User guide

AShop V User Guide212

mailed store receipts that are sent to customers.

Discount Coupon Codes may be created for subscription products.

3.23 Key Codes

Key-codes are typically used to unlock trial software, activate phone cards, distribute passwords, or to

send unique information with the purchase of a product. When a product that has key codes is

purchased, a key code is sent to the customer by email. Key codes can be distributed with any product

in the AShop catalog except subscriptions.

Note: Key-codes can be distributed in the original key-code text file list order or in random order. This

order of distribution is set within Configuration > Shop Parameters.

To set a product to distribute key-codes:

Within Add Products or Edit Products, click on the Files button, then click on the browse button next to

the Unlock Keys File box and upload a keycode.txt file.

Note: This file must be a text file where each line contains exactly the text that is to be sent to each

customer who purchases the product. This information will be stored in a database table called

unlockkeys.

A key code product will display Direct Email Delivery! next to the product name in the store catalog and

will display a icon next to it within Edit Catalog. If the product has downloadable files associated with

it, as well as the Key Codes, it will NOT display Direct Email Delivery! next to the product name in the

store catalog.

When a customer buys a key-code product an unused key-code is selected from the database and

included in the customer's receipt. If manual payment processing is used, an "activate order" link will be

included in the administrator's order notice. Upon receipt of payment, the administrator may then click

the link to complete the order and send the key code to the customer.

The number of remaining key codes is listed in Edit Catalog next to each product that has key codes.

The icon is a link. Click on the icon to view the list of used and available key codes.