I have set recaptcha on my registration form (only for the forms that have free product, spammers don't like to pay for product I find...) Anyway, I'm still getting crappy spam registrations. I realize they are just figuring out how to get around it but was wondering if anyone had any tips? I frankly have no idea why they would bother with my site as comments are off and it's a waste of their time. So it's more of a nuisance to me than anything. thanks in advance
One tactic that many use is to charge $1 (instead of free) for your product. This cuts down not only on spammers, but also on freeloaders that would not pay for your upgrade anyway. A couple of other options are: 1. Increase the complexity of your recaptcha 2. Require validated email address