I think the privacy laws are going this direction - if they are not already there.
ie no warehousing of customer data unless the customer allows it. and I think it periodically needs to be reviewed (ie annually). so if the customer only wants to provide detailed information fo a specific reason - the company gaining the information can only use this information for that specific function. ie shipping a purchased good. Could be wrong. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 21:53 Subject: RE: E-commerce - Make them register or don't make them register > You could take a paypal approach and ask after the checkout is complete "do > you want to save this information so you won't have to enter it again?" I > know it isn't foolproof but I tend to gravitate to the way amazon.com does > ecommerce. They've spent millions doing research on it - it can't be all > bad... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Tomlinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 1:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: E-commerce - Make them register or don't make them register > > Ok guys, I just read in my Internet Retailer about how teen shoppers do NOT > want to register before shopping online. This plays right into my plan on > the Volleyball site as teen shoppers *are* my target audience. My client and > myself did not want to force them to register. > > Some argue that they have to enter all that info anyway when actually making > the purchase so what's the big deal? Also, that registration info comes in > handy in many different ways. > > What's everyone's opinion on the matter? > > Thanks, > Will > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199057 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
