Hi, I know that a membership feature is discussed a lot here and that there are several integrations available but does anyone know if there is one that can talk to servers to fetch and recognise unique membership codes?
Someone’s floated the idea to me of moving a companies existing membership online, all the membership details are stored on a server so I was wondering if it would be possible to create a log in system where members use their existing membership number to log in and the server can identify and permit the sign up at the companies end?
Hi @Sam_B
I know this post is from a little over a year ago now, and I’d imagine you’ve already come up with a solution here – but I wanted to chime in just in case anyone else comes across this thread with a similar problem. My name is Robert and I work at Memberstack (one of the membership platforms you mentioned).
The key issue with what you are describing has to do with user authentication and privacy laws. Specifically, the standard right now is to encrypt user passwords so that even the hosting platform wouldn’t be able to see them. When migrating users, a direct conversion wouldn’t be possible for this reason. An easier process would probably be sending out a templated email (which should be accessible) telling users to reset their passwords using the new membership hosting platform.
However, once these new accounts are created, you should be able to assign the same membership IDs that were being used before, effectively recreating the same account (without needing to see the password information).
Let me know if this was helpful.