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The ability to pick your celebrities once you register was not obvious and something that I thought the site needed. I'd make sure this was front and center as
by petesalty 17y ago
The ability to pick your celebrities once you register was not obvious and something that I thought the site needed. I'd make sure this was front and center as an incentive to register.
Having said that, why make people register to select their celebrities? If there's not a good reason then drop an id as a cookie and track their choices that way. I was not going to register, but had I been able to select the celebs right from the get go I probably would have done that then returned.
- boundlessdreamz 17y agoI had thought about that but since the target audience is non-tech people, they might get very pissed/confused when their selections are no longer applicable when they return to the site because the cookie got deleted.
- petesalty 17y agoActually I've done this with a number of sites before and that scenario rarely happens. Non technical people almost never delete their cookies (at least from what I've seen). The way I've tackled it before is let them do X first (select their celebs lets say) without registering. Drop the cookie and create a user record linked to it. Then tell them that if they register they can access their list from any computer (work and home are big sellers). It's pretty effective for getting registrations and you shouldn't encounter as many problems as you think you will. If you're encountering a lot of trouble getting users to register, give it a try for a couple of weeks and see if you get more adoption. Alternatively you could let them pick their celebs first, then make them register. It's kind of annoying for the user but let's them see what's available (and get a little invested) before registration. Anyway, just my 2c.