Comments on: Registration forms: Breaking down the barriers between your Web visitor and your product http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:14:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Cogley http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-3833 Jonathan Cogley Fri, 15 May 2009 22:09:38 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=348#comment-3833 Thanks everyone for pointing out the email address requirement on this blog. :) I guess it was a default WordPress setting but a fair point so it has been removed - just shows that you need to think about this stuff *all* the time. Thanks everyone for pointing out the email address requirement on this blog. :)

I guess it was a default WordPress setting but a fair point so it has been removed – just shows that you need to think about this stuff *all* the time.

]]> By: Fooyoo http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-3829 Fooyoo Fri, 08 May 2009 16:59:19 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=348#comment-3829 "Request only the information you need in order to perform the action for the user." -- in this case, attaching your identity to comments. “Request only the information you need in order to perform the action for the user.”

– in this case, attaching your identity to comments.

]]> By: Darren Kopp http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-3828 Darren Kopp Fri, 08 May 2009 15:18:38 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=348#comment-3828 I tend to just ask blog commenters for their SSN, credit card number, and the CVV2 for that card. I'm not going to pay for a Microsoft Surface myself, but i need it. I tend to just ask blog commenters for their SSN, credit card number, and the CVV2 for that card. I’m not going to pay for a Microsoft Surface myself, but i need it.

]]> By: BiroTom http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-3827 BiroTom Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:21 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=348#comment-3827 Hi Jonathan, great post. It is also a good idea to use checkboxes wherever possible, because it is easy to fill ot. Drawback is that many people click them randomly. Another useful way to get more information is to get them progressively. First, you only ask for an e-mail address. You don't have to validate it, if people don't want to give you a mail address but they have to, they give you a fake, there ar many solutions online for anonimous temp mailboxes. If they are seriour about registration, they will give a valid address, especially if you promise not to send spam. Than, after a while, you can ask them in e-mail, if they liked the thing they registered for, and if the answer is yes, you can ask them to fill out a more detailed profile. Make sure to not to bug the registrant frequently, maybe one in two weeks. Interesting fact: on our website, we have a registration which is NOT compulsory, so you can just jump over it. Still, many people register with fake addresses... :) Hi Jonathan, great post.
It is also a good idea to use checkboxes wherever possible, because it is easy to fill ot. Drawback is that many people click them randomly.
Another useful way to get more information is to get them progressively. First, you only ask for an e-mail address. You don’t have to validate it, if people don’t want to give you a mail address but they have to, they give you a fake, there ar many solutions online for anonimous temp mailboxes. If they are seriour about registration, they will give a valid address, especially if you promise not to send spam. Than, after a while, you can ask them in e-mail, if they liked the thing they registered for, and if the answer is yes, you can ask them to fill out a more detailed profile.
Make sure to not to bug the registrant frequently, maybe one in two weeks.
Interesting fact: on our website, we have a registration which is NOT compulsory, so you can just jump over it. Still, many people register with fake addresses… :)

]]> By: foobar http://www.thycotic.com/registration-forms-breaking-down-the-barriers-between-your-web-visitor-and-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-3825 foobar Fri, 08 May 2009 00:32:14 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=348#comment-3825 The ironic part: I need an email address to make a comment on this blog. The ironic part: I need an email address to make a comment on this blog.

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