RE: FN-FORUM: Password Protected Websites

date posted 5th August 2005 10:13



Thanks for the comments all - the client is a vehicle supply and leasing
company who gets substantial discounts from the manufacturers on new cars.
There business supplies both personal and business users and using the terms
they get the vehicles are often pre-registered making the customer a second
owner on a car that is sold as new. Whilst there is nothing underhand in
this some manufacturers do not agree with it because to them it devalues a
product.

The system they want to use as I see it has no control mechanism. They want
a universal login and password that people would receive once they have
registered their name and email address. What is to stop Bob Smith say head
of Mercedes Benz registering with an anoymous hotmail account. My client
certainly doesn't have the time to personally vet every sign up.

My suggestion at the present time is to clearly split the site into a
business user rate section and a personal user rate section and for the
purpose of keeping the manufacturers happy display not prices of a
particular car but % savings across a particular range i.e. Save Up to 34%
on Mercedes A-Class cars. Encourage their clients to call for specialised
quotes and emphasize that rates change daily so by calling they will get the
best deal that is right for them.

Do you guys agree?

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Adam Dyson
Sent: 05 August 2005 10:35
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Password Protected Websites


Charlie wrote:
>
> I have a client that for some reason wants to create a website where
people
> have to register their details and then they receive a username and
password
> to login and view his website and the deals available.

There are a lot of reasons for doing this sort of thing, but most are
badly conceived. Whilst it can be justified in some of the cases
already mentioned, you seem unconvinced and you know the requirement.
If it doesn't make sense to you then maybe it won't make sense to the
site visitors. I am working on a private project at the moment that
will be community based and open to view, but I want to encourage
people to register and contribute and so certain types of information
can only be viewed by other members and contributors.

Even a b2b product catalogue can be coded this way. Anyone can browse
the catalogue, but only businesses that successfully register are able
to see prices, offers and place orders. That way your potential
customers can see if you sell what they need before they register.

If you aren't bound by a NDA then let us know a bit more about the
requirement.

Adam

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