Hi Ruth,

Thank you very much indeed for getting back to me.

In answer to your question, there is no reason that the "free" items have to be products however I would like them to appear alongside products i.e by category etc .... If you could give me some pointers on the "really easy workarounds" i'd be much obliged -

BR

Si
On 14 Sep 2009, at 19:55, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

Hi Simon:
Welcome!

The way it works in the 4.x release is:

If the digital item has been defined as a product and it shows up on a catalog product listing, then, yes, the user must "purchase" it first. By "purchase" I mean, it must be placed in the shopping cart and the user must go through checkout process creating an order. The order must then be approved even if there is no price associated with the product - "free". Only after a line item on an order is approved, is it available for download.

Not sure if this has changed in the 9.x releases.

Do your "free" items need to be products? Or, can they be products that are not added to the shopping cart? It seems that on the surface, there may be some really easy workarounds for this requirement depending on what you are trying to achieve.

Regards,
Ruth

Simon Hutchinson wrote:
Hi,

I am brand new to Ofbiz so please excuse my ignorance.

The product we are developing will include a combination of paid and free digital downloads. I have setup the demo data which allows me to purchase a Digital Gizmo and then subsequently download it.

Is it possible OOB to allow a user to download digital content without having to purchase the product first?


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