Limit Access to purchased streamed video and PDF

  • Resolved suchipsa

    (@suchipsa)


    3 years, 6 months ago

    I would like to sell a streamed video bundled with a PDF document. Only the PDF can be downloaded, and I would like to set limits on number of downloads and expiration date for the PDF. The video will be stored on Vimeo but embedded on my website. The video will not be downloadable and will be restricted (through Vimeo) to playing on my domain only. I don’t have a Membership plugin, and can’t afford the $200 annual WC Memberships plugin.

    1. How can I set this up so that each customer only views the video they paid for? I would like reasonable protection against someone sharing the link to the page with the video.
    2. Is there any way to do this without WC Memberships?
    3. Is there a way to “bundle” the video link with the PDF?

    If bundling the video and PDF is too complicated, then I would appreciate suggestions on how to accomplish the streamed video sale only.

    Thank you in advance for any advice.

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  • Plugin Support Fernando a11n

    (@fhaps)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    3 years, 6 months ago

    For the PDF download part of your setup, you can create a Downloadable product that includes the pdf file as the downloadable media. There is a setting to configure how many times can a customer download the files. You can read documentation on how to create downloadable products here:

    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/

    As for restricting access to a specific page, that’s something you’ll require an additional plugin or custom code to achieve. I would personally recommend using WooCommerce Memberships, as that is the exact use case it is build for. However, I know you mentioned you’d like an alternative solution. You can do some research for any other membership plugin that is offered for free in the WordPress repository.

    I’ll leave this thread open for now, in case anyone else has suggestions about plugins that might work for this scenario.

    Thread Starter suchipsa

    (@suchipsa)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thank you Fernando. Could you help me visualize how it would work to “bundle” the two things (the PDF and the video page link)? Would I set up product as a virtual/downloadable item, and then in the Purchase Notes would there be the link to the page with the video? I guess I don’t understand how they would get access/be directed to the video.

    I will look at some other membership plugins as you suggested. The $200 annual would be difficult for us to afford. This will likely be our only video for sale, and we don’t expect many sales.

    Thank you –

    Plugin Support Hannah S.L.

    (@fernashes)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    3 years, 6 months ago

    hey there!

    Could you help me visualize how it would work to “bundle” the two things (the PDF and the video page link)?

    You could do this by using shortcodes to show both products on the same page: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-shortcodes/#section-16

    You can also do this using Woo Blocks, if you’re already working with blocks. You’d want to the “handpicked products” block:
    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-blocks/

    Would I set up product as a virtual/downloadable item, and then in the Purchase Notes would there be the link to the page with the video? I guess I don’t understand how they would get access/be directed to the video.

    Customers would see a link in their order confirmation email, as well as have access through My Account > Orders. Once they’ve paid for the product, this will happen automatically and you won’t need to do anything.

    As Fernando mentioned, here’s some more information on how this process works:
    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/

    I will look at some other membership plugins as you suggested. The $200 annual would be difficult for us to afford. This will likely be our only video for sale, and we don’t expect many sales.

    Fair enough, it’s up to you to decide when a plugin will have enough return on investment for your site. I don’t know of another good way to handle allowing access to a certain page, though there are likely other plugins that I’m not aware of.

    I hope that helps!

    Thread Starter suchipsa

    (@suchipsa)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thank you for your input Hannah. I will look into the options you suggested. I am still looking for options to restrict content. I will post a solution here if I find one.

    Plugin Support Hannah S.L.

    (@fernashes)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    3 years, 6 months ago

    Glad I could help, and please do share whatever other options you find!

    Mike W

    (@nixiack8)

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hi @suchipsa,

    We have not heard back from you for a bit, so we will go ahead and close this thread. If you have further questions on this please let us know as it will re-open it, otherwise open a new thread if there are different questions.

    Have a super day!

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