Run a promotion without Paypal Pro?

[irishpolyglot]

Hi! I've upgraded to s2member pro, but it wasn't made clear at all that to enable coupons I absolutely must have Paypal Pro, until I saw the description after purchasing. I can't access Paypal Pro for frustrating reasons I won't go into.

Is there some way to run a promotion despite this? I was hoping to have a coupon code, but I would also be able to give them a private link to a FREE sign-up link (with no purchase), because another company that I'm working with for the promotion wants to handle all payments. (My initial plan was to have a coupon code with a $0 price tag result).

So my question is, how can I give a premium access log in page to people for free, while also continuing my standard sales path? I only know of how to give a free log in to level 0, and the paypal button options do not let me select $0. Basically, I want to bypass paypal altogether, or pass them through as if they had paid on paypal in order to access premium content. I'm sure there must be a very easy way that I've missed?

[Eduan]

s2Member will NEVER allow the price tag to be below $0.01. So a coupon code couldn't do that.

Here's an idea of how you can do what you want:
1. Protect a page with specific post/page access. See this video for more info:
http://www.s2member.com/specific-posts-pages-video/

2. In that page put the pro-form which will offer them free access to a higher level. For more info on how to offer free access to higher levels, check this:
http://www.s2member.com/free-registrati ... vel-video/

3. Then, under WP Admin -> s2Member -> PayPal Buttons -> PayPal Specific Post/Page Access Links you can give them a link to that protected page. Through email or whatever medium you prefer.

Hope this helps.

[irishpolyglot]

Excellent! That "free registration" option looks like it will do the trick I see the tiny URL is used to shorten the link down - clever!
Thanks for the quick reply!!

[Eduan]

Great!
Glad to be able to help.