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How about automatically created anonymous user accounts and ability to later merge into a regular user account with username and password. An anonymous account
by koobe 19y ago
How about automatically created anonymous user accounts and ability to later merge into a regular user account with username and password.
An anonymous account would essentially identify a single browser and enable server side storage required for full application functionality.
Should the user later feel like the registration is worth the trouble after all, he could merge one or multiple anonymous accounts into a single regular account.
One thing to think about in advance could be to prepare for merging data from multiple accounts.
I think Amazon shopping cart did something along these lines?
- darius 19y agoWe are using this method on our site. Create temporary user on the fly and let the user overwrite it if they select to save their state and it works great for us. I think just by renaming the registration page to save work page gives you an advantage since the users are sick and tired of having to register in order to get any value.
- edgeztv 19y agoI think this is the way to go. I am taking this approach for a multi-player game I'm developing - you can play without registering, but you can register afterwards to save your score. My primary project, mystorespace.com, takes a similar approach. We have a fully functional demo accessible without an account (you will be automatically logged in as testuser@mystorespace.com). I really don't like having to register in order to try something, so I assume most users feel the same way.