This DLGuard review presents one way to set up a download sales management system to run a simple ebook business. The tool is intended for use with any type of digital file (anything that can be transferred over the internet) but its use with ebook PDF sales has been one of its most popular uses.
After writing ebooks in 2007 I was researching ways to sell them online (i) securely, (ii) without having to pay commission and (iii) without needing constant mediation to handle sales. Seeing that other webmaster’s DLGuard reviews online were favorable I decided to give it a try.
My initial impression was that it was a run of the mill shopping cart application. True enough, it does provide all the web pages and processing for a shopping cart with single product/multiple product/membership sales. In addition it can communicate with PayDotCom, Paypal and other payment processors so doesn’t require any intervention there. It is after a sale is made where the application becomes valuable.
In an ebook business protecting your PDF files and their download links is the key to not losing out on sales, especially where download links may be shared with multiple users in order to freely steal your ebooks. DLGuard steps in at this point by making the download link (that it auto-replies to customers) secure through configuring how long the link is valid for and how many download attempts can be made using a single link.
Once you add your ebooks to the inventory database for DLGuard and add some buy-now links or buttons to your website the product handles the sales and sending out the download links automatically. The main point of intervention needed is on refunds and in this case the customer tracking & reporting ably assists you in doing this.
All in all, DLGuard is an economical download sales tool for any webmaster wishing to customize their shopping cart and avoid commissions to online services.
