>- see footer for list info -< With the e-fulfilment sites from which I've bought pdfs they ALL send an email with a download URL containing a unique link (which who knows they may check). This is explained during the transaction so the buyer knows he MUST give a valid email address. To do any less does not engender buyer confidence, since the connection could easily break during a one-time download. It's also a courtesy since they might want to delay a large d/l (e.g. currently calling from an internet cafe)
The classier ones also give a transaction reference with contact info during the actual purchase so the punter can complain if the email doesn't arrive (e.g. is spam-blocked by the ISP) IMHO this is close enough to best practice that if you didn't follow this scenario it would tarnish your brand. HTH, Duncs -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Russ Michaels (Snake) Sent: 24 February 2005 13:13 To: 'Coldfusion Development' Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] SOT: e-books >- see footer for list info -< Use CFCONTENT to serve up the PDF, then there is no link to it. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles > Sent: 24 February 2005 10:04 > To: 'Coldfusion Development' > Subject: [CF-Dev] SOT: e-books > > >- see footer for list info -< > I've had a site selling books for a long time now but we now > have our first pdf version of a book to go on the site. > > I'm just looking for a bit of advice. Is it a completely bad > idea to just give them the download URL after they have > ordered the book or should I try to mask / generate random > url's after they have ordered and put a timeout on. > > Also the pdf is 4 MB - is that going to be too big for most people? > > It is a site that sells books on chickens - not likely to be > a target of any hack attempt to download the book and then > put it on any Warez site!! > > Just wondering what the standard practice is with this sort of thing. > > Giles Roadnight > http://giles.roadnight.name > > > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving > lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< > >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to > volunteer your help > >-< > _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
