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Hi, pleasehelp123.

I have come up with a rather convoluted method that combines the features of the BAW plugin with some features provided by my site hosting company. My method, unfortunately, is specific to the tools I have available to me. Unless you are using my hosting company, I won’t be of much specific help. 🙂

The good news is- I figured this system out for myself, so there is definitely hope that you can do the same for yourself!

My passwords never expire, so I’m not sure how you would do that.
If you don’t have a huge volume of customers, you could go in and delete the passwords manually on the day you want them to expire. Also, you have to add each password manually, so if you are looking for a high volume system, this method is not it.

The automated email you want is called an autoresponder. Your hosting company most likely can provide you with these. You set up an automated rule (such as when the training video product has been paid for) and then you compose a general email that has the URL to the video and the password to the video. When the rule is met, it triggers the email to be sent.

Unless you pay for a premium service, an automated email is general- it is NOT specific to each individual. The email will be worded the same way for everyone, so it can’t actually show a unique password for each recipient. Therefore, you would have to set the password to be something unique, and that they can easily find. For example, you can say “Your password is your order number”.

The URL for the video is a page on my WordPress.com site. Each page on my WordPress.com site contains a few lines of text, plus an embedded video. You could definitely call that video from a hidden page or folder of your site. You’d need to talk to your host company for specifics. The BAW plugin that I installed to my WordPress site is what I use to password protect that video. The BAW plugin lets people see the WordPress page, but instead of a video, it overlays a password input box. When you successfully put in a password that’s been set for that page, the video appears and plays.

You should install the BAW plugin and play around with the settings. It is very easy and intuitive. You set one master password, and then you can add an infinite number of other passwords. Keep the master password as your secret, and assign new passwords to all new customers.

Hopefully this gives you more information to go on.