Pro’s and Con’s of having Register/login vs. only login
What do you guys think is better for the user experience:
Having single sign in:
New User/Returning User --> Sign in Modal --> social button --> Authentication --> User Home
New User/Returning User --> Sign in Modal --> E-mail --> Authentication--> /Outside Platform clicks link in E-mail/ --> User Home
- Users just need an email/social to start using the service regardless of their account status.
- Back-end is on charge of the differentiation returning users vs. new users.
- Sign in will be passwordless
- E-mail sign in will prompt a secure link sent to user's e-mail.
Having a Registration/Login
New User --> Registration Modal --> Authentication --> User Home Returning user --> Sign in Modal --> Authentication --> User Home
- Different flows for different users types
- New users will need an e-mail/social link to create their account
- New users will need to fill basic registration form for identify user type.
- Returning users will need an e-mail/social link and a password for using their account.
We're having having this debate in my company right now we have the first flow with only one way of signing in same for new/returning users. We've been experiencing some complains about some will mistype their email AND create a new account and not understand why they were not seeing their information in their User home.
I lean towards having registration/sign in differentiation
- Keep Web standards.
- Not rely on user's memory for login into the right account
- Create account give us the opportunity of creating a more complete user profile
- Consistency will rely on the design
- Get rid of additional step of clicking on your e-mail to login.
Right now we don't have many returning users and we're focusing on getting sign ins but in the future we would need to have a better flow for returning users to avoid friction.