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While we're on the topic of emails, does anyone have any anecdotes or data on how often users will click activation links if I log them in after registration?
by DevX101 16y ago
While we're on the topic of emails, does anyone have any anecdotes or data on how often users will click activation links if I log them in after registration?
I always hated having to log in to my email after signing up, so I just create an account and login users without any upfront verification.
My email to the user says I will disable accounts that are not activated in 4 days, but its just a bluff :)
- araneae 16y agoIt may be annoying to have to go into your email to confirm, but as someone who has her first name @ gmail.com, I'm very thankful for it. I get people signing up for random crap with my e-mail all the time; without e-mail account confirmation, it means I start getting random e-mails someone else signed up for. Or sometimes I get no e-mails at all. When I installed Rapportive (<3!) I found out that "I" had a profile on hi5, which I promptly deleted.
- jacobolus 16y agoI sometimes put my email down as foobar@example.com, so I’m definitely not going to click your activation links. That’s probably not representative of most users though.
- eli 16y agoYou'd be surprised how many people supply bogus email addresses for something they ostensibly actually would like emailed. Like the To field on "tell a friend" or the signup box for an email newsletter.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoBe careful about that - if you keep mailing them without requiring a confirmation, people will scream about "double opt-in" and put your mailserver on various blacklists. (A nastier sort will use your service to flood the mailboxes of people they don't like with your messages, hence the spamfighters' response.)