im starting a site where people can buy a one time membership fee, using a link to paypal, where they can also use their credit cards. My question is once they make a paymet, what would be the best way for them to get their user name and password, the only idea i have so far is email, but that creates such a time gap before they can access the members area.

thanks ahead of time for any replys
-scooby

Once they pay, you could have a thank you script generate the email as well as present them with a page containing the user name/password combination. That way, you avoid the time delay and you still send them an email confirmation.

sorry to be such a newbie but are there any places that would have information on how to do that, ive been searching but havent turned up much

Nothing I've ever seen. I've always been a believer in DIY anyway, though.

The free way to it is to put the restricted content in a sub directory, use htacess to password protect it and give everyone the same usename and password.

I have a scripted solution that allows for unique usename and passwords for sale on one of my sites. You can PM me if you would like the URL

you can have a script that generates a login and password or whatever, then when they pay it redirects to a .txt file that was created that has their info...its possible with paypal, its electronic transaction or something, they do it on ebay

found one site which seemed helpful, please let me know if any of you have used this or not.
http://www.locked-area.com

thanks