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Setting up the eSellerate system to integrate with Digital Web Book Digital Rights Management (DRM)

 

Step 1.

Sign up for a publisher account

To sign up for a publisher account with eSellerate go to http://www.eSellerate.net/dnaml and complete the ‘Set Up Your Account’ fields.

Step 2:

Agree to Evaluation License Agreement

Read the Evaluation License Agreement and click ‘I Agree’ to accept the Evaluation License Agreement.

Step 3:

Create a login name and password

Create a login name and password and enter some further details including billing, shipping and payment details. Click ‘Finished’ to complete your account sign-up process.

Note: You have now created an evaluation publisher account. This allows you to evaluate the eSellerate system for up to 30 days.

Step 4.

(Optional) Evaluate Esellerate System.

Once you have created your eSellerate account you will be directed to the Esellerate Sales Manager web page, which is running in trial mode. Note: Please do not create any product keys until you activate your account and receive the activation notification (see Step 6).

Step 5.

Sign distribution license agreement.

To turn your evaluation account into an active account download the eSellerate distribution license agreement from eSellerate and fax it to eSellerate. The distribution license agreement can be downloaded from http//:www.eSellerate.net/dnaml. Please do not download the license agreement from within the Sales Manager page.

Note that your customers will not be able to make a purchase until eSellerate has received a completed copy of the Distribution Agreement and has activated your account.

Step 6

Activate your eSellerate account.

An eSellerate account executive will contact you by email to let you know that your account is active. This could take up to 24 hours (longer for weekends and public holidays). Please do not proceed further until this has been done.

Step 7

Add your book information to eSellerate

The eSellerate payment gateway needs to know about your book before you can sell it. This step will enable the eSellerate payment gateway to communicate correctly with your digital web book. It is one of two things you will have to do everytime you create a new book to sell from eSellerate.

1. Log in to your eSellerate account.

2. Follow through with eSellerate's checklist and get started guide available from here:

http://www.esellerate.net/dnaml/

http://www.esellerate.net/dnaml/checklist.asp

Get the codes required to package this DRM book. Please follow the instructions given by eSellerate exactly, changes could cause the DRM not to work properly.

Note:

  • "Allow Payee Access to Customer Data" checkbox on the "Payee Detail" page (Home > SplitPay Payee List > Payee Detail) must be enabled.
  • "DNAML SNGEN" Serial Number Set needs to be configured properly, "Serial Number Set Detail" page (Home > Serial Number Set List > Serial Number Set Detail) needs to be set to Custom. 

Step 8

Add eSellerate's book activation infomation to your book

Now you need to add the activation information from eSellerate to your book. The book will pass this onto the eSellerate payment gateway so it knows which book it is.

From the eSellerate control panel, you will have: Publisher ID, eSeller RefNum,Preview Certificate, Activation Set ID

What these codes are used for:

  • Publisher ID: is the number of your publisher account at eSellerate.
  • eSeller RefNum: is the reference number for this book at eSellerate (used to track this book).
  • Preview Certificate: this code is used to indicate that this book is in preview or test mode. If this code is the same in the packaged book as in the eSellerate control panel then your book will be in preview/test mode when somebody does a purchase therefore FREE and does not need a credit card to purchase and activate.
  • Activation Set ID: this is used to identify to the DRM type to eSellerate.

Package your book using one of the DRM package options and test the book by doing a test purchase.

The preview certificate from the eSellerate control panel allows you to "preview" or test this book as an end-user. If you have copied the preview certificate correctly, you can test the whole purchase process from start to finish with this book. You do not need to use a real credit card number do this test.

Please remember to repackage the book WITHOUT the Preview Certificate OR CHANGE the Preview Certificate number in your eSellerate control panel BEFORE you start selling your book. Otherwise, the DRM book will still be in test mode and free for all.

Open your digital web book file within DeskTop Author, Page Author or DeskTop Communicator and remove the Preview Certificate code from within the DRM setting box. Press ‘Package DRM’.

Step 9

Your digital web book is now DRM enabled and can be distributed for sale via website, email, CD (or floppy).

Start selling your digital web book!