How To Use Direct Purchase Links

This article is about sharing the link to your MV products.

Usually you'll want to share the main Product link where people can explore the Teaser Module and learn what the Product is all about.

But sometimes you want to give people the link to buy your Product right away, meaning the checkout cart opens as soon as they click the link.

This article will tell you how to get the Direct Purchase link so you can take visitors straight to the MV checkout cart.

Start at the Navigation bar on the left side of your Admin area.

Click into Content > Products

Locate the product you wish to share, then click the little Gear icon under the word "Action" on the right side of the screen.

If you're already editing the product, you can also access this gear icon in the top right corner of your main product editing page.
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The little gear icon will open a new popup window where you can see a list of links.

The main Product Link is first, the Direct Purchase Link is second, and the "One-Click" link is third.

In this case you'll want to copy the Direct Purchase Link.

Note: this Direct link only appears when the product Sign Up Options are set to "Purchase". If your Sign Up option is set to "Form", you'll see "Direct SignUp Link". If your Sign Up option is set to "Link" you will not see the Direct Purchase Link in this popup.

Copy the Direct Purchase Link so you can paste it into an email, blog post, social media post or anyplace else you would like to share it.

The active ingredient of the Direct Purchase link is the part at the end where we see the text:

/?action=signup

When clicked, this link will take the viewer to the Product page with the checkout cart already open.

See the following screenshot for an example.

You can also select a coupon code to auto-populate in this link to save your buyers a step if you're offering them a discount!

Next to the direct purchase link there's a little dropdown box where you can select a coupon code.
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If you have a coupon code setup for this Product, you'll be able to click the arrow, open the dropdown menu and select the coupon code you wish to use.

Select the coupon code first, then copy the link.

When people click it, now the checkout cart will open with the coupon already applied!

The link will look something like this:

https://courses.mixitecture.com/products/courses/view/12/?action=signup&coupon=onetimeoffer

Notice that after the "action=signup" detail there's another piece that says "&coupon=[your coupon code]"

In this link, my coupon code is titled "onetimeoffer". Yours will appear with whatever name you chose for your coupon code.

To make a new coupon code, go to the Payment Options, inside your Sign Up Options section of the Product.

For more instructions on using coupon codes, please visit this article:

Sometimes you want to share a short compact link that's easy to remember, rather than a long one that takes up all the space in your social media post.

That's when it comes in handy to make a custom redirect link, otherwise known as a "short link."

First, copy your Direct Purchase Link (with coupon code if desired).

Now navigate to Content > Links.

In the Name field, enter something that will remind you why you made this short link (this only appears in the Admin view).

Next, enter what you would like your audience to see in the URL, in the "custom-link" field. This will be added to the end of your subdomain or custom domain URL.

At the bottom, this is important, paste in the Direct Purchase Link that you copied from your Product details.

Finally, click "Add Custom Redirect Link" and MV will create it for you.

Next time you click "Links" in the sidebar, you'll be able to see a list of your short links which you can copy and paste to share, instead of the long one.

This allows you to share a nice short link that doesn't take up tons of space... which also makes it less likely for anybody to make a mistake when they're copying, pasting and sharing the link to your MV Products.

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