In order to protect my Thank You Page I was recommended to use Instant Membership Site Creator (www.membershipease.com). With this product you can protect specific folders. So when a person purchases a digital product he will come to the Thank You Page where he have to Sign-up, he creates his own user name and password, with which he/she then logs in and can access the download for this product. I was thinking if that's a bit overkill to use the above solution in my case. ClickBank also provides a script that only shows the page to payed customers and the product could then be delivered directly on the Thank You Page. I'm thinking that IMSC (Instant Membership Site Creator) is more useful when it comes to reccuring log in. In my case I'm just gonna sell a digital product which they download once, and that's it. By the way, I might sell several digital products, and then I have to have a Sign-up for every product... As I write this, I was thinking about the idea of creating a username and password which every paying customer can use in order to access the download area, and then change it from time to time. So if they give it away it want work forever. That is if I'm gonna go for the solution with a membership area.... What would you have done? Help me decide?
Hey it is exactly the same reason I had just put up this tool - Lock D' Bank . I have had several customers recently that I thought I'll publish this as a tool for other ClickBank merchants. I dont intend to charge for this service rather rely on donations or advertisements if people are liking it. Give it a try and let me know your feedback.
OK, thanks! Is this more safe then for example the PHP Script provided by ClickBank? As I see it the problem is that when a paying customer gets access to this "Thank You Page", the link remains. At least it seems like it. I self purchased a product and I can still access the URL. In that way people could send it further to friends and so on. What would be better is if the link was temporary? So if they want the product they have to download it right away (before closing the browser). If I use LockDBank, will this also give a permanent link? ClickBank's advise is to give the "Thank You Page" an obscure name, is this needed if I protect my page either through Lock D' Bank (or for example the PHP Script they provides)?
Hey, yes, you're right. Thats the inherent problem with most providers. How we deal with such an issue in Lock D' Bank is that a temporary URL is created. The validity of the temporary URL is as follows: (1) It is invalid on one's own browser for one hour (In other words, if u purchased using ur Firefox browser, the link will NOT work on Internet Explorer etc) (2) It is immediately INVALID on any other PC Hope that should sort out this issue. Please feel free to register on www.lockdbank.com and let me have your feedback.
From experience with multiple product, the best you can do is: - Rename your thank you page to something that cant just be guessed (something like: dsgt5645dfdf-thankyou.html) - Keep in mind that thers no fool proof system, if you sell a pdf the user can send it to friend by email in any case (Regardless of what you do). - Dont make your thank you page link expire, because it will cause more trouble for you (you will recieve complains from users and you will have to send them the link anyways - If you are concerned about security, use the script provided by clickbank and add some functionality to it like: if the user just ordered, you will give him the download page. If the customer is a returning customer, display a form and ask for the order number/email before showing the page with the download. (to do this, you need to save the data of your customers once they order - this can be easily be done) Remeember that you can never be covered 100%, but the above will give you a lot of protection + diminish complains/request from buyers to send them the product etc... Good Luck!
Well, that's about what I needed to here. Just perfect !!! The matter is settled, I've just signed me up for a LockDBank account. Thanks !!!
OK, I was thinking about the complains from people if they can't access the link, you have a good point there. It would be great if LockDBank could store the purchase details like order number and emails. Thanks for the reply!
All you need is: http://www.dlguard.com or http://www.hopguard.com I won't go through all the features here but I use these more and more with my products and the members areas are NICE to have, especially for software or sensitive content. Protecting an ebook is one thing, once someone actually gets the .pdf, you can't protect it (you can with a password, however just one, not dynamic ones). If you're a quality vendor, protect your stuff properly for your sake and that of your aff's, however you do it. N.
Hey, thats a coincidence. We are working on that. Expect it soon. Did you try Lock D' Bank? It would be awesome if you post your experience here. I'm keen to hear all feedback to improve it further. www.lockdbank.com
I totally agree. Professional protection is a MUST. Lock D' Bank is NOT as comprehensive as any of these products at the moment. All that it does currently is to protect your Thank You page based on ClickBank's own API and it will remain FREE forever for that reason. Some nice little features are on the way. Hope you'll love them!
I have registered myself, but haven't tried it yet ! As web_18designer said, it could be some problems with having a temporary link, but at the same time, the link stays up an hour. What could possible go wrong? OK, the computer may suddenly shut down due to some power failure or a conflict, or the user accidentally closes the browser. Other then that the chance is little for something to go wrong. I was thinking of a combination, maybe I self could put some line of code and store the order data in some database, if the customer for some reason complain about that they couldn't access the product. In that way I could still use LockDBank and feel a bit more secure about the whole thing. Most of the time a customer would download the product as fast as they can, there's little reason for doing something else (unless something weird happens that they have no control over).
If the link stays up for just an hour its still a problem. Some buyers simply buy a product, bookmark the thank you page and check in a few days, obviously they would be unable to download the product by then. In an ideal world, when the buyer buys he is provided with the download and thats it. Unfortunately we dont live in such a world ... From experience, the best is to create your own system (I personally wouldnt imagin my life without my system!) and include the clickbank check as well. Im not a fan of temporarily urls because when i used them they did more harm than good, yes they gave some degree of protection but they sure made me loose money because angry customers couldnt access what they bought when they wanted wanted it... But maybe temporily urls are overated, a buyer with bad intention is more likely to find a way to share your pdf by simply downloading it and using another server, so temp url or not you would get screwed anyways! BTW, if you dont have a successful product with at least a handful of sales everyday simply name your thank you page something like rgr4d7r-thankyou.html - and that should be enough, focus on increasing your sales instead.
WoW...someone still selling on clickbank NOT knowing about DLGuard? DLGuard is the best thing you can do, in my opinion.
Well, not "still selling", haven't started yet. I was searching for a good way of doing it. And now I find it. I just bought DLGuard and I agree, it seems like the best thing (so far).
Hi findmanu! I bought DLGuard and I'm very pleased with it, so I signed up for lockDBank, but I haven't tried it. I'll pass this time. Good luck with your product. It's still free, so that's an advantage. Hope you'll add the feature of storing purchase details in the future.