[IxDA Discuss] Email Registration

2008-03-04 Thread Jason Wei Lee
Hi list, 

When designing sites, I often come up against the question of what required 
fields to include for an Email Registration form.  By Email Registration I mean 
registering for updates/promotions from the site.

I have always felt that less fields is a better approach (ie. just email 
address if possible), but sometimes various stakeholders want to capture other 
data like name and location so it can be used for other marketing efforts.

Any thoughts/research on this?  Like are people people deterred when they see 
too many fields?

Thanks,
Jason

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Email Registration

2008-03-04 Thread Kim Bieler
Jason,

It depends on the offer. If what you're offering is compelling  
enough, people will fill out more fields. If you're asking for  
personal information that doesn't seem (from the customer's POV) to  
be relevant, you've either got to do a good job explaining how  
collecting this data benefits THEM, or the offer has to be so  
worthwhile, it overcomes their resistance.


On Mar 4, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Jason Wei Lee wrote:

 Hi list,

 When designing sites, I often come up against the question of what  
 required fields to include for an Email Registration form.  By  
 Email Registration I mean registering for updates/promotions from  
 the site.

 I have always felt that less fields is a better approach (ie. just  
 email address if possible), but sometimes various stakeholders want  
 to capture other data like name and location so it can be used for  
 other marketing efforts.

 Any thoughts/research on this?  Like are people people deterred  
 when they see too many fields?




-- Kim

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