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 namespace VidPub.Tests.Functionals {
     [TestFixture]
     public class ShopifyTests {
         Orders _orders;
         OrderItems _items;
         public ShopifyTests() {
             _orders = new Orders();
             _items = new OrderItems();
 
         }
         string GetJson() {
             var jsonFile = @"C:\dev\VidPub\Source\VidPub.Web\App_Data\ShopifyPing.js";
             var result = "";
             using (var stream = new StreamReader(jsonFile)) {
                 result = stream.ReadToEnd();
             }
             return result;
         }
         void Ping(string url, string data) {
             HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
             request.Method = "POST";
             request.ContentType = "application/json";
 
             //add the form data
             byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
             request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
 
             using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream()) {
                 // Write the data to the request stream.
                 stream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
             }
 
             var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
             string result = "";
 
             using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream()) {
                 StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);
                 result = sr.ReadToEnd();
                 sr.Close();
             }
         }
         [SetUp]
         public void Init() {
 
             _items.Delete();
             _orders.Delete();
         }
         [Test]
         public void receiver_should_save_one_order() {
             var url = "http://localhost:50363/shopify/receiver";
             Ping(url, GetJson());
             Assert.AreEqual(1, _orders.All().Count());
         }
         [Test]
         public void receiver_should_save_two_order_items() {
             var url = "http://localhost:50363/shopify/receiver";
             Ping(url, GetJson());
             Assert.AreEqual(2, _items.All().Count());
         }
     }
 }

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        //need to have an action for Shopify pings
         public ActionResult Receiver() {
             //this is a ping from Shopify, record the order
             //var order = this.SqueezeJSON();
 
             //returns a string
             var json = this.ReadJson();
             var order = System.Web.Helpers.Json.Decode(json);
 
             Logger.LogInfo(order.order_number.ToString());
 
             //this is ugly
             //an anonymous object
             var newOrder = new {
                 OrderNumber = order.order_number,
                 ShopifyID = order.id,
                 ShopifyName = order.name
                 //lots more items to left right.
             };
 
             dynamic savedOrder = _orders.Insert(newOrder);
 
             //line items
             //need to put in the correct newOrder.ID
             foreach (var item in order.line_items) {
                 var newItem = new {
                        OrderID = savedOrder.ID,
                        Name = item.Name
                        //etc..
                 };
                 _items.Insert(newItem);
             }
 
             return Content("OK");
         }

Shopify does it all for us, and sends back the data.

Membership and Billing

subscriptions?

Just run a credit charge once a month and quit whining!

retain users credit cards..ahhh!
the thing that runs charges.. tracks
a scheduler
dunning capability.. what happens when payments fail
upgrades and downgrades

hard to do right.

Chargify – expensive

Recurly – Recurring Billing

Simple monthly ($30pm)
Platinum which allows for downloads ($50pm)

1 time setup fee, trial periods

full blown checkout page. can dns with cname so people think are still on tekpub.

can also handle one-off charges

user has access to their own invoices.

MadMimi – Emailling

can edit the emails straight in madmimi

Rob has written a MadMimi wrapper which is on https://github.com/robconery/MadMimiMailer

Nice and async.

Welcome

Invoice

easily send in invoice# etc..

OpenID

number 1 support calls.

HighRise – CRM (37 signals)

whenever he sends an email out via madmimi, it is bcc’d to highrise

Can see all emails inside highrise

MailChimp – Build Emailling

True high powered email campaigns this is better.

Mailchimp to import from highrise

Can do big push promotional push.

HighRise API

Rob wrote a wrapper.

Using XML for transport.

Hmm but would be nice to observe, or hook in, so that when a users details change it automagically updates CRM.

So can use Massive hooks, inserted updated and deleted. Overrides

HighRise – custom fields.

Review SaaS

help us now – yes

ecommerce (Shopify)
subscription billing (Recurly)
mailers (MadMimi and MailChimp)
templated mailing
mass mailing
CRM (HighRise)

1 year – absoltely..

CRM – sales guy has a CRM tool

Can enter productions, enter discount codes, do mailouts that look great

Data

Do I need to keep orders in own db… or trust shopify? replication of data is bad.

Great to have these services, so he can focus on the core of the business which is creating videos.

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