Membership signup process with Aweber looks so damn stupid!

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OK, so I'm building a free membership site to collect Email and build my list using Aweber but the whole process look so damn stupid!

First I used the email parser to add people to my Aweber list at the same time they signup to my blog but then people were sent 2 emails. The Aweber double opt-in confirm email and the login info from my WP membership plugin. Which I thought looked a little weird that people needed to confirm at the same time they're getting their login info.

So to bypass all those emails I put in the Aweber form first so that way I wouldn't need the double opt-in but now people have to put in their name and Email twice. Once for the Aweber form and once more for my membership plugin.

Here's my question; is there a way to streamline the whole process so people don't give up half way through registering to my blog?

I've heard of a script that can prefill the membership plugin form with the aweber form so that people only need to choose their username and password. Has anyone heard of it and knows where I can get it?

Basically what I want is after people signup with the Aweber form, by putting their name and Email, all they should have to do on the next page is choose their username and password.

And if you know an even easier way where people can signup to my membership on one page and still by added to an autoresponder without all those annoying emails and extra steps, then please let me know how.

Thank you for taking the time to read my thread,
Louis
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  • Profile picture of the author ussher
    your blog and your email list are 2 different things.

    What happens if someone wants to signup to your blog but not your email list. Or the other way around.

    Why not do one thing at a time. If they have come to sign up to your blog, then let them sign up to that first, then once you have their details in your database and they are logged in you can pre-populate the awebber signup form and _ask_ them if they would like to sign up to that too.

    If that doesnt surfice, then it would be time to dig into the awebber API manual. Im sure they require the user opt in link to be clicked to confirm to them, _maybe_ they will be able to send a callback to your site after that process is finished with the details.
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    • Profile picture of the author louisgeorges
      Originally Posted by ussher View Post

      your blog and your email list are 2 different things.

      What happens if someone wants to signup to your blog but not your email list. Or the other way around.

      Why not do one thing at a time. If they have come to sign up to your blog, then let them sign up to that first, then once you have their details in your database and they are logged in you can pre-populate the awebber signup form and _ask_ them if they would like to sign up to that too.

      If that doesnt surfice, then it would be time to dig into the awebber API manual. Im sure they require the user opt in link to be clicked to confirm to them, _maybe_ they will be able to send a callback to your site after that process is finished with the details.
      The reason I'm using Aweber is because my hosting service is limited and I can only send a few hundred emails per day which is a real pain if I want to send people updates or let them know about a new post.

      Aweber is design for mass emailing and that's what I need to run my membership site. I'm just substituting the built in email service with Aweber because Aweber works better and has better delivery. If people signup to one instead of the other it's the exact same thing, they will get the same Emails.
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  • Profile picture of the author ussher
    To you, your site and awebber site might be the same thing, but im sure to awebber they are completely different things. They are on different domains.

    I can understand what your trying to accomplish, and hope you get it to where you want it to be.

    There are other mail handling classes that can be downloaded and integrated with your current system that dont requrie a double opt-in to a different domain, but these will mean that you will be sending out emails from your current server. (with all the limitations your host imposes.)

    awebber and your site are 2 different things.
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  • Profile picture of the author unnatural
    I'm actually working on an integrated solution for this right now, send me a PM if you'd like to know when it's ready. (wont cost anything)
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    • Profile picture of the author louisgeorges
      Originally Posted by unnatural View Post

      I'm actually working on an integrated solution for this right now, send me a PM if you'd like to know when it's ready. (wont cost anything)
      Just sent you a PM, let me know. Thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author unnatural
        Hey,

        Can you PM me your email address? I guess I need another 9 posts before I can respond to your PM, my bad
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        • Profile picture of the author craigwd
          I am having the exact same problem, I have 50 members registered to my blog and only 2 double opt ins. If you share your integration solution with me I would really appreciate it. Thanks-craig
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          • Profile picture of the author ussher
            Originally Posted by craigwd View Post

            .....I have 50 members registered to my blog and only 2 double opt ins.....
            solution: dont make your members register to your blog. Only have awebber signups.

            What is the point of making them signup to your blog if your not wanting to use the features that your blog contains.

            Im sure your blog contains some sort of email feature.
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            • Profile picture of the author wymetto
              I would use the Aweber form to opt in - from there you can use the csv and export your names and load to your blog for the sign up. Remember to put the "you are receiving this email because....." . Use Aweber to send a section of your blog post with the "read more" that can send them to the blog again is another option..
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              • Profile picture of the author Nochek
                Have one form with all the information you want. Have that form sent to a php script that parses out the Aweber information and the Membership information, sends them to the appropriate calls, and use the Aweber is_verified as a call to confirm the Membership on your site, and just turn off your membership emails.

                Aweber is going to require their confirmation one way or another. Just turn yours off to stop the waste. It won't be as secure (don't use this on your paid site), but if this is a free lead-in then it shouldn't matter too much.
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  • Profile picture of the author eminc
    Possible solution:

    1) Write a small code on the AWeber form in onSubmit() event to make a AJAX post request containing email id and username. This sends data to your website's database and sets the user as Unconfirmed
    2) Now you use AWeber API, use the is_verified event to check in periodic intervals(once a day) whether your Unconfirmed user has confirmed the AWeber list or not.
    3) Once the user has confirmed, send him a temporary username/password link, and ask him to change the password on first logon(if he wishes to do so)

    However in this approach registration will not be instant, and user can't choose their password in the first run.

    The link to AWeber API tracked events:
    https://labs.aweber.com/docs/referen...tracked_events


    Mohit
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