Digital Variation & Price Variation Linked in One Drop Down

[emceesquared08]

I’m selling digital products (.zip files) and there are three licenses (standard, premium and exclusive) and each is a different price. What i want is for every product to have these price variations in a single drop down and an associated digital product variation so that depending on what license is chosen the corresponding URL is provided for download and corresponding price is added to the cart.

What i’m doing now is this:

Under ‘Product Variation 1’:

License|Standard:10|Premium:20|Exclusive:30

Under ‘Digital Product Variation’:

License|Standard::http://mydomain.com/standard.zip|Premium::http://mydomain.com/premium.zip|Exclusive::http://mydomain.com/exclusive.zip

However when I display a product on a page I see two drop downs one for the product variation and one for the digital product variation. There may be something I’m missing, but is there a way to consolidate these two drop downs into one?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank You!

Alex

[amin007]

Do not use product variation 1 field. Only use the digital variation (you can specify the price as well as the downloadable file for the variation.

Use $10 as your price because the default variation that will be selected is the “Standard” version then add the following in your digital variation:

License|Standard::http://mydomain.com/standard.zip|Premium::10::http://mydomain.com/premium.zip|Exclusive::20::http://mydomain.com/exclusive.zip

If someone selects premium it will add $10 to the base price and make it $20. If someone selects “Exclusive” then it will add $20 to the base price and make it $30 total.

[emceesquared08]

Your suggestion worked nicely. Thank you very much!

[verity]

I would like to have downloadable movies. I have two different file formats and two different sizes. I want the customer to first select the Size, an then select the File Format. Can I have two different drop-downs in digital Product Variations , or do I need to have one drop-down with four options?

Also, what is the order of the steps? Do I create the Digital Variation first, or generate the encrypted link first?

In the digital variations, what do I put as the file path in the code? The actual file path, or the encrypted link?

Finally, these videos are just for paid members, so I will be hiding the menu from the free members. Can I also have a second drop-down menu containing still images that the free members can access?

Thank you.

[amin007]

There is only one digital variation option. So in your case you will need to use 4 options. You never create the encrypted links. You simply setup your variations explained in the following documentation and the plugin will generate the encrypted links of the correct file based on what variation the customer chooses.

How to Use Variation Control in WordPress eStore Plugin

In the variation field you use the link of the actual files.

[verity]

I read the instructions multiple times, but I cannot figure this out. Here is what I have in the Digital Product Variation field. Is this correct?

Video Size and Format|16×9 .MOV::Yellow Orange Squares (16×9 .MOV) – http:/mydomain/myunecryptedlink.zip|16×9 .WMV::http:/mydomain/myunecryptedlink2.zip|4×3 .MOV::http:/mydomain/myunecryptedlink3.zip|4×3 .WMV::http:/mydomain/myunecryptedlink4.zip

Now, how do I get the the dropdown button to appear on my page? Here is the code I am using:

[wp_eStore_download_now_button id=1]

But it doesn’t have a dropdown. And since the only product is a membership, once they are paid members they have access to all the files. So I don’t want to have a product display with a price. Thanks.

[amin007]

Ah you are using it with the download now type buttons. Not actual sell buttons (add to cart or buy now).

Let me look into it some more in the code.

[amin007]

Okay updated the plugin to handle the digital variation with the download now type buttons. Please get a new build of the plugin from here and test it out:

Request Product Update or Fresh Download Link(s)

Note: make sure you enter a URL in the “Product Download URL” field (any URL is fine). The plugin checks that field to determine if a product is a digital product or not. So if you completely leave that field empty it will treat this product as a physical product and the variations won’t get triggered.

[verity]

That is cool! IT WORKS!

So now I have the video variations working (which are only available to paid members, but hidden from the free members), but I also want to have another set of variations that ARE available for the Free members.

Can I create another, separate, drop-down?

[amin007]

You create another product and use that for your free members.

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