Probably not much help - but in the least you can check the refering site with #CGI.referer# and it if contains paypal.com or something - you can say thanks or - please pay through paypal. But that assumes they are paying through paypal and coming right back.
And of course - paypal did come up with some tools - View this link http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/ipn-intro-outside THey will send you a verified response from their servers containing specific information at which time you check and can welcome the customer back securely. Enjoy jay miller Mark Smeets wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've 2 questions, they are doozies too. > > Client wants to sell his little online e-book for 5$/chapter, decided to go > with PayPal beceause well, no funds to spend on things like verisign and so > forth. (Yes I know about some of the horror stories of PayPal.) > > First, I don't think you're able to re-direct the user back to a "thank you" > page after they've made the purchase. So this leads to a problem, I've got > the e-book in question under a registration system, once you made the > purchase, the registration is already complete and you can now login and > read...that's the way I wish it was going to work but alas no. > > Here's what I've done. > > I've made an "instruction" screen that tells the user what to do. First go > to paypal, then once you've paid, you can register and go on your merry way. > > As some of you may have already guessed this leads to a huge > problem...trust! So the script I am looking for does the following: > > The user cannot click on link 2 until he clicks on link 1. > > Again that still leaves the question of trust but right now that's the best > option I can come up with. I'm not too sure how I can track a user at a > different website and make sure she/he's going through the PayPal site. > > Any feedback, ideas, ways to shoot myself in the foot would be appreciated. > > -------------------------------------- > Mark Smeets / stranger0 / ICQ: 1062196 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.prowerks.com/stranger > > "Life is a series of small victories" - Gene Simmons > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
