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User Signup & Registration
The sign-up process creates managed user accounts. Through these accounts, you can track who is on your system, where they are, and charge them for services if you wish. Several general information questions are already set to be asked, but you can disable any you find unnecessary. Sign-up answers are not made available to other users. Information users want to make public is entered in our User Registry.
Our signup process offers you the flexibility to prompt for up to 30 signup questions and demographics. This information can be integrated into our Ad Management services to provide highly targeted banner advertising.
| Feature | Benefit |
| Extended User Attributes Allows you to create, define, and store any user attribute (age, favorite color, shirt size, skill set). 30 signup questions. |
You can store important user information to enhance knowledge about your customer base. |
| Demographic Ad Targeting | You can direct ads to members based on demographic information, e.g. send ads only to women on the system. |
| Locks and Keys Access control Allows you to prohibit access to services and features. |
Develop secure sub-communities. Offer premium "pay" services. |
| Account Class Management While most user information is handled on an individual basis, it makes for easier management if large numbers of similar users can be grouped into classes. |
Ease of administration for groups
of users. For example, common classes include DEMO and APPLICATION, used by systems which do not immediately grant full access to new signups. Systems that charge for access may place you into a class that reflects your method of payment (HOURLY, MONTHLY, etc.). |
| ODBC Database User Information can be stored in any modern database (Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access). |
Your user data is easily
available for data mining and reporting. High performance, scalable database management system expands as needed. |
| User Account Administration | Provide as much or little control to user profile information as you wish. |
| Profanity Filtering Restricts new members from creating profane user ids. |
Provide a safe, professional atmosphere. |
| Password Hint Should a user forget their password the system can optionally display a password "hint" (that the user entered when they initially signed up) online or via email. |
Lower barriers to participation. |
| New User Email to Host Each time a new user signs up, the system can notify you by sending you the user's Sign-up answers in an e-mail message |
Keep up-to-date in real-time. |
| Welcome Email to New User Each time a new user signs up, the server can write an e-mail message (completely configurable) to the new user from you. This message welcomes the user to your system and provides helpful information. It can even provide a file attachment (usage manuals, rules & policies, agreements, etc.) |
Engage users into the community. |
| Full Name or Nicknames for
User Ids The system can allow members to create an alias id or it can simply use the name they entered on the signup form as their user id. |
Ease confusion and lost/forgotten
IDs on business systems by simply using their name. On the other hand, businesses can use nicknames to provide a level of anonymity. |
| Optional Credit Based Accounting | Offer premium "pay"
services. All our applications can be tied into our user management security and e-commerce ‘credits’ systems. A user can maintain an electronic wallet (in the form of 'credits' applied to his account) and use this currency across all community services. In addition to providing the customer the convenience of not having to pull out a credit card for every transaction, it provides a powerful mechanism by which For-Profit systems can charge for additional or premium services. Click here for details... |
| Advertise Credit Purchase
Procedure This option controls whether, when denying a user access to a service due to lack of credits (an optional form of electronic currency), it tells the user in detail where to send money to, how much to send, etc. |
Encourage use of premium "pay" services. |
| Transfer Credits Allow users to exchange credits/currency between themselves. |
Viral marketing as users encourage and enable others to participate in premium service areas. |
| Free Credits at Sign-up Optionally allows new members, immediately upon signing up, to be granted this number of free credits, entitling them to that amount's worth of online time and services. |
Engage participation into premium service areas by an initial sample. |
| Minimum Credits Transfer A user can only transfer credits if they have credits on-hand. You may place a minimum on the amount of credits that any user can transfer |
Restrict new signups with initial credits from peddling. |
| Initial Signup Class / Access This is the class and service level that all new users will be automatically granted. The class itself contains information about how much time the user may stay online per day, as well as many other restrictions. |
Allows host to provide selected initial services to new members. Extended access can be granted later (after filling out a questionnaire, sending payment, etc.) |
| Minimum Allowable User ID Length | If your system requires a high level of security, you can specify a longer than normal minimum length size for User-IDs when a user signs onto your system. |
| Minimum Allowable Password Length | If your system requires a high level of security, you can specify a longer than normal minimum length size for passwords when a user signs onto your system. |
| Key Required to Change Profile
Entries You can restrict (or grant) members from changing selected account profile entries (password, name, company, birthday, etc.) |
Provides security and control. |
| Audit Trail Entry for New
Signups Optionally create a time-and-date-stamped entry in your Audit Trail each time a new account (User-ID) is created. |
Our audit trail provides powerful tracking and record keeping. Know when new users are signing up. |
| Page Personalization Our "Text Variables" feature allows you to insert dynamically generated content based on the members account information. |
Engage members through personalization. |
To take a tour of the signup application, click here.