WordPress MicroPayment Platform Solution Description
The Micropayment WordPress plugin adds in-site support for having your own “virtual currency” on your WordPress website. It also serves the purpose of having a comprehensive points management system on your WordPress website.
The purpose of the micropayment plugin is to allow web developers and administrators to provide and batch in-site transactions without requiring external payment processing for each purchase, making the customer payment process quicker & easier.
Developers can add points based features to their existing plugin or custom applications.
Points System MicroPayments SolutionThis WordPress virtual currency plugin supports small payments, paypal micropayments, automatic points, points management, and establishing a reputation as a reward site. |
Points Conversion Table Settings |
Working with the MicroPayment Platform for WordPress
After installing the WordPress payment plugin, every registered user is given his own micropayment wallet. Then, after the quick setup of the external Payment Gateway and the currency itself, customers can load their wallet (by purchasing the virtual currency) and use their wallet for in-site transactions as if it was a prepaid credit card.
The wallet and virtual currency solution can also be used with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads cart system to purchase real products.
Virtual Wallets ManagementYou can also grant your users points or virtual currency for their electronic micropayment wallet upon completing certain actions such as posting a question with Answers.Or you can automatically add points to their virtual wallet every week or month |
Automatically Adding Points to Users Wallets |
MicroPayment Integration with Easy Digital Downloads and WooCommerce
Using the Plugin with EDD (Easy Digital Downloads) or WooCommerce also supports purchasing of products and digital goods with virtual currency.
Users will need to load their wallet with enough virtual currency to support the purchase.
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The points management plugin also supports purchasing virtual currency with WooCommerce or EDD defined payment gateways such as PayPal, Skrill, 2Checkout, Stripe and more A new payment gateway will be added to the EDD or WooCommerce checkout allowing your users to purchase with the virtual currency you have defined. |
WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads Support |
Using the WordPress MicroPayment Platform to Integrate with other Plugins
Developers can use the MicroPayment Platform to develop their own virtual payment solution by using any of the existing plugin modules.
The WordPress digital currency option plugin has many shortcodes and API methods which can be integrated and customized to work in use cases developed to meet user requirements.
Using the MicroPayment Platform Plugin for WordPress
- Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) – Integrate with EDD to support two methods: a payment gateway in which users can purchase products with digital currency and a way to purchase digital currency with real money.
In addition it supports adding bonus points when users purchase existing EDD products and supports converting MicroPayments points into discount codes
- WooCommerce – Integrate with WooCommerce to support two methods: a payment gateway in which users can purchase products with digital currency and a way to to purchase digital currency with real money.
Additionally it supports adding bonus points when users purchase existing WooCommerce products.
- Points Management – Points and virtual credit management system which can support community sites and any kind of in-site transaction.
- Virtual Currency – Creates a virtual money currency for your site and for your online community
MicroPayment Localization and Supported Languages
Adjusting Plugin LabelsAll frontend labels can be easily changed to any language so the user interface will speak your language |
Localizing the Labels in plugin settings |
MicroPayment Additional Plugin Resources
MicroPayment Platform for WordPress Features
Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.
 | Virtual Wallet – Admin can manage website users’ virtual wallets. Admin can add or subtract virtual currency from wallet. using API or shortcode you can also add or remove points from wallet. |
 | Virtual Currency – Admin can define virtual currency units. Once defining the virtual currency you can define the plural and singular name for the currency and the conversion rate between real money and the virtual currency. |
| Wallet Management – Admin can add or subtract currency units from a wallet. This can be done manually for each wallet while leaving a note for each transaction or by uploading a CSV file containing all wallets and amount to be added or subtracted |
 | Transactions Report – Ability to show users a report of all transactions they’ve made in their wallet and show their point balance. |
 | EDD Cart Integration – Integration with Easy Digital Downloads both as a payment gateway and as a checkout option to purchase virtual points. Users can purchase products using your virtual currency and their wallet. The MicroPayment can also appear as a checkout payment gateway so payment can be made at checkout using virtual currency. |
 | WooCommerce Cart Integration – Integration with WooCommerce both as a payment gateway and as a checkout option to purchase virtual points. Users can purchase products using your virtual currency and their wallet. The MicroPayment can also appear as a checkout payment gateway so payment can be made at checkout using virtual currency. |
 | Load your Virtual Wallet – Purchase virtual money with PayPal or with any EDD/WooCommerce supported payment gateway. Once virtual currency is purchased it is added to user virtual wallet |
 | Convert Points to Real Money – Convert virtual currency to real money using PayPal. Admin can define the conversion rate. Money will be transferred to user from admin defined account. |
 | Convert Points to Discounts – Convert virtual currency to an EDD or WooCommerce discount code. User can use the discount code at checkout to reduce the amount of product using his virtual currency. |
 | Bonus Points – Grant users points or virtual currency when purchasing real products. Admin can assign each WooCommerce or EDD product an amount to grant user once this product is purchased. |
 | Preload Wallet – Automatically grant an initial amount of virtual currency for your users to utilize.This is done once a new user sign up or when you initially install the plugin. |
| Points Managment – Administrators have full overview and control over all user balances and log entries. Admin can give or take points from any user, any time. |
 | Transfer Points – Transfer points between users of your website or community by specifying their username. The ability to transfer points can be given to users using a shortcode which they can view in thier dashboard. |
 | API – More advanced features include plugin filters that allow you to integrate MicroPayments with your site theme or other plugins and add or subtract virtual currency from user wallets. |
 | MultiSite Environment – Share user wallet between multi site installations so they will all use the same wallet for the same username. |
 | Export – Export all wallets to a CSV file with the user email and amount of virtual currency available |
 | Import – Import from a CSV file a list of user-id or emails with an amount to add to each wallet. You can also add negative amounts or override wallet value |
 | Recurring Deposits or Withdrawals – You can add to or subtract from each wallet a specified amount of currency every set number of days (week, month or X days) |
Micropayment Platform Video Gallery
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MicroPayment Platform Image Gallery
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- Paypal batch payments so that there is only one transaction fee for multiple virtual purchases.
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- View the Active virtual wallets of users displaying their virtual money and their transaction history
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- Integrate the virtual money layer with Easy Digital Downloads
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- This example shows how someone could integrate micro-payments with our Question and Answer forum plugin for WordPress.
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- Setting up MicroPayment virtual money
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- Setting up the EDD Payment Gateway
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- Example of Easy digital downloads integrated with CM MicroPayment
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- This shows how to add micro-payments with the download file manager plugin made by CreativeMinds.
MicroPayment Platform Online Demo
 | This demo shows the usage of a virtual wallet in paying for eLearning material using Pay Per Post plugin together with MicroPayment Plugin |
Infographic showing the many ways to use the MicroPayments Plugin
MicroPayments Platform Additional Addons and Modules
The following is a list of additional modules and addons which can be installed together with the MicroPayments plugin providing additional functionality
MicroPayment Integration with CreativeMinds Plugins
- Question & Answers – Supports CM Answers Q&A discussion forum and allows you to charge or grant points for users’ posts or answers.
- Download Management – Supports CM Download Manager Pro and gives admins the ability to grant or charge points when users upload or download files.
- Pay Per View / Post – Supports CM Pay Per Post Pro gives admins the ability to charge virtual currency when users view a post or a group of posts.
- Video Lessons – Supports CM Video Lessons Manager Pro gives admins the ability to charge virtual currency when users view a group of videos (channel or a training session).
