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Re:Show HN: A web-based Excel/Database hybrid by longneckdeer on Sunday December 09, 2012 @09:51PM (#4897232)
We had a sandbox account log in at the registration page, but after some testing we found that it made a lot of people who would have signed up just go to the sandbox instead.

The original page is here: http://www.ragic.com/intl/en/registerSandbox

For people who would like to use the sandbox instead.

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Re:Show HN: A web-based Excel/Database hybrid by sidmalanado on Monday December 10, 2012 @09:13AM (#4899034)
You could generate a unique key for each visitor as a sandbox user and then give the prompt to convert to a full account once the user has started interacting with the site. Be sure to make it non-intrusive though.

See how they have done it on https://hollyapp.com/

It took me a while to find that link again, but I thought it was worth it as an example.

Good luck.

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