’s all happening automatically for the user

 

So any ideas on where to begin? I'm very new to OsCommerce and relatively new to PHP, so I'd appreciate all the help.

 

Thanks a lot!

[Guest]

Kyle,

 

 

Yes, you can use a virtual PIN code add on for this. So, after purchase and download the customer receives the serial number by email to activate the purchased software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris