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> Collect an email address just before anyone clicks get started. That's a sure way to collect a bunch of mailinator.com addresses.
by eps 9y ago
> Collect an email address just before anyone clicks get started.
That's a sure way to collect a bunch of mailinator.com addresses.
- dfabulich 9y agoIs this common on a SaaS site? My experience with landing pages is that people will cheerfully enter their work email address without a second thought.
- tfmatt 9y agoCheerfully enter my work email!? I am way more reserved with that than my personal address!!
- dfabulich 9y agoMe, too! I may have been as surprised as you.
- wruza 9y agoDon’t you have a second -t testing email? Actually having one, I can say that there is nothing wrong happening inside it, despite it was used for lots of “seems legit” evaluation registrations. (Not that I’ll check it often, answer questions or connect to audio notifier; this somewhat defeats the purpose we’re discussing.)
- eps 9y agoCan't speak for everyone, but it is common on any site. The assumption is that they _will_ spam, sell the data or do something comparably exciting, so it's nearly always a disposable address first, changing it to a real address later if needed.
- oliwarner 9y agoAnd if the end goal was to get everybody's real email addresses, this would be a calamitous failure. This guy just needs some feedback. Even just a fraction of real emails would be better than none.
- gitgud 9y agoI never want to giveaway my email address either, unless it's really important. I'm hundreds of times more likely to sign up via Google Account, sometimes Facebook. So much easier and no activation emails etc...
- billconan 9y agoI hesitated to provide my linkedin, which is a must for registration