Sell digital goods | Documentation for Yclas

This feature is available on all sites hosted at Yclas.com

Now sellers can upload files to their ads from Dropbox or Google Picker and sell them. With this feature it’s possible to sell digital goods in your website.

How it works

Seller uploads a file from Dropbox or Google Picker while posting his ad
Buyer clicks the Buy Now button and buys the product.
The confirmation email is sent to the buyer, which includes the Order ID, Product ID and the link to download the uploaded file.

Prerequisites

Dropbox or Google Picker app is created and configured.
Buyer instructions custom field is created.
Seller fills the “Buyer instructions” custom field while posting the ad.
File download custom field is created.
Seller selects the file while posting the ad.

Create the File field

Create a Custom Field on Classifieds -> Custom Fields -> New
The custom field Name must be file_download and Type must be File Dropbox or File Google Drive
The custom field values are comma separated allowed file extensions
Now you need to configure one of the methods described below

Dropbox

Create a new app on the Dropbox Platform
While you create the app, add your website URL to Chooser/Saver domains
Copy the App key from your app and paste it in your website panel, Setting -> Advertisement -> Dropbox -> App key

If this feature is properly configured, the result should be this:

Google Picker

1. Go to Google Developers Console

2. Press My Projects -> Create Project

3. Choose Credentials on the left sidebar and click Create Credentials -> API key

4. Copy your API key and paste it to your website admin panel -> Settings -> Advertisement -> Google Picker -> Google Picker API Key

5. Choose Credentials on the left sidebar and click Create Credentials -> OAuth Client ID

6. Click Configure consent screen

7. Choose your Email address, enter the Product name, Privacy Policy URL and click Save

8. The next step requires to create the client ID. Choose Application Type - Web Application, enter your website name into the Name field, your website URL into the field Authorized JavaScript origins and press Create

9. Copy the Client ID and paste it to your website admin panel -> Settings -> Advertisement -> Google Picker -> Google Picker Client ID and press Save

10. Go to Libary, find and enable Google Picker API

11. Done! You can now go to the Publish new page to see the result