Membership Plugin – Confirm Member Sign Up Process Flow

[rydertoddsmith]

I am implementing eMember using PayPal button feature. I want to confirm the expected steps of a members registration process. Note: I have note enabled multiple memberships. I have also disabled free membership.

I have a Join Now page here: [http://www.cacitymanagers.org/join-ccmf/]

At the bottom I have a basic link to the sign up page here: [http://www.cacitymanagers.org/pay/]

So the expected behavior is someone wants to join CCMF.

First, they MUST pay money.

Second, that generates an email to their inbox and creates a membership record without a username.

Third, the user MUST click the link in the email they were given to then come back and register.

Is this the only way this can work, or can it also do this:

First, must pay. Then PayPal redirects them to a URL where they can continue to register and not have to go through an email link.

Is the preferred alternative to ALLOW free memberships so they register and upon registering, they are redirected to a payment page where they enter an email that matches the one they just used to register?

I looked all over and did not see a narrative of the typical start to stop member registration process.

[admin]

yes, definitely use the registration scenario 2 for what you are trying to do:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-membership/a-typical-member-registration-flow-96

We refer to them as “Free Members” but that is not the same term that you need to use. Its just “basic user registration” so there is a profile of that user. Later when that users makes the payment, the profile gets updated to “premium” status.

A similar concept is used by Amazon too. You always have to create a basic user account first (that doesn’t cost anything). Later when you purchase stuff, the purchase is applied to your profile.

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