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I get your apprehension, and, in fact, I up-voted you, but I'm not sure what better, "frictionless" way to get verified email address? The only plausible alter
by jermaustin1 8y ago
I get your apprehension, and, in fact, I up-voted you, but I'm not sure what better, "frictionless" way to get verified email address?
The only plausible alternative would be to send out an email with a download link in it, but that "costs" the designer an email credit, real money, or potentially extra development time vs just shipping with an out of the box multi-auth component built into some web framework.
- magnetic 8y agoWhy do you need the downloader's email address? Perhaps I don't understand your goal: are you trying to collect email addresses to build a marketing list, or are you trying to give stuff away for free? Sorry if these are dumb questions: the website doesn't really explain the business model (if there is one), or if this done out of the goodness of one's heart. I imagine you want people to try a free template and then ask for your services to customize it? Is that how it works?
- jermaustin1 8y agoI'm guessing since they have a contact us and are probably a design agency, they are giving away free designs to "startups" so that they can build their list of potential clients they can contact later to do branding and design work.
- kohanz 8y agoYes. It's called a lead magnet. I have no issue giving my (business) e-mail to get such beautifully designed templates for free. There's at least $100 of value on those sites. If they start sending e-mails not relevant to me, I can simply unsubscribe.
- dotancohen 8y ago> I'm not sure what better, "frictionless" way to get verified email address? They could ask for my email address. That is not a problem. But I won't "log in" with my Google account and potentially leak, now or in the future, my contacts and other private information.
- jermaustin1 8y agoYou would have to give permission to the application to see your contacts.