In fact, the only way to download the code seems to log in with a Facebook, Twitter, or Google account.
I don't have either a Facebook nor Twitter account, and I certainly will not use my Google account for this. Yes, I know what OAuth is, and it is still a firm NO.
I get your apprehension, and, in fact, I up-voted you, but I'm not sure what better, "frictionless" way to get verified email address?
The only plausible alternative would be to send out an email with a download link in it, but that "costs" the designer an email credit, real money, or potentially extra development time vs just shipping with an out of the box multi-auth component built into some web framework.
Perhaps I don't understand your goal: are you trying to collect email addresses to build a marketing list, or are you trying to give stuff away for free?
Sorry if these are dumb questions: the website doesn't really explain the business model (if there is one), or if this done out of the goodness of one's heart.
I imagine you want people to try a free template and then ask for your services to customize it? Is that how it works?
I'm guessing since they have a contact us and are probably a design agency, they are giving away free designs to "startups" so that they can build their list of potential clients they can contact later to do branding and design work.
Yes. It's called a lead magnet. I have no issue giving my (business) e-mail to get such beautifully designed templates for free. There's at least $100 of value on those sites. If they start sending e-mails not relevant to me, I can simply unsubscribe.
> I'm not sure what better, "frictionless" way to get verified email address?
They could ask for my email address. That is not a problem. But I won't "log in" with my Google account and potentially leak, now or in the future, my contacts and other private information.
Yes, because unsubscribing or filtering an e-mail is significantly more difficult than hand-coding these templates...seriously, it's an e-mail address dude.
OP - really good stuff. I hope you do extremely well.
They are not asking for my email address. They want me to log in using a Facebook, Twitter, or Google account. That means that they potentially get access to my contacts and other personal data.
Yes, I know that I can review the permission. But I don't know what bug, exploits, permission changes, or mistakes will be made. I don't want to worry about that.
If they want an email address, I'll happily provide one. But I will not "log in" to their services.
These are great! I feel bad asking because they are free, but it would be great if you had the set of landing/beta/pre-launch/startup etc. all with the same theme. I'm starting up a project and it would be great to be able to keep the same look and feel through the product growth.
For a moment there I thought the social sign-ins were going to be a pay-with-a-tweet[1] type setup, but they only exist as a stepping stone to download the assets. It would be a great growth hack for the service if people had to tweet about the templates in order to download them. Also - no option for signing up with an email account. I don't have a Google, or Facebook account, and even if I did, I would still be reluctant to use those accounts to interact with third party websites (I would however use my e-mail to download the assets).
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 72.1 ms ] threadI don't have either a Facebook nor Twitter account, and I certainly will not use my Google account for this. Yes, I know what OAuth is, and it is still a firm NO.
In this case you pay with your social details. Ultimately everyone decides for themselves whether they find the price acceptable or not.
The only plausible alternative would be to send out an email with a download link in it, but that "costs" the designer an email credit, real money, or potentially extra development time vs just shipping with an out of the box multi-auth component built into some web framework.
Perhaps I don't understand your goal: are you trying to collect email addresses to build a marketing list, or are you trying to give stuff away for free?
Sorry if these are dumb questions: the website doesn't really explain the business model (if there is one), or if this done out of the goodness of one's heart.
I imagine you want people to try a free template and then ask for your services to customize it? Is that how it works?
They could ask for my email address. That is not a problem. But I won't "log in" with my Google account and potentially leak, now or in the future, my contacts and other private information.
OP - really good stuff. I hope you do extremely well.
Yes, I know that I can review the permission. But I don't know what bug, exploits, permission changes, or mistakes will be made. I don't want to worry about that.
If they want an email address, I'll happily provide one. But I will not "log in" to their services.
https://github.com/adamlaz/temp-Ava
I just threw one on github if you want to take a look here: https://github.com/adamlaz/temp-Ava
Are you just doing this to be nice? Or what's your strategy with this?
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Really nice designs.
Cutting these templates into React is hard.
[1] https://www.paywithatweet.com/