WooCommerce API Manager Software Licensing Subscriptions

• Sell Licensed Software
  • Provide license keys to customers when they purchase your product. Integrate with any programming language to restrict only paying customers from using your software.
• Full Licensing API
  • Handle license activation, deactivation, status checks, list purchased products, verify active api key, deploy software updates for your customer’s license keys, and more.
• Renew Subscriptions
  • Built-in API Manager subscriptions can be renewed manually by the customer.
  • Subscription renewal emails are sent 30 days and 7 days before, and 1 day after, a subscription is set to expire, with a renewal link in the email.
• Upgrade/Downgrade Subscriptions
  • Allow your customers to upgrade their license key and offer more features or activations. You can pro-rate the upgrade and offer additional discounts by pairing with WooCommerce Subscriptions.
• Release Updates
  • Provide new features and bug fixes to your users by deploying updates to your software via the included licensing API.
  • One-click and auto-updates are supported.
  • Amazon S3, remote URL, and local server download options are available for software updates. All URLs are turned into a secure URL.
  • Drop-in library WooCommerce API Manager PHP Library for Plugins and Themes is available for WordPress plugin and theme developers.
• Automated Payment Processing
  • When paired with WooCommerce Subscriptions and a supporting billing gateway, subscription renewal payments are billed automatically.
• Unlock Software with License
  • Ability to prevent the software from being used until the license is activated.

Online Subscription Service

• Authenticate customer access through purchased API Key activations.
• Block access until the API Key is activated.
• Check API Key activation status.
• Determine which products/API Resources are available through the API.
• Determine subscription level by the API Key and the number of activations available.
• Automatically process subscription payments when paired with WooCommerce Subscriptions and a supporting billing gateway.

Existing Store Setup

Setting up a WooCommerce store with existing products and orders with the WooCommerce API Manager is accomplished as follows:

1. Edit each product to be used with the WooCommerce API Manager by selecting the API checkbox, then filling in the API tab form, and if it is a variable product variation, a few API Manager details such as the number of activations.
2. API Resources will be automatically created from Order line items that contain those products selected as API products. Order line items that contain WooCommerce Subscription product types will also be automatically created. All API Resources are now accessible with client software or an online service through the APIs.
3. Either add the WooCommerce API Manager PHP Library for Plugins and Themes to your plugin or theme, or build an API client to connect to the API Manager APIs according the the documentation to take advantage of all the features available.
4. Done.

Migrating from Other License Managers

• WooCommerce Software Add-on
  • The WooCommerce API Manager has a built-in tool to import WooCommerce Software Add-on data into the API Manager. The API Manager can also answer API queries intended for the WC Software Add-on, so it is safe to delete the WC Software Add-on once the data import has been completed. Clients can migrate at their own pace to new client software that takes advantage of the API Manager’s robust API features.

Make Recurring Income Selling Software or Services

The WooCommerce API Manager turns WooCommerce Products into an API Resource that can be accessed with a License Key (API Key). API Resources (products) can be software, a service, an iPhone or Android App, a membership, a subscription, or anything that can be accessed over the Internet.

The most frequently used Product types are Simple, Variable, Simple Subscription, Variable Subscription, and Group. Subscription product types are created using the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension that allows for automated payment collection on the renewal anniversary. There is also support for API access expiration time limits for built-in WooCommerce products purchases that require manual purchase renewal.

How does it work? The customer buys a Product (API Resource) which will have an API Key with a defined number of activations, or unlimited activations. The customer uses the API Key to access the API Resource, which is controlled by WooCommerce API Manager. The API Resource remains accessible until it expires, if it has an expiration time. For even more advanced API Resource time management, the WooCommerce API Manager works seamlessly with WooCommerce Subscriptions.

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