By Anonymous (not verified) on

I'd like to be able to sell e-books and recorded seminars through my website when I migrate it to Drupal over the summer.

However, I could do with some advice as to what modules I need within Drupal and also which online payment processor (Paypal, Clickbank etc) might be worth investigating.

Can anyone help?

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JezV commented

There are two ecommerce solutions for drupal. Which you use is kinda down to personal preference. I use Ubercart (UC), see http://drupal.org/project/ubercart whereas others prefer e-Commerce (EC), see http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce. I haven't used EC for a while so can't comment on its ease of use, although my impression from reading the forums is that UC is easier to configure. Both are well documented so I suggest you take some time to read up on both and see which fits your needs best. UC has an excellent website at www.ubercart.org.

If you decide to test them out, set up two instances of Drupal and run one on each; whatever you do don't install EC and UC on the same copy of Drupal. They are complex pieces of software and there are known incompatibilities between the two.

Regarding payment solutions again, I'm afraid it depends what you want and how much you are prepared to pay for it. Both Google Checkout and PayPal are pretty easy to integrate at the basic level, especially if you use their shopping cart. A the basic level neither charge a monthly fee, important if you are just starting up. If you want a more professional payment system that is fully integrated into your site then it becomes a bit more complicated and you should expect to pay a standing charge in addition to transaction fees. My advice is to look at what payment systems are supported by your preferred ecommerce solution, then read up on those and decide what fits your business need.

Hope this helps

Jez