Sell Ones and Zeros for Fun and Profit

SESSION OVERVIEW
Do you ever wish you could make money while you sleep? Need to make files available to registered members of your site but are afraid of high bandwidth costs? Using Drupal and some readily available web services you can turn your specialized knowledge into files that people can purchase (or download for free) from your web site.

You’ll learn how to install a few Drupal modules to allow only authenticated content to be downloaded, and how the combination of Drupal, Amazon, and PayPal can help you achieve the dream of selling intangibles for money on the Internet. Afterwards, there will be cake.

TRACK
Site Building / Extending Drupal (Using Drupal as a Platform)

AGENDA

• What Kind of Content Can I Sell With Drupal?
• Drupal and Ecommerce - A Brief Overview
• How to Leverage Existing Drupal Modules
• Amazon S3 - Good, Fast, and Cheap
• PayPal Payments and Other Payment Alternatives
• Sidebar: Content Creation Best Practices
• For Developers: How This All Works (with links to code)
• Q & A
• Cake!

GOALS
At the end of this session you will know how to put together components from Drupal, PayPal, and Amazon to sell or distribute intangible items through your Drupal web site without having to write a line of code or manage the process after the initial setup.

Furthermore, you’ll learn some tips and best practices for producing content worth buying and how to extend your site’s functionality with confidence.

RESOURCES
Code and links will be provided for download. A knowledge of Drupal is helpful. Programming knowledge is not required, although Drupal developers may also benefit from a real-world implementation example of extending Drupal through third-party tools and code.