[OT] Re: [thelist] web site registration

me me at cgiguy.com
Wed Oct 31 14:41:57 CST 2001


ok. so my sense of humor is nothing short of dry.

but, writing sockets code is fun fun fun...

anyway, my message was that unnecessary registrations are a bit foolish.
they only serve to run off traffic. i'd really enjoy hearing your arguments
about this.  if yer up to it.

for the record, i am pushing 40...

me.


>From: Robert Goodyear <rob_goodyear at yahoo.com>
> Hey CGIGUY:
>
> I thought you were twelve years old? ;-) Didn't you tell us all that in re
custom
> sockets?
>
> /rg
>
> OK: I seriously owe for that one...

> --- me <me at cgiguy.com> wrote:
> > hand deliver this to your boss?
> >
> >  i run ecommerce for some fairly large companies
> > and i never *require* registration. from site entry to checkout.
> > website registration is stupid. at best.
> >
> > we gather any required info on the fly.
> > for example, if you need shipto info, gather it after the customer
> > has clicked on checkout. Not when they first enter your site.
> >
> > wanna run em off? do it when they first get to your site...
> > thats a sure fire recipe for failure.  wanna win? show em
> > your stuff. let them *ask* for it. then ask em for a shipto and
> > billto and cc#. bingo. now yer rockin.
> >
> > to require registration to read the newspaper is asinine. for what?
> > if the ny times wants a cc#, just ask for it. but how exactly
> > do they profit by having some bogus info that i give them
> > in a registration form? they dont. thats how. they are only
> > trying too hard. and they only inconvenience me. oh but maybe
> > if i register for the nytimes, they could send me some sales crap
> > about a hidden camera or something... big whoop...
> >
> > skratch at cgiguy.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bruce Lawson <brucel at glasshaus.com>
> > To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:26 AM
> > Subject: [thelist] web site registration
> >
> >
> > > my boss is talking about making people register to read the content on
our
> > > web site.
> > >
> > > I believe that most users *hate* giving an email address (and maybe a
> > > password too) when  they surf to a site. I know that I never follow
links
> > to
> > > the NY Times (say) because it requires me to register in order to go
> > beyond
> > > the Front Page, whereas the LA Times doesn't.
> > >
> > > Am I alone in not wishing to give out my email address 10 times a
day - or
> > > should i just accept it as an inevitable development of the web?
> > >
> > >
> > > Bruce Lawson
> > >
> > >
>
>
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