How to manually approve new members PRIOR to payment

Discussion in 'Customization & add-ons' started by wboa, Oct 6, 2009.

  1. wboa

    wboa New Member

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    Is there a way to require manual approval of new members before they pay their fee? We accept payment via Paypal only.

    I see that Setup/Config > Advanced Options > Manually Approve New Members lets you approve members manually, but it looks like payment is required first.

    Thanks for any ideas.
  2. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Having trouble understanding how this would work. They order but before completing payment they are approved? Why would you do this?

    David
  3. wboa

    wboa New Member

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    Well, it's for a membership site and they are purchasing subscriptions and the right to be displayed in the member directory. It's a women only organization and they want to be sure only women are signing up. I see your point, though. Maybe I should just tell my client that they will just have to refund payments if someone signs up that should not. Or do you have any other suggestions?
  4. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Refund seems simplest.

    But you could turn on manually approve new members, and then allow them access- i think some members would be ticked that they cant access immediately though.

    David
  5. thehpmc

    thehpmc Member

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    Problem with this is people will register, you block the flow and the majority will think twice about returning to pay.

    Refunds with PayPal are simple enough.
  6. wboa

    wboa New Member

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    Thanks for the input. I managed to talk my client out of it based upon this discussion. :)

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