I need help.. not with vbulletin though...

[chrisroo]

Ok I need some help...

I am doing a contest on my site and entry is $2. They will check out with paypal but I need somehow for everyone that enters to be put into like a flat file or something So i can keep track of them and send them a code(s) incase of multiple code purchases.... How would I go about this?

[Reeve of shinra]

Check the vb3 paypal feature. I think it can send you an email and depending your email client, you can export it into text or something.

[Colin F]

Originally Posted by chrisroo

Ok I need some help...


I am doing a contest on my site and entry is $2. They will check out with paypal but I need somehow for everyone that enters to be put into like a flat file or something So i can keep track of them and send them a code(s) incase of multiple code purchases.... How would I go about this?

IIRC you can also have all the paypal donators added to a special usergroup. You can then make mailinglists only with that usergroup.

[chrisroo]

How about generating the codes to send them?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by chrisroo

Ok I need some help...


I am doing a contest on my site and entry is $2. They will check out with paypal but I need somehow for everyone that enters to be put into like a flat file or something So i can keep track of them and send them a code(s) incase of multiple code purchases.... How would I go about this?

Make sure you're not breaking any state gambling laws. To get around it, make the users answer an inane question like "What is the name of this site?" so that it's skill-based and not luck based.