Post by chris on Dec 9, 2013 11:06:51 GMT
As promised on the forum a little while ago I've been working on a new notification system for the platform. The underlying framework is now in place and the user interface will be finished this week.
However I thought I'd ask the community what notifications they'd actually like to see the system support. For each notification users can specify whether they want an in site notification or an email or both with the option to override the email address notifications are sent to on a per alert basis (that's probably overkill but it's there for now).
I'm keen to strike the right balance between giving users the alerts they want and being so granular that you overwhelm the new user, so rather than charging off and coming up with a list of 50 alerts that most people don't want or need I thought it better to start by asking the community. I'd also be interested in knowing which alerts people think should be automatically enabled for new users and which should have to be turned on.
I'll kick off with ten of my own (in no particular order):
1) Funds received via bank payment - enabled by default for new users for both notification and email.
2) Auction successfully completed - enabled by default for new users for both notification and email.
3) Auction unsuccessful - enabled by default for new users for notification.
4) Bid knocked out of a reverse auction - enabled by default for new users for notification.
5) Loan repayment received - enabled by default for new users for notification and email.
6) New auction listed for preview - enabled by default for new users for notification.
7) Auction started - disabled by default for new users.
8) Loan paid out - enabled by default for new users for notification.
9) Loan part sold on the aftermarket - enabled by default for new users for notification.
10) Withdrawal of funds has been processed - enabled by default for new users for notification.
However I thought I'd ask the community what notifications they'd actually like to see the system support. For each notification users can specify whether they want an in site notification or an email or both with the option to override the email address notifications are sent to on a per alert basis (that's probably overkill but it's there for now).
I'm keen to strike the right balance between giving users the alerts they want and being so granular that you overwhelm the new user, so rather than charging off and coming up with a list of 50 alerts that most people don't want or need I thought it better to start by asking the community. I'd also be interested in knowing which alerts people think should be automatically enabled for new users and which should have to be turned on.
I'll kick off with ten of my own (in no particular order):
1) Funds received via bank payment - enabled by default for new users for both notification and email.
2) Auction successfully completed - enabled by default for new users for both notification and email.
3) Auction unsuccessful - enabled by default for new users for notification.
4) Bid knocked out of a reverse auction - enabled by default for new users for notification.
5) Loan repayment received - enabled by default for new users for notification and email.
6) New auction listed for preview - enabled by default for new users for notification.
7) Auction started - disabled by default for new users.
8) Loan paid out - enabled by default for new users for notification.
9) Loan part sold on the aftermarket - enabled by default for new users for notification.
10) Withdrawal of funds has been processed - enabled by default for new users for notification.
but zopa have had huge uninvested balances that people seem to have "forgotten" about - so an email asking had you thought about investing your balance might be appropriate)
