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[WD Trading]

Originally Posted by jedi777

I dont know how you would automate it though. There needs to be a different code on each email.
What could do this for me?

I'd be interested to know this aswell.

[jedi777]

Can it be done with OsCommerce?

[joeyr1969]

Hi,

I use e-junkie.com to automate delivery.
As soon as i receive a paypal payment it sends the code automatically.
It costs $5 a month.
Its just a pain entering all the codes.

Joe

[mushroom79]

The website route is what im going to do. I gave up on ebay they sold with no problem, but by the time ebay and paypal have taken their cut I was lucky to get 50p a code and the grief of trying to email the code straight away lol

I now have a site (going live shortly) with automated delivery, i've developed an opensource OCR program to auto scan and upload the codes to the DB that is currently running at about 95% accurate. so basicly this site will run it's self (thats the plan anyway)

their are plenty of suppliers here so I think the xbox codes are a smart move

[craigc]

Originally Posted by mushroom79

The website route is what im going to do. I gave up on ebay they sold with no problem, but by the time ebay and paypal have taken their cut I was lucky to get 50p a code and the grief of trying to email the code straight away lol

I now have a site (going live shortly) with automated delivery, i've developed an opensource OCR program to auto scan and upload the codes to the DB that is currently running at about 95% accurate. so basicly this site will run it's self (thats the plan anyway)

their are plenty of suppliers here so I think the xbox codes are a smart move

This sounds like a very impressive setup! This is the kind of thing I would be looking at doing too. Though these merchants that do the automatic sending for you are great and all, it would be nice to use something open source and work on developing in it.

[mushroom79]

Originally Posted by craigc

This sounds like a very impressive setup! This is the kind of thing I would be looking at doing too. Though these merchants that do the automatic sending for you are great and all, it would be nice to use something open source and work on developing in it.

All I can say is Google is your friend. OK I have some programming skills, but with research and patience you can do all of the above. My site is totally custom.

[jedi777]

Originally Posted by craigc

This sounds like a very impressive setup! This is the kind of thing I would be looking at doing too. Though these merchants that do the automatic sending for you are great and all, it would be nice to use something open source and work on developing in it.

I totaly agree

[Xbox-Codes]

I would be worried with OCR, They need to be 100%.
Not a critism, I have access to cutting edge OCR that can do handwriting etc and its never 100%. For this reason, I enter the codes manually.

[mushroom79]

Originally Posted by Xbox-Codes

I would be worried with OCR, They need to be 100%.
Not a critism, I have access to cutting edge OCR that can do handwriting etc and its never 100%. For this reason, I enter the codes manually.

Yes, but it drastically cuts down the admin time of of manually uploading codes. All I have to do is check over the CSV before I upload it. After you've manually entered 100 codes it all goes a bit blurry and the chance of human error is just as high!

[jedi777]

You could always do them in say batches of 10. I mean you wont be selling more than 10 in a few mins.