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Hi,

Does s2Member support donations? I need to be able to have a person give a donation of their choice of amount and be able to set an automatic email to respond to them...is that possible with s2member?

Thanks,

PJ

Well, you could edit the button's HTML form to make the amount a text input field where they can enter what they want to donate. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons

In the PayPal Options page you can edit the emails sent to users when they pay. WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Options

Hi everyone, and Thanks Jason for the great plugin.

I would like membership on my site to be based on a monthly recurring donation through PayPal.

I am offering sensitive data to my members. This is what I hope to accomplish:

Free members would have to give a $197 donation for a 1-time download of the data.

Level 1 members would also give the $197 donation to access the data download, but would then need to donate $47 monthly recurring (initial donation of $244) to get access to the forum and training videos.

What is the best way to do this through S2 Member and Paypal, so I can keep everything as automated as possible?

Thanks for your help.

There isn't a way at the moment to achieve exactly what you want to protect the download with the default s2Member.

You could have the link to the file protected at Level 0 and set the download limit to 1. This link, though, shared with other Level 0 users would allow a single download each.

http://www.s2member.com/specific-posts-pages-video/
http://www.s2member.com/file-download-options-video/

You could also identify each user with a unique custom capability and manage the download with that. WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Scripting -> Custom Capability & Member Level Files

That would require you to have a custom script to dynamically create the directory for that user with a copy of the file until the download happens and then delete it after 1 download. If you don't have a developer, you could find one here http://jobs.wordpress.net

Once you have that set up, you will be able to sell it to users using custom capabilities unique to each user.

Thanks for the excellent questions.
Let me take a stab at this too. You can do this with s2Member.

Free members would have to give a $197 donation for a 1-time download of the data.

You'll want to utilize both of s2Member's functionalities. Membership and "Specific Post/Page Access". First, turn Open Registration (on). Have Free Subscribers register at Level #0, then ( after logging in ), sell them a Specific Post/Page for $197 that contains a download link with a Key. Available only on that Specific Post/Page that you sold them ( you can call it a donation if you wish ). To learn more about Download Keys, please check your Dashboard under: s2Member -> Download Options -> Advanced.

Level 1 members would also give the $197 donation to access the data download,

So Level #1 Members, should really just be Free Subscribers too. You would do the same thing; sell them a "Specific Post/Page" with a file that is served with a Download Key, made possible by s2Member. Nothing different here.

but would then need to donate $47 monthly recurring (initial donation of $244) to get access to the forum and training videos.

Here you would use Membership functionality, and allow them to upgrade from Level #0, to Level #1. This upgrade would be configured through a Payment Modification Button, generated by s2Member under: s2Member -> PayPal Buttons ( or Forms if you're using s2Member Pro ). Upgrading from Level #0 to Level #1 would be the difference between paying on a recurring basis, and not. When you configure the Payment Button, you can also set it up to charge them $244 to start off with, then have it recur at a rate of $47/mo. Of course, you would protect your forums and training videos at Level #1 as well, that way Free Subscribers won't have access to them.

But Jason, that's the setup I thought too, but how does he limit the file download to just 1 time for that particular user only? Right now he will need a customization, right?

I see your point Cristián, I suppose it's a matter of interpretation.

psdesign wrote:$197 donation for a 1-time download of the data.

I think he means to gain access to a single file here, not really limit it to exactly one attempt to download the file. If you sell access to a Specific Post/Page, you have complete control over what is actually made available on that Post/Page you're selling. So in this case, you would NOT configure Basic Download Restrictions at all ( no need ), and instead you would use a Download Key ( i.e. Advanced Download Restrictions ), and make ONE download link ( for the one file ) available on this Specific Post/Page you've sold them.

Also, when you sell a Specific Post/Page, you can have access expire in as little as just 2 hours. So this is pretty close to what he wants ( at least I think, perhaps I'm wrong though ). Anyway, having access to the Specific Post/Page for a couple of days is what I recommend, and that way they can download and/or re-download the file ( if needed ) during that time. They still just get access to one specific file made available on the Specific Post/Page they were sold.

I'ld support the need for limiting downloads.

Even better than 1 time (which would be nice too), would be to set GB limits. That way you can charge customers more or less the amount that the data costs you (well I have pretty big files, so I'ld like to limit users to say 1GB/month as my server is underpowered if there are like 1TB downloads per month - as the website runs from the same server, and I cannot restrict my main download server which servers bout 300GB-1TB daily but is hosted at a university so I don't pay for it).