Description
Sell eBooks, PDFs and audiobooks in WooCommerce without locking them. Pageseal turns every paid order into a personal copy of your book: the buyer’s name and order number go into the file as a calm note page (eBook watermark, PDF stamping), plus a hidden copy ID that stays even if someone deletes the note. Instead of encryption DRM, this is social DRM: the book opens in every reading app, and a shared copy leads back to its order.
Before you sell, Pageseal checks your EPUB and shows how it looks in Apple Books, on Android readers and on Kindle, so buyers get a file that works on their device.
What you get
- A personal copy for every buyer: visible note with name and order number, hidden copy ID
- EPUB (reflowable and fixed layout), PDF and audiobooks (MP3, M4B, M4A or a ZIP of MP3s) in one product
- Your EPUB checked before you sell: EPUBCheck, DAISY Ace and real pages from Apple Books, Android readers and Kindle (Send to Kindle), with fixes in plain words
- Download link on the thank-you page, in My Account, in the WooCommerce order email and in a delivery email
- Download limits and link expiry you choose
- Leak search: upload a file you found online and see which order it came from
- Cancelled, fully refunded or deleted order: the link is blocked; paid again, it opens again without a second copy
- HPOS compatible, works with the WooCommerce order API
Who it is for
Authors and publishers who sell eBooks, PDFs or audiobooks directly from their own WooCommerce shop and want buyers to read anywhere, without passwords, accounts or a special app.
Social DRM or encryption DRM?
Encryption DRM (Adobe, Readium LCP) ties a file to an account or reading app and often needs an activation. Social DRM, also called eBook watermarking, keeps the file open and makes sharing personal and traceable. More: https://pageseal.app/social-drm
External service
This plugin is the connector to the Pageseal service at https://pageseal.app, run by Orbita Media GmbH (Germany). The check of your files, the personalisation, the download page, the delivery mail and the leak search run on that service. The plugin does not work without a Pageseal account.
Nothing is sent before you enter your API key. After that:
- Files you upload in the Pageseal screens go to the service.
- When the payment of an order with a Pageseal product is confirmed: order id and number, buyer’s first and last name, email address, site language, product ids and quantities. Orders without a Pageseal product are not sent.
- When such an order is cancelled, refunded or deleted, or when you run an erase request: the order id and, for erase requests, the buyer’s email address.
Terms: https://pageseal.app/terms
Privacy policy: https://pageseal.app/privacy
Data processing agreement: https://pageseal.app/dpa.pdf
Plans, prices and limits belong to the service and are billed by Orbita Media GmbH through Stripe. The plugin itself is free software under the GPL.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin and activate it (WooCommerce must be active).
- Open WooCommerce > Pageseal and enter your API key and webhook secret.
- Open a product, go to the Pageseal tab, upload the book and read the check report.
- Switch the book live. Every paid order now creates one personal copy per item.
FAQ
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When is the personal copy created?
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When the payment is confirmed (order status Processing or Completed). Bank transfers on hold create no copy until they are paid. Purely digital orders complete by themselves.
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Do buyers need an account or a special app?
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No. The download link belongs to the order. Buyers with an account also find it in My Account. The file opens in any reader for its format.
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Which file formats are supported?
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EPUB 2 and 3 (reflowable, fixed layout and mixed), PDF, and audiobooks as MP3, M4B, M4A or a ZIP of MP3 files. MOBI is not supported; Kindle readers can load EPUB with Send to Kindle.
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Can the watermark be removed?
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A visible note page can be deleted. That is why every copy also carries a hidden copy ID, so the leak search still finds the order.
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What happens if the Pageseal service is unreachable?
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The order goes through and buyers see that their copy is being prepared. The plugin retries automatically, and the thank-you page fetches a missing copy itself.
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Is it GDPR compliant?
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Pageseal processes buyer data as your processor under a data processing agreement, on servers in Germany. Only orders with a Pageseal product are sent, and erase requests are passed on.
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Does it work with HPOS?
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Yes. The plugin uses the WooCommerce order API and declares compatibility with High-Performance Order Storage.
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Contributors & Developers
“Pageseal – eBook & PDF Watermark, Social DRM for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.1.2
Translations come from translate.wordpress.org; the plugin no longer ships its own language files.
0.1.1
The admin relay matches its allowed paths exactly (end of path anchored with \z).
0.1.0
First version.